Adam

Book Review of Adam (Nightwalker Series)

Title: Adam

Series: Nightwalkers

Author: Jacquelyn Frank

Date Published:  October 25th 2011 

The Blurb:  Hunted by magic, beset by evil, the Nightwalkers face their darkest hour yet. And when the unthinkable happens, only one legendary male has the power, the will, to save them: Adam. . .

For 400 Years He Was Lost To Her, But He Is Hers Tonight. . .

From their first tantalizing touch, Jasmine knows he is different. What other lover could unlock her tight control, flood vampire senses jaded by a lifetime of decadent self indulgence? Centuries ago, when he disappeared without a trace, she had given up hope of ever fulfilling the promise of incomparable passion. But here he is, against the very laws of nature, ready to bring down their most vicious enemy, ready to bring her blood to the boiling point. . .if she will only let him.

Pleasure rules the night.

My Review

3.5 This book drove me batty Stars

Wtf Really????????? I truly just don't know what to think of this series.... This was the last book in the Nightwalker series, and I have one question for Jacquelyn Frank. Why? Why are almost all of your heroines cowards? OMG love is so scary! I can't love you, I have been hurt! No I refuse you, I don't care if you are my soul mate I am to scared to even think of trying so I will run.. Bla Bla Bla! I just don't understand it and quite frankly it drove me crazy, making it hard for me to get into the series. Poor Adam, Noah, Gideon, and Elijah. I just wanted to tell them all

In this book the couple Jasmine and Adam were just kind of a afterthought in this book and not the main focus. Which wasn't to big of a deal since this is the last book in the series and the plot needed wrapped up. The first part of the book had me in a emotional meltdown! 

Then Leah makes it better and I really started to enjoy the book up until the 93% mark and then I was getting pissed again. So this is me reading this book.

1st part of the book til the 20% mark:
Omg this can't be happening. No NO NO!

21% til 93%:
Oh Thank God...... Leah to the rescue! Yay Adam is back and saves the day[ Woot Bella and Jacob are alive again Awe I love Adam .... Oh look he has a mate. I like Jaz with Adam. Lots of sexual tension. This book is great. Yeah Kick some bad guy ass Yes!!!

94% til the end: Good guys won Yea! Time to party. Time for Jaz and Adam to be together at last. Hmmm their first time not as good as I thought it would be, but whatevs! What the Hell!!!! Did Jasmine just freak out about love.... Damn it to hell! another Coward! WTF

Jasmine just jump out the damn window into the sun getting burnt and almost killing herself because she has a coward freak out over fear of love

Well that just ruined it for me!!!! OMG is that all the Epilogue we get really?

That is me Reading this book and my thought during said reading!

This book and this series was very iffy for me. I don't know if I will read any more of Jacquelyn Franks books. 

Noah

Book Review of Noah (Nightwalker Series)

Title: Noah

Series: Nightwalkers

Author: Jacquelyn Frank

Date Published:  September 1st 2008

The Blurb:  The Nightwalkers have lived in the shadows of our world for centuries, gifted with abilities few humans can comprehend. For Noah, duty is all--until he meets the woman who is his destiny...

SHE WILL TAKE HIM BEYOND HIS WILDEST DREAMS.

As Demon King, Noah is dedicated to protecting his kind from their human and Nightwalker enemies. Yet for six months he has struggled with vivid dreams that threaten his very sanity. Every night he's tormented by images of a woman both achingly real and tantalizingly beyond his grasp. And his bone-deep need leaves him no choice but to force her to leave the life she's known and enter a world beyond her imagining...

Every day, Kestra risks her life in perilous missions that veer just shy of the law, but she instinctively knows that the imposingly sensual figure before her is a danger unlike any she's ever faced. Kestra has sworn never to trust or need another man, but Noah's lightest touch scorches her with fevered desire, branding her as his mate, blinding them both to the terrifying truth. For within the ranks of their own people lies an adversary growing in number and power. And nothing and no one will be safe again...

Desire awakens at night

My Review

4 "Only because of Noah" Stars

This book is a hard one for me to review. I had to sit for a few hours after I finished reading it just to try to figure out what to rate it and how it made me feel. One minute I was Happy and liking this book and the next I was not liking this book. Like , dislike, like, dislike round and round it went until the very last page!

So this is the 5th book in the Nightwalker series, Noah and Kestra's love story or Fear story, they both work for this book! The books starts out with Noah who has been having dreams of his imprinted mate for 6 months. In these dreams She fights him until she finally caves and they make dream love and it's to the point of driving him mad. He goes to Corrine (Bella's sister) who has the power to help demons find their druid mates. They find his mate all right but she wants nothing to do with him.

"No, Kikilia," he murmured softly against her brow. "This time, it can be different. Tell me who you are, and I can show you what you are capable of when you are awake. Tell me your name, and I will find you and end this mutual torture once and for all."

"If only I would be more feminine, soft, and compliant, perhaps? I'm no lady? Well, you're right. I don't behave myself, I don't talk softly, and I am not gracious. Six months of this manipulation and you still don't know a damn thing about me. I would think I'd dream up someone smarter for myself."

"Very well," she hissed hoarsely. "Kestra. Kestra Irons. Now come and find me, you son of a bitch. Meet me in the real world and find out how far all this Eurotrash charm of yours will really go. I swear, if I ever set eyes on you in my waking world you will be centuries of sorry!"

So here lies the problem I had with this book. I loved Noah! Love Love Love him have since the first book. I have been waiting for his book and just knew it would be good, because it was Noah! Noah was great just like I figured he would be.

Sexy, strong, Brave, loving, funny, sweet ,and a man of honor. How could anyone not love Noah!!

"Tell me what you want, Kes." She moaned with pleasure, her hips wriggling against his touch. "So many choices for living in the moment, baby love. Do you want my touch?" He stroked deep into her body with a slick finger. "Or can I taste you as you come? Or…" Noah dragged her close to the edge of the desk and removed his touch so she could feel the grind of his arousal against her heated sex.

"In twenty to thirty minutes, the sun will hit the eastern windows," he said, pausing over her body to point them out. "The stained glass will catch the light and it will bathe your body in a kaleidoscope of colors. Since I love colored light, I can do no less than to worship it in entirety with the reverent kiss of my mouth." She swallowed convulsively at the thought, her pulse pounding tellingly in her throat. "Twenty to thirty minutes?" she asked. "What will we do until then?" "Practice, of course."


Kestra, she is what confused me about this book. I don't know if I like her or dislike her! 

One minute I could not stand her, She was a huge coward. So fearful of letting anyone close to her or even liking Noah that she would have Panic attacks, and the next she was wanting to rip his clothes off , then she was in panic attack mode while he was mid stroke For God sakes!

But then when you find out about her past you can understand why she is the way she is and it made me want to cut her some slack, and when she would let her guard down you could see things about her that were fun making her more likable . The only problem with that is she is so fearful that she is closed off and pushes Noah away almost the whole book . To the point where I wanted to yell "Oh for God sakes get over it already!!!" She only tells him she loves him at the end after almost losing him.

I love you. You're my soul and my heart. I feel it every time I breathe. I knew. I knew when every day went by and just got better and better. I knew when Samhain passed and you became more and more beautiful. Painfully so, Noah. I met you when you were at your worst, and I love you so much that I actually miss your worst! But I bless your best. You've changed me and my world, and everything is so different now. Just because you were brave enough to face down a royal bitch and give her a good wake-up call.

Other than Kestra's fear, This book was great. There was a ton of drama , a few things happen to add to the building plot of the series, and you get to see all the other couples that you fell in love with and how they are doing. And it ended on a sweet note! Next up is Adam!

Damien

Book Review of Damien (Nightwalker Series)

Title: Damien

Series: Nightwalkers

Author: Jacquelyn Frank

Date Published: June 1st 2008

The Blurb:   They are the Nightwalkers, mysterious beings who dwell in the shadows of our world, and Damien, the Vampire Prince, is among the most powerful of them all. But one woman will tempt him with a desire unlike anything he has known, and together they will face a terrifying and relentless foe...

HE'D NEVER LOVED. BUT SHE WAS IRRESISTIBLE.

As reigning Vampire Prince, Damien has tasted every pleasure the world has to offer--consorting with kings and queens and delighting in sensual adventure. Now, tired of such pursuits, he devotes his energies to protecting his people. The war between human necromancers and Nightwalkers has escalated, and when the enemy makes a daring move, kidnapping Syreena, a Lycanthrope Princess, Damien boldly follows. He succeeds in rescuing her, but is unprepared for the erotic longing her lush sensuality awakens in him.

Gifted with rare abilities, Syreena grew up in a cloistered setting and was forbidden to form attachments to others, yet the connection Damien feels with her is immediate, intoxicating, and impossible for either to resist. But claiming Syreena as his mate could have shattering repercussions for every Nightwalker--and leave their enemies more dangerous than ever before...

Temptation tastes sweetest at night.

My Review

4 Sugary Sweet Stars

This book is so sweet. I so liked this one better than the last. Thank God Syreena was nothing like her sister!

So in this book we get to know Damien, and the vampire world of the nightwalkers series better. Damien is the Prince of the vampires. He is at the newly found Library of nightwalkers when he sees Syreena again, He doesn't know why but He feels drawn to her. When Syreena gets kidnapped by the traitor Ruth, Damien is determined to save her, but in order to save her he will have to do something that is just never done. Take the blood of another nightwalker!

Syreena is a Lycanthrope Princess, and advisor to the queen (her sister). She is use to putting her wants and needs on hold for the good of others, but when Damien, who has always got under her skin, saves her life and they share a passionate kiss, She can't help but want the one thing that could tear her people apart, and maybe even start a war, Damien as her mate! 

Damien: 

Damien is so dayum hott in this book. I liked him in other books, but this one really brings him to life. He is so cocky and self assured. Powerful, loyal, sexy, and very romantic. 



"I want to learn how to love you, Syreena. And no, I do not mean make love to you. I believe I can figure that out well enough." The sparkle in his eyes and the pointed twitch to his brow made her laugh. "I want to learn why it is and how it is you have effected these changes inside me, both physically and spiritually. I wish to know how one such as myself, so nonchalant in emotion all of his life, can be so moved by a single little creature like you."


"This is not a phase for me, Syreena. This is not a fancy that will flit out of my system. I have lived long enough to know what is and is not unique to my make-up. If you want promises, I will find ways to make them and keep them. If you want forever, sweetling, then I will gladly live another long lifetime."

Syreena:

Syreena is strong, brave, smart, and giving. She is a kick ass fighter. She is a hopelessly romantic person at heart longing for love, a mate, and children. 


"I am very fortunate," she whispered into his ear. "I know that now. From this moment on, I will always find my way back to you, Damien. I will know that your kiss, your touch, and your warm sensitivity will always be waiting patiently for me, just as I will always make my heart your home, so you always have a place to come back to."


"My love. My lord, if you wish it. I would have no future if it did not include you, Damien. I knew that when I came to you. Probably long before I acknowledged it. I will always remember your surety, though. It will never leave me."



Syreena and Damien together

Talk about explosive chemistry, and when they made love in the kitchen Wow!!

"I know that. I only said I would deserve it. I cannot imagine that we will never argue. I know that one day we will have a disagreement. Possibly a very bad one. If I thought this was all going to be sunshine and glorious sex, I would be a naive and silly female." "You are neither of those," he assured her with a chuckle. "Glorious, hmm?" She giggled, nipping at his sensitive neck in punishment. "As if your ego requires any stroking," she remarked. "I was not thinking about my ego, actually…" he murmured suggestively, reaching for her hips and rear, sliding his hands with clear appetite and sensuality over them.

We meet some new characters in this book, and get to know Jasmine a little more. The Ruth plot thickens as she adds a new bad guy to her evil ranks. Great read. Now I am on to Noah's book. 

Elijah

Book Review of Elijah  (Nightwalkers Series)

Title: Elijah

Series: Nightwalkers

Author: Jacquelyn Frank

Date Published: January 1st 2008

The Blurb:   They are called the Demons, one of the elusive Nightwalker races living in shadow and struggling for survival against their human enemies. Their proudest warrior is Elijah, a man who bends for nothing and no one...until one woman brings him to his knees...

Some Feelings You Just Can't Fight

He is known as the Warrior Captain--a master of every weapon, a fierce soldier sworn to protect his kind. Powerful, relentless, merciless, Elijah has always won every battle he's ever taken on--until now. Ambushed by necromancers, he is left for dead only to be discovered by the woman who could very well deliver the final blow...Siena, the Lycanthrope Queen.

With three centuries of warring, little more than a decade of uneasy peace has existed between the Lycanthropes and Elijah's people. Now, after a lifetime of suspicion, the warrior in Elijah is consumed with a different battle--winning Siena's heart by giving her pleasure beyond all boundaries. What starts as attraction and arousal soon burns into a passion with consequences that will echo through the ages for both their people. And as would-be enemies become inseparable lovers, another threat approaches, one with the power to destroy them all...

My Review

Ok let me start out by saying WTF!!!!! This book would have been a 4 or 5 star book if not for one thing! Only one thing made me give this book such a low rating and that is the Heroine!!!!! I hated Siena in this book, which I didn't see coming because I loved her in the other book.

I loved Elijah, loved the plot, loved everything , but Siena..... Siena ruined the whole damn book for me!


Elijah was Understanding, sweet, strong, and sexy. He put up with Siena's insults, baby tantrums, and still treated her with respect. He deserved so much better!!

"I am not here to rob you of your independence, kitten," he said softly, making her exhale in frustration at how easily he was beginning to know her thoughts. "In fact, I would rather cut off my own hands than do equal damage to you. It is your spirit, your independence, your fight, and all those instincts you cradle so close to your heart that make you so perfect for me. And make me perfect for you."

Siena OMG where to start with her..... For most of the book she was a coward, running from their mating. She treated Elijah like shit. She was closed minded, immature, and stubborn to the point of annoying! She totally Emasculated Elijah , disrespected him, and hurt his feelings repeatedly, ripped his heart out and wounded his pride. I understand that she was scared of a man taking over and becoming a evil warlord, like her father did, but she took it way to far, for way to long. In the other book Siena is strong, brave and open minded, and in this one she is like a big cry baby. I couldn't reconcile the two totally different Sienas.

Because Siena was such a jerk and a baby for so much of the book I didn't connect with her and Elijah as a couple. At the end when she finally came around I found myself not buying it. I caught myself rolling my eyes every time she told him she loved him or acted like she was worried for him. I enjoyed getting to see Jacob and Bella again. I love me some Noah. I can't wait for his book! Oh well! I guess I can't Love em all. I hope the next one is better...... On to Damien's book!

Gideon

Book Review of Gideon (Nightwalkers Series)

Title: Gideon

Series: Nightwalkers

Author: Jacquelyn Frank

Date Published: June 1st 2007

The Blurb:  They're called the Nightwalkers--proud, ancient beings who live in the shadows, existing just beyond the human world. But there are also dangerous humans who hunt them--necromancers who use the blackest magic to manipulate them. And for a Demon named Gideon, the battle against these evil forces will soon be all too personal...

AS A HEALER, HE KNOWS HER BODY. BUT IT'S HER HEART HE WANTS.
For a thousand years, Gideon has healed his people. And as the oldest surviving male of his race, his wisdom has always been respected without question. But Gideon knows that even he is vulnerable to the powerful, primitive desires that befall his kind during Hallowed moons--and nine years ago that truth was hammered home when he found himself claiming Magdalegna, the Demon King's sister, in a wild embrace. Horrified by his lack of control, he left her wanting and furious--and then exiled himself for the better part of a decade. Now, with necromancers threatening his people--and Magdalegna nearly their victim--Gideon must face another truth. He and the beautiful, stubborn Magdalegna are destined to be together, to share a love as deep and old as time itself. But first he needs to regain her trust. Then he'll have to save her life.

My Review

4 It took you 9 years to figure that out? Stars           

                           Spoilers.............

This is the second book in the nightwalkers series. Gideon is a Ancient healer and the oldest surviving member of his race, the demon. Magdalegna is the Demon King's baby sister. 9 years earlier Gideon caught up in a moment, started making out with Magdalegna in the gardens. He ends up pulling away freaking out over his loss of control and her young age and telling himself it is the madness of the hallowed moons. Calls her a child and there by Pissing her off to no end and then he exiled himself for almost 9 years. So at the start of this book He and Legna figure out they are actually mates

and started  imprinting 9 years ago. Now he has to win her love and trust and make up for hurt feelings!

Ok so this book was not as good as Jacob's book, but it was still a good read.


I liked Gideon. He was powerful, always in control and very serious! I loved how he is a tell it like it is kind of guy, very up front. Doesn't let himself feel. I loved how Legna made him lose control, challenging and pushing him to acknowledge his emotions. Making him fall in love with her and Demanding his everything! He becomes very playful with her and it is very sexy.........

“The problem is,” he said in a rush of soft words, “aside from my trouble reconciling myself to the idea that I actually deserve you, Nelissuna, I am quite rusty in matters of affection and romantic emotion. I am afraid I have no idea how to go about earning your trust and your good opinion, never mind being what you need… beyond that.”

.“Gideon,” she breathed, unable to draw in enough air to sound his name more firmly. “Mmm, I love when you speak my name, Neliss,” he said, his tongue touching to the sensitive lobe of her ear just long enough to draw it between his gentle lips. “I will love it just as well when you cry it out. And even more so when you scream it.”

“I suppose at some point, if I start to go crazy, you are going to have to knock me out or tie me up or something.” “Hmm. The latter has possibilities,” he mused with a growing smile that erased the tension in his face. Legna laughed, giving him a shove. “Gideon, you are nothing but an ancient pervert,” she teased him. “And this is an issue because… ?”


Legna I liked, but in the first part of the book she acted like a baby and a brat and I just kept thinking 

Thank God that only lasted a very short time. Then she was back to being the legna I fell in love with in the first book. Brave, sweet, caring, sassy with a little bit of shy. She was also funny and playful. A little childish at times, but very grown up at other times. I love how she never backed down from Gideon and forced him to feel and let him know that she would have all of him or none!

“As an empath and as your mate, this is my territory! You are my territory! Mine! Ugly or beautiful, raging or passionate, you are mine for the rest of our existence, Gideon, just as you claim I am yours, and I will not let you feed yourself to me in select little bites and bits! I will have all of you or I will turn my back on you and take nothing at all!”

“I am here. I will always be here,” she soothed him sweetly, meeting his gaze when he brushed a finger under her chin to tilt her head back. “Promise me, Neliss,” he said hoarsely. “I have heard those who speculate that I am indestructible, but I swear on my soul that it will kill me to ever lose you.” “I will always be here,” she reiterated as strongly as her heart could manage. He reached to caress her face with warm, tender knuckles. “Do not leave me, Neliss.” He was pleading with her, unashamed of the need and emotion his voice reflected. “Sleep beside me today and all the days to come.”


“You smell so good,” he murmured against her ear a long minute later. “I smell like sex,” she argued. He nodded, making a loud noise of appreciation as he sniffed and nibbled her neck.“You smell of very good sex,” 

The reasons this book was not as good as the first is because of the aforementioned childishness of legna at the start of her and Gideon's relationship, and in parts of the book it got a little repetitive. 
There was some new characters that were introduced that I really liked. When Legna quit being a baby there was some really beautiful parts to her and Gideon's relationship.

“Because I am afraid of anything that might mean I will lose you,” he confessed. “I told you, my love, I am not going anywhere. I am here, right where I belong. My heart lives with your heart, my soul with your soul. I love you, Gideon. You have to start believing that, and believing that you deserve it.” “I will never deserve it,” he said roughly. “But I will endeavor to do so for the rest of my days. I love you, Neliss, as I have never loved in the whole of my life. You are my heart, my breath, my every thought and every aspiration. You are the true source of my power, because without you I am utterly powerless.”


There was a kick ass fight at the end and some long overdue weddings.... This was a solid 4 star book and I am looking forward to the next book in this series!