Shades of Wicked by Jeaniene Frost Series: Night Huntress #14
Published by Avon on October 30, 2018
Genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy
Pages: 384
Format: eBook
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The Rule Breaker...
Master vampire Ian is unrepentant, shameless…and every shade of wicked. He’s made one too many enemies in his two centuries of existence, including Dagon, a demon who now lays claim to his soul. Ian’s only chance to escape Dagon is to join forces with a Law Guardian, but he's never been able to abide by the rules for long.
The Law Maker...
Veritas’ normal role is police, judge, and jury to reprobates like Ian. But she has her own ax to grind with Dagon, so if she can use Ian as bait...well, all’s fair in law and war. As they scour supernatural hotspots to perfect their trap, Veritas soon realizes Ian’s carefully cultivated, devil-may-care roguish image hides something much more powerful. And Ian discovers Veritas has shocking secrets of her own. As they’re drawn to each other with a passion as intense as their peril, either love or justice will prevail. But each will have devastating consequences.
I loved this book! I have to tell you that I went into this book with pretty high expectations. How could I not?! I have enjoyed the heck out of the books in the Night Huntress world and Ian is an awesome character. I knew that this would be a great book and I am happy to report that I was right. Once I started reading this book, I didn’t want to put it down. It was really a lot of fun to be back in this world for just a bit.
This is the first book in the Night Rebel series which takes place within the Night Huntress world. Fans of the Night Huntress series have had a chance to get to know many of the characters that appear in this story but this book does stand on its own. I think that readers new to the Night Huntress world will be able to start with this book without any problem. I have read most of the books but it has been quite a few years and I hate to admit that I forgot a whole lot of the details but I had no problem keeping up with this book.
This story focuses on Ian and Veritas. Veritas is determined to take care of a demon and she thinks that Ian may be able to help. I really didn’t remember much about Veritas from earlier books but she is a Law Guardian and upholds vampire laws. She is really old and has a few extra abilities. Ian quickly learns that she may be willing to bend a few rules if it helps them achieve their goal.
Ian and Veritas made a great pair. They seemed to understand each other from the very start. It was fun watching them try to outsmart the other, oftentimes unsuccessfully. They fought well together and against each other. It was just a ton of fun to see their interactions and I loved the way that they instinctively knew when they should trust each other.
This book had everything that I was looking for when I picked it up. There was plenty of action with some pretty intense scenes. I found that parts of the book were rather comical and couldn’t help reading with a big smile on my face. I loved the chemistry between Ian and Veritas and enjoyed watching them become a team. I had a great time learning about the background and extra abilities that Veritas has.
I would highly recommend this book to others. I had a fantastic time with this story and thought that Ian and Veritas were perfectly matched. I cannot wait to read more from this new series!
I received a review copy of this book from Avon Books.
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Here’s your to-do list:
- Find your copies of these books, borrow them from a friend, get them at the library or buy them.
- Read Book 15, Wicked Bite, by January 22.
- Make note of a favorite quote or two as you read the book.
- If you haven’t read the books before, make a list of questions you have for the discussion. If you have read them, please don’t spoil new readers.
- Link up your review on Goodreads, FB or other site to the post.
- Enter the giveaway!
Observations and questions you shared from Into the Fire:
(Thank you so much for sharing!) If you can answer any of these numbered questions, you can do so in a comment.
- I loved getting more insight into Ian’s character.
- I enjoyed learning more about Leila’s native American ancestry and wish more had been included over the four books.
- I didn’t think we got closure on what happened to Gretchen or how Mircea would be handled.
Quotes you readers shared from Into the Fire:
“I told you before; I know you’re the dragon instead of the knight. And I don’t care. At your best or at your worst, I will always love you, Vlad.”
Games:
Who said (enter the answer in the Rafflecopter, don’t put in the comments)
Who said “You’re allergic to monogamy, following the law and telling the truth!”
There are other options in the rafflecopter for you to enter discussion questions and quotes to share.
The quote for Who said “If anyone else had told me this, I would swear they were lying or insane. ” in Into the Fire is Vlad.
The villain was the Necromancers.
Giveaway:
For a US winner, this will be one digital copies ( your choice of her books) generously provided by Jeaniene Frost (US only) but they can be from Amazon, Barnes & Noble or Kobo.
For an Intl winner, it will be a print copy of Shades of Wicked from Book Depository.
Bonus round – Read a Series in a Month January 2023:
We are doing the entire Night Rebel series for Series in a Month (#SIAM) in January, posting on Sundays. We will have a review for the books with the team here at Books of My Heart plus some of our friends. We are following the author recommended reading order.
Jan 8: Shades of Wicked – Carole @ Carol’s Random Life in Books
Jan 22: Wicked Bite – Lillian @Mom with a Reading Problem
Feb 5: Wicked All Night – Anne
These are Sunday posts. There will be one COYER FB Chat at the end of the series on Feb 5th.
COYER FB Chat – Sunday February 5
Challenge is adopting our Read-along. You can read about COYER and join that challenge HERE. On the Sunday after the review posts, they will host a FB room (like we do for COYER book club) at 12 PT, 2 CT, 3 ET and 9pm Europe, for a one hour chat. You do not have to join the COYER challenge to participate, only the Facebook group.
If you can’t attend, there is also a Facebook messenger chat which has been fun and active, set up following the live chat.
About Jeaniene Frost
Jeaniene Frost is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy. Her works include the Night Huntress series, the Night Prince series, the Broken Destiny series, and the new Night Rebel series. Jeaniene’s novels have also appeared on the Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal, ABA Indiebound, and international bestseller lists. Foreign rights for Jeaniene’s novels have sold to twenty different countries.
Jeaniene lives in Maryland with her husband Matthew, who long ago accepted that she rarely cooks and always sleeps in on the weekends. In addition to being a writer, Jeaniene also enjoys reading, writing, poetry, watching movies, exploring old cemeteries, spelunking and traveling – by car. Airplanes, children, and cook books frighten her.
About Carole at Carole’s Random Life in Books
My name is Carole and as you may have guessed I love to read. If I have any free time, there is a really good chance that I will have a book in my hand. I read a little bit of everything and will probably fall in love with any book that makes me feel something or surprises me. I just love a surprise! I tend to mostly read anything fiction including YA novels, romance, urban fantasy, mysteries, and whatever else looks good at the moment.
When I am not reading, I enjoy spending time with my family. I am happily married and have two daughters. My oldest is working and out on her own while my youngest is in college. I love to laugh, have fun, and try to keep things light. I am a homebody and can stay home for weeks at time if my schedule would allow it (too bad I work full time). I don’t watch a lot of TV but do try to follow a few favorite shows. But really, who needs a lot of hobbies when you have a gigantic pile of books to read?
I read all types of books but my favorites are urban fantasy and romantic suspense.I like some romance and some action / adventure / mystery in everything.I like sex in my books but please, only between TWO people.Intimate conversation is equally important to the sex in a book.It lets me see the characters.The other thing I enjoy is humor.
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Reading this book contributed to these challenges:
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This kind of makes me want to re-read these books all over again! This was such a fun book. Thanks for sharing my review, Anne!
Thank you for joining us Carole. I haven’t read this Ian series and it is off to an awesome start.
Definitely my favorite from the Readalong so far. Love Ian and Veritas 💗
It’s an awesome read. Thanks for sharing your review love!
I’m excited for once I knew who said the giveaway quote!
We’re all about the fun here!
Great review! I agree this book could be read on it’s own, but having read the rest of the world really adds to it so much, because I already know Ian and Veritas. this book was so great and I can’t wait to read the next one!
We are all excited to start it but Sunday doesn’t seem like a good start day since we all seem very busy. lol I think we all really enjoyed this one.
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I was very excited for Ian and Veritas’ story after finishing the last Vlad. I cracked up in that first scene and then was enthralled by all that came out about both of them.
yes Sophia, it was just a lot of fun.
A read-along? how fun!
I host a Read-along every year starting in 2018, with a 2014 one on a different blog. This is the wrap up of the books in the Night Huntress world which was the 2022 Read-along. 2023 kicks off later in the month for the Iron Druid Chronicles by Kevin Hearne.
Oh I love her books but still need to read this one.
These Ian books are turning out to be the best in series for me.
Nice to know you could read this without having read all the other books. Sounds good!
You can but the other books do a bunch of the world building and even develop the main characters here a bit as well. So being me, I read series in order.
I loved it more this time than I did the first time I read it.
It was my first time reading this series and I LOVED it! Thanks for joining us.
I’ve completely lost track of this read-along, but I loved Ian’s books. They were fun and exciting and Veritas is amazing.
I have been surprised as I love Ian more than Vlad. I never expected to actually like Ian much less LOVE him.
Yes, I know what you mean. He was a huge surprise.