Not sure how it got such good reviews - Rated 
Maybe I've been influenced by my other recent reading material (the Dark Lover series by J R Ward and Touch the Dark by Karen Chance - both of which I loved) but this went straight into my 'to be sold' box.
It's a realy shame as I loved the idea - half-vampire and half-Valkyrie Emmaline falling for a werewolf - and there are some great characters. But for me, the writing style really let it down. Too much about how the hero and heroine were feeling and not enough corresponding detail about the rest of this interesting world. The last part of the story hinged around the family of the heroine not believing her story, which I don't think says much about them. And once that's settled then there is only one sentence to describe their wedding. It all seemed quite inconsistent and annoyed me enough to not want to read any more of the series. But hey, lots of other people don't seem to be bothered by that, so I'll leave the sequels to them.
Hungery like no other - Rated 
I received this book on saturday and finished it on monday! it was a hard one to put down, not the erotica I have gotten used to reading, and there could have been a little more sex :-), but overall I liked the story, it read very well and the main character, Lachlain, wow, what a man - if only he were real! I would have succumbed to his will alot earlier he he!!
Believe the hype! - Rated 
I bought this book after reading the reviews, and I'm happy to say I wasn't disappointed!
The story takes you straight to the action and keeps up the pace for the rest of the book. Lachlain from the description sounds delicious,and Emmaline is very sweet but discovers her inner strength as the story develops. The love scenes are HOT HOT HOT (made me sorry I'm single ha ha)but you can really see how the bond between them grows even as "family" threatens to tear them apart.
I have already ordered books 2 & 3 and can't wait for them to arrive. This was my first Kresley Cole book but it certainly won't be my last!!
I love this book! - Rated
My god, what a guy! Having read five of Kresley Coles Immortals books now, and I have loved each and everyone of them, I still find myself comparing all the hero's to Lachlain. I'm afraid I have fallen a little in love with this character and find that with Kresley Coles books this is an occupational hazard. I recommend these books to anyone who wants to try mystical romance for the first time, you won't be disappointed.
Depends on what you're looking for... - Rated 
My husband bought me this book (and the two others currently available in the series) because he knows how much I like vampire stories (I wrote my undergraduate thesis on gender and sexuality in vampire fiction). I have to admit I'd never heard of them before.
Having said that, though, I did really enjoy this first one (and the two others to a lesser extent). To be honest, my first vampire loves are Anne Rice's, and I think if you start off with Lestat and Louis you'll find Kresley Cole's fairly disappointing. Despite that, I warmed to the two main characters in the novel (being Scottish myself, however, I have to say that the Scots in the book was totally laughable - I've never heard anyone say "doona" before) and although the writing is not particularly skillful she has a fairly light touch and can sometimes be (intentionally) funny.
I wasn't convinced by the whole idea of the Lore - I felt she'd really just watched a lot of episodes of Buffy - but perhaps that's because I was reading her books at the same time as Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel series. If you want an amazing alternative world, plus some truly fabulous sensual love scenes, try Kushiel's Avatar! On the other hand, if you're looking for something easy to read and entertaining, and you don't mind a bit of cliche, well, you could do a lot worse than this.
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