The Clan MacRieve

I was quite annoyed at Lucia for not sharing her secrets; I wasn't given enough of a rationale for her reticence (other than a plot device). I also think that Garreth recovered rather easily in the long run. Still a highly enjoyable read. That being said the first section of the epilogue made me chuckle (I was expecting a crash of thunder and lightening to accompany Lothaire's inner monologue.)

5++ stars!!<br /><br />This is one of my favorite bundles!!<br /><br />I'm already in LOVE with all that is MacRieve, but this one killed me with its triple MacRieve effect!!<br /><br />Trust me! Some delectable lykae nibbles for all who have appetite for something beyond witty and beyond HOT!<br /><br />Can't wait for the next IAD to come out!<br /><br />Love it!!

<b>Who knew how bloody sexy and captivating Scottish werewolves can be?</b><br><br><img src="https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1420931624ra/13293715.gif" class="gr-hostedUserImg" loading="lazy"><br><br>Although Bowen's story didn't work too well for me but Lachlain and especially his brother Garreth were magnificent! The Macrieve clan is such a coherent interesting bunch of badass powerful hot-blooded Lykae. They were also one of my favourite parts of the IAD series. I can't wait to read the other Macrieve's, Uilliam. And I am sure there will be something about his twin Munro as well. I know I would read any Macrieve...with pleasure.

I love me some Garreth MacRieve!!! I call him McWolfy!!!!

WOW! Great series! LOVE Kresley Cole, and I'm always pleasantly surprised by how great her novels are.

Just fantastic and leaves you wanting more...so when is the next book? lol

The best series about werewolves I read by far

A HUNGER LIKE NO OTHER<br /><br />King of the Lykae, Lachlain has been imprisoned by vampires for 150 years. Sentenced to an eternity of fire and literally burning in hell in the catacombs under the streets of Paris he scents his mate. Over 1200 years old he has waited a lifetime for her. Severing his leg he escapes to the streets above only to lose her scent. Overcome with anguish he begins a week long hunt to find her.<br />Emmaline Troy, daughter of the woman whose face launched a thousand ships - is part vampire, part Valkyrie. Raised by her foster mother and sheltered by her coven of Valkyrie aunts, she is unique in the Lore. Vampire females are extremely rare and she has travelled to Paris to find out more about her parents, to find out more about herself. Known amongst her family for her gentle and timid nature she is in no way prepared for the onslaught of Lachlain as he finally manages to hunt her down.<br />Lachlain takes Emma prisoner and curses the fates for giving him a vampire mate. Emma finds herself willing to endure time spent with Lachlain in an effort to not feel lonely.<br /><br />A story of vengeance for Lachlain and self discovery for Emma, Cole throws in crazy aunts, unusual friends, even more unusual in-laws, feuds, wars, vampires, lykae, demons, steamy love scenes and more. In the end we see love. Finding that in spite of everything you can simply love someone for who they are and forget the rest. To do anything to be with them, do anything to protect them and most of all, do whatever it takes to keep them with you.<br /><br />Although the graphic nature of the sexual content had me skipping pages I found the story pretty heart warming. My prediction from The Warlord Wants Forever was correct! The story arcs into other characters adventures is really good and I will definitely be reading the next one.<br /><br />If you have become a fan of the IAD series, Cole does not disappoint with this instalment!<br /><br />WICKED DEEDS ON A WINTERS NIGHT<br /><br />In A Hunger Like No Other and No Rest For The Wicked we met Bowen Macrieve, Lachlains cousin and trusted friend. Before you read Wicked Deeds, I recommend you read the 2 I just mentioned to get the backstory. Bowen is a 1200 y/o Lykae male who lost his mate 180 years ago when she ran from him on the night of the full moon. She stumbled and fell, impaled on a jutted log at the bottom of a ravine. Bowen has lived with the guilt of her loss for almost two centuries and enters the Talismans Hie (the Lore version of the Amazing Race) to win the fabled 'Thranes Key'. An artefact said to create doorways into time. With it he hopes to go back and retrieve his mate Mariah. Lykae live their life around their mates and with Bowen living a mere shadow of a life he resolves to do whatever it takes to win.<br /><br />Mariketa the Awaited, a witch with the power of all 5 castes and prophesied to carry out amazing feats (if she could only get control of her power) has entered the Talismans Hie to win it for the glory of her house. Wearing a red cloak and constantly upholding a glamour to ensure a male from the Lore doesn't 'take her away from her destiny and make her his mate' before she can carry out said prophesy, she is still awaiting her transition to immortality. Her House and her kind are mercenaries and she can't wait for the day when she is able to begin earning her keep.<br /><br />During one leg of the competition both Bowen and Mariketa encounter each other in the caves of Guatemala. Bowen instantly finds himself attracted to her which sends up warning flags. Convinced she is trying to spell him into wanting her and overcome with fury that she would try to distract him from finding his mate, he locks her and other competitors inside the rocky tomb. Before the rock seals them in, Mariketa unleashes a curse that hits him square in the chest, ensuring that his body will not regenerate and effectively taking away his immortality. Unaware she is mortal, he reasons they will find a way out eventually and continues on until reaching the required 87 points to reach the finals in the Hie. For all his commitment to Mariah he doesn't go a day without thinking of Mariketa. In the end, Bowen is beaten by a vampire who wins the Hie to give his Bride a chance to save her family, he vows to kill the vampire and finds himself stuck in a fiery pit. Literally.<br /><br />In the meantime the immortals stuck in the tomb have taken Mari under their wing. After being dragged away by a group of incubi who were imprisoned in the cave for thousands of years as punishment (because that's just the way these things go), she's kept alive because they sense she has the power to destroy them and release them from their hell. The only problem? Her magic is unstable and although she has enormous power, control is something she lacks and 99% of the time, blowing things up is more her style. Stuck in the tomb for close to 3 weeks, the others finally convince her to jump from the ledge she's kept on while the incubi sleep.<br /><br />Bowen finds himself rescued by his cousin Lachlain and the vampire who left him there some time later. He sustained so many injuries and with Mariketa's curse firmly in place he needs to find her so she can remove it and allow his body to regenerate. The House of Witches, the Valkyrie (because Regin and Mariketa are BFFs) and their allies are in an uproar when they find out what Bowen has done to Mariketa and threaten war if he does not retrieve her. As Lachlain is Lykae king he can't hide his apprehension and Bowen knows he's truly effed up things big time. What hits him most? When Nix tells Bowen Mari is....mortal. He gets everything together and with the ultimatum to find her in a certain amount of time or the wrath of half the Lore will fall on him, he sets off to retrieve Mariketa.<br /><br />The story that unfolds is funny, lighthearted at times and deeply soul searching in others. The dynamic between a man 1200 years old and a young women merely 23 is surprisingly enjoyable. When they finally get around to being together, they go through so many trials that end with her stuck in a different dimension and him pulling his hair out trying to find a way to get to her. Mariah makes a comeback with the help of a goddess and Bowen can't seem to shake his doubts that Mariketa didn't spell him to be with her. Do they get together? You'll head to read it to see...<br /><br />Mari's comments had me laughing a lot and although sometimes I wanted to slap some sense into Bowen, there is something to be said about intensity. Extreme intensity! If you're a fan of IAD then you can't miss this one!

Uilleam (Will) MacRieve was one of the Lore captured by the Order and experimented upon. When the compound fell, and everyone was freed, MacRieve was almost killed by 5 hungry succubi, and that brought back all his bad memories of his childhood, 900 years ago. When his lust for revenge cannot be slaked, his enemy, the leader of the Order, Commander Webb is nowhere to be found, he wants only one thing: to kill himself. Which is not really easy for an immortal Lykae to do. But then word comes that Commander Webb’s daughter has been found and she is up for auction. MacRieve and his twin brother Munro won’t have a chance of buying her, there are so many extremely rich species who want the same revenge MacRieve wants. But when they arrive at the auction, all thoughts of revenge are gone, as MacRieve smells his mate. His Lykae Instinct has been gone ever since the torture, but now it is back, and his brother confirms it, as he smells “sister”. The two brothers, nicknamed by the nymphs as Hot and Hotter, make their way to the front of the auction, and find Chloe Todd, the human female up for auction is his mate! This is not good, a mere human will never be able to handle the full strength of the Lykae. And during the full moon, a Lykae Beast will come out to have sex with his mated female all night long. But MacRieve has no choice, she is his mate, and he will take care of her. So when the auction is over, and the centaurs have won her, he takes her from them with force. <br /><br />But Chloe is not fully human, she knows she is becoming something different, but her father refused to tell her what before he disappeared. He only handed her the Book of Lore, filled with all the different species and told her to read it. And now, being wooed by MacRieve, the change is upon her. MacRieve is already falling in love with his beautiful mate, but when he finds out what she is, he despises her, breaking his promises to care for her and her cherish her forever. <br /><br />As a 9 year old boy, MacRieve was taken by a succubus and kept for four years, and only the fact that his beast took over during sex saved his life. But when his parents finally found out, his mother was killed and his father quickly followed her in death, leaving Munro and MacRieve as orphans. MacRieve has blamed himself ever since, and has hated and killed all succubae on sight. And now his mate is one of those blasted creatures and she will have to feed on him through sex? No way!<br /><br />Chloe has no clue about anything of this; she has no idea what she has become and how to deal with it. She was a very good soccer player; it was all she ever wanted out of live since she was 5 years old. She has now been scouted for the Olympic team and should go to training camp in two weeks. Her whole life is gone up in flames since the witches captured her. Seducing men to feed for the rest of her life abhors her, but she can no longer eat normal food. <br /><br />Munro tries to convince MacRieve that it is not so much different than having a vampire mate, she would have to feed of him as well, and having sex is just what a mated pair does all the time. But the memories keep tormenting MacRieve. Still, he cannot allow her to feed on other men either, and so he takes her to his ancestral home in Scotland where they will be alone and will have to rely on each other. Perhaps they can start anew. Chloe certainly does not act like all the other succubae he has met over the centuries…<br /><br /><br />I can’t believe I completely forgot to order this book when it came out as a paperback. I recently saw it at my best friends’ home, and then of course I had to remedy that. So when it arrived this Saturday morning, I had to read it immediately. I have been a big fan of this series for many years now. <br /><br />I liked Chloe, her whole life was falling apart, her goal of being an Olympian athlete was almost achieved when everything went to hell. Her father is missing, her body is changing into something she doesn’t know, and now her so called mate is refusing her, hurting her and breaking his promises. She does not fall apart, she tries to make the best of her new life as it is, she makes new friends. But she cannot change what she has become, and MacRieve won’t let her contact others of her species to find out more about herself. She is half human, half succubus, perhaps she can control her lust? She kept giving MacRieve new chances which he kept ruining, as she has fallen for him pretty quickly. <br /><br />I am not sure I like MacRieve. Yes, his childhood was horrible and he has been tormented like so many others by the Order, but Chloe had no part in it. She is innocent and ignorant and his mate. He kept hurting her, and now he will nobly sacrifice himself in their marriage bed so she can feed? Like he does not need to sleep with his mate at all, or want to? He sure is not thinking about what it all means for her. She is not the one who hurt him 900 years ago, nor does she pray on the children she has met. Chloe does not want to sleep around and seduce men, she just wants her mate like she has never wanted another man before him. <br /><br />As always, I just kept reading and reading deep into the night, I could not stop. Even though I was crying for them, I kept hoping that MacRieve would wake up and see the truth. The ending of the book was very good, when all he had ever believed was proven to be a lie. His perceptive changed, and his attitude with it. Just in time …<br /><br />I already look forward to the next book, with Munro as the hero. <br /><br />9 stars.<br /><br /><p><br />© 2014 Reviews by Aurian </p><br />

I can't help but wonder why the book MacRieve isn't included in this set...