I want a male Siren from the Lore.

If you a big Kresley Cole fan, you should (must!) lurk around her forum. Forums could be messy, but this post nicely links all the very interesting tibits that a fan should (must!) know.

Yesterday, I thought nothing can win demons. But today, I think I maybe wrong. Here's a quote of Ms Kresley Cole from her forum, which still got me squeeealing sliently in my mind:

"... most in the Lore would say that a Siren absolutely cannot have a male child, but there have been rumors about male Sirens who are as big as demons and as seductive as vampires. Instead of singing to enthrall, a male would only have to whisper in a woman's ear, and she'll be his forever. Sigh. I love rumors."

Big as demons. Seductive as vampires.

And they whisper in your ear, and you'd be his forever?

I swear, if male Sirens are real, I'd give up both Cade and Rydstrom for one (I'm not greedy!) of them.

My Very First Demons.

There's a very big, special, loving place in my heart for vampires. So Conrad, red eyes meaning evil or not, I automatically worship him. But I started on Dark Desires After Dusk about an hour after reading Conrad's story. I have no time to gush about Conrad.

Because Cadeon Woede the Kingmaker (aka hawt hawt hawt RAGE demon i.e. non-vampire) invades that heart of mine asap. Cade's my first taste of the demon creatures in romance novels, and ooooh. What I've read I reeeally reeeally like.

♥ EVERYTHING ARE SPOILERS ♥ from now onwards. (Hmm I hardly give these warnings do I? I hate giving spoilers warnings. Disrupts my thinking mind. But I digress.)

One scene that sticks in my mind, the part when Cade gaves Holly a bottle of water, but when she opened the cap and accidentally touches the rim, she does not want to drink it anymore because it's contaminated. Poor girl. OCD. I totally relate to OCD in real life. I don't have it, but someone dear to me has it and I've read up on it. It's not funny.

When Cade asked Holly why she isn't drinking the bottle, she explains to him why, expecting him to laugh at her. Hell, I do expect Cade to laugh at her her or at least give her a weird look. Most people who don't understand OCD does that.

But I guess I don't know Cade well enough.

Instead of doing what Holly and I expected, Cade immediately got another new bottle of water and carefully uncapped it so as to not touch the rim and passes it to Holly. He even relates that "those shorter caps must be a pain in the ass". Wow. Can you just scream considerate? If I'm Holly, I'd jump him there and then. I'm jumping him in my mind already then. That's sooooo sweet. Even sweeter than taking bullets or poisoned arrows or flamming fire balls for her.

It's the little actions you know? OCD is not funny. Seriously.

And the sex? Holy Mama. The thing with Cade fully turning rage demon when claiming his female? To steal Holly's word, want! I thought it's hotter than the previous books, although I admit it's been almost six months since I've read about Lachlain. Time to re-read?

Oh my oh my. Why is it hot? It's the sports car. I've always wanted a sports car. And to do the naughty on the hood with a demon? Phwoar.

Why is it hot again? Demons are not shy. They need it four to five times a day. Phwoarr.

Tell you why it's hot again? It's the horns. Something to the female's advantage. Actually, when I first read about demons in IAD with horns, it's kinda weird to me. I can't really imagine them growing out above the ears. I do refer my paranormal characters human-like. I know demons have horns, but in stories they can do without it right? Like the Lykaes without all the fur?

But now, I'm very-very happy about the horns, I totally want my demons to come with them now. Imagine my poor heart when Cade cut them off at the end for Holly, because she needed normal and he wanted to give her what she needs. Sweet really, but WTF? To my great relief, those sexy horns grow back in two weeks. But I didn't know that.

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I didn't really like the idea much that Cade is willing to risk handling Holly over to the bad guy and then get the sword he needs and then try to get Holly back. No I don't like it much. And I also don't like it when Rydstrom chosed his kingdom over knowing about his female during his meeting with Nix in Dark Needs at Night's Edge. Oh my dearest sexy Woede brothers, I do understand that the many of your people are suffering under the rule of the bad guy, and the very need to get back your kingdom. I do understand. But I'm a girl. In our hearts, we girls want to be the first before everything. In our hearts, the little evil, selfish part somewhere, we want to be the first. Before. Everything.

But I forgave Cade when he cut off his horns for Holly. (Dear Holly I hope you make him grow it back. And in the next book, I want to read about him strutting around with them.) And I forgave Rydstrom when I read about him buttoning his jeans at the end of Dark Desires After Dusk.

Rydstrom.

OMG Rydstrom. I need to retrace his tracks. *Go grabs book*

At the scene where Sabine seduces Rydstrom by grasping his two horns to hold him down to her, I was like, I want to do that! Especially since after learning that the horns are an erogneous zone for demons. To quote Holly again, WANT!

But I also realised that, the bitch Sabine must be his female. Damn. When can a reader ever get the hero all to herself?

And then we learn that Sabine is possibly a hundred (or thousand? I forgot) times more evil then her two already evil brothers, and that she wanted to be pregnant with Rydstrom's baby for evil purposes. Wow-wee.

At the ending where Cade goes to find Rydstrom, he (Rydstrom) appears at his door with no shirt and shoes and was just buttoning his jeans. Can it get anymore obvious what he could have been doing? *Imagination runs wild*

Then Cade thinks that he's changed and that his eyes looked crazed. Whoa? And this scene is followed by a woman screaming for help from Rydstrom's house. Complete with mattress squeaking and chains rattling? Bondage, Rydstrom? Sabine, lucky bitch you. Trying to turn on Rydstrom by acting helpless? Ha!

I didn't think I can be obessed with Rydstrom anymore than I currently am, but just before my lunch today, I read what Ms Kresley Cole said at her forum about Rydstrom:

"The poor demon is all crazed and enraged and seething at his female even as he can’t part from her–or keep his hands off her. Sabine had no idea she was grabbing a tiger by the tail with Rydstrom!"

This is priceless.

Want! Want! Want! Want! Want!

I'm so holding onto this description until Feb 2009, which I hope is a permanent release date. If there's a chance that the date can be earlier, then I don't want it permanent.

Rydstrom, you now officially share the big, special, loving space in my heart with Cade, some vampires whose names I can't remember at the moment, and the other wolf creatures in the Lore, the exact name I can't for my life remember how to spell.

Rydstrom. Rydstrom. Rydstrom. Buttoning up your jeans with a crazed look to meet your brother at the door, while having a helpless woman chained to your bed.

This is driving me crazy.

Rydstrom.

Rök.

OMG I just remembered Rök!

He first appeared in Dark Needs at Night's Edge, with another new demon Grimslade. Oh the thing with this Grim is really cute. He is adverse to bright and beautiful things, and almost had a heart attack when Regin (the Radiant) sat beside him in the bar. Haha! Too bad Regin already has her berseker. If not, it'd be pretty funny to read about them together.

Maybe Grim will have his own story since among so many demons, his and Rök's name are mentioned. But his female can't be ugly rite? Mostly heroines are beautiful right? Maybe Grim will learn to get over his adversion, to be with his I-assume-will-be-beautiful female. Perhaps with Regin's help. Valkyries are fun people.

And Rök. He's Cade's room mate. He WAS Cade's room mate, but since now Cade is living at a new house with Holly, Rök now might be lonely. And I so do not mind being his new room mate. The advantage of being with Rök? He's a smoke demon. From what I've learned, if you have sex with them, a pact made which allows you to summon them at will.

Do smoke demons rock or not?

Do IAD demons rock or not?

To the other creatures of the Lore, sorry. Demons are my thing now. Till the next book. Oh, oops, the next book is Rydstrom. Another demon. Till the next next book then?

Nikolai won.

Refering to this post.. I wanted to try Extreme Exposure first. But still, my hands reached out for Nikolai Wroth instead.

In brief: The Warlord Wants Forever by Kresley Cole in the anthology Playing Easy to Get (with Sherrilyn Kenyon & Jaid Black) is the first in the Immortals After Dark series. But it's the fourth for me. First is Lachlain (yum), second is Sebastian (love) , third is Bowen (lick).

The story started slow for me, until Nikolai got blooded of course. I kinda pity Nikolai when he's teased by Myst before that. Well, after the blooding what she did to him seemed cruel. But then, nothing better than to let the man sweat it out alittle (understatement i know) to get the woman he wants. I want my man to work to get me too. But then I doubt I can leave him. I'd probably throw myself at Nikolai's feet upon feeling his- umm. Then our story probably would just end there.

Yeah, I realised I don't make a good heroine for a romance novel.

That's why I'm a reader instead, eh?

And I really-really like the fact that the Valkyries will run forever to get into arms of their love. ♥ ♥

I just realised, all that Nikolai had done - and had thought of doing - in order to get Myst forever to himself, is what I've always wanted to read about. Really. Pure force (physically and mentally). Kresley Cole makes it so sexy. Some of his actions and what he had intended to do could have been unforgivable and outrageous. But to me, it's not. It's a romance novel, it will end right!

So..

What to read next?

I can't decide..

.. which book to read first.

I ordered them online, and they all arrived today. And pity me, for I can't decide which one read first. I feel like tearing my hair off my head. And scream. Loud. It's actually very frustrating. I'm blogging when I could have just started on one of them.. about five hours ago. Time wasted. I can't decide!

I don't really want to start on one book and then keep thinking about another. It would be like having an affair. Or maybe I think too much.

I wanted to dig in to Shannon Mckenna's new novella first as I feel I'm been waiting for years for it. But how can I resist Kresley Cole's Immortals After Dark series? Two full novels? One novella? Cade, I feel like skipping Conrad's story and read about you first. Conrad baby, I still love you lots even if I don't know you well enough yet. You're a vampire and I have this thing for vampires. And Nikolai, no I didn't forget you.

But-but-but I'm aching to try Pamela Clare too. I read too much about this three books of hers online and I really-really-really want to satisfy my curiousity asap.

I can't decide! I don't think I can sleep tonight.

A short Hero.

In Pamela Morsi's The Love Charm, the heroine looks straight into hero's eyes. Not "look up into his eyes" but "straight into his eyes".

Yes, Armand is short. Height wise. Shorter than the heroine, Aida. But not too much I think, since Aida can look straight into Armand's eyes. I think this fascinates her, because it's mentioned a number of times. The looking-straight-into-the-eyes part.

Armand is not tall, alpha and possessive like my beloved Davy McCloud. He's not exactly the best-looking man in his community either. In Pamela Morsi's novels, physical attributes mean nothing. So I'm not bothered, even though the book keeps reminding me about the height.

It's all in the heart! The heart! Argh! *Sniff.

Armand may be the shortest hero in the romance novel history (at least among what I've read), but he's still hot in the heroine's eyes. That's what counts. ☺ There's a part where Aida was secretly checking him out. From the eyes to the thighs.. the way she views him makes him vastly appealing.

Love! ♥

"For the man I love, monsieur, I would go against God Himself."

That's my favorite line in the book. Spoken by the pretty Aida. Maybe it sounds cheesy as a line singled out, but the situation in which made Aida proclaim that is really aw shucks. Thinking about it, I getting teary again. Makes me wana slap Armand up-side-down.

But I don't have to. Near the end of the book, Aida tried to hit him in the balls (she was angry at some revelation by him). I was laughing and crying at that. Love! ♥

I only have one more book by Pamela Morsi left in my TBR. It's Garters, and I'm afraid of reading it. Because then there'd be no more old Pamela Morsi novels left in my TBR.. No, not that her new works ones aren't great, they made me cry buckets too (all Pamela Morsi's books made me cry). but I refer reading her old historial romances.

Argh, I'm getting teary yet again. I was thinking about the ending of The Love Charm, which offered a short glimpse into the future . Very heart-warming. ♥

More from yesterday.

I forgot to say that I love the picture under the cover of An Affair Before Christmas.

I'm still thinking about Charlotte and Dautry. I can be obsessed like that.

Am I disappointed that Villiers and Charlotte did not marry? Maybe a little. They had quite alot going on, I love the chapter with only the letter exchange between them. Funny! I want more, but then they're only secondary characters. I like Dautry enough to not be totally disappointed. And I hope I'm not repeating myself.

What kind of woman will Villiers get? I wish he gets his own book for his happily ever after story. If it happens, I want lots of scenes with Dautry and Charlotte around, since they're his kin. Maybe Villiers health state can alternate between as healthy as an ox and then suddenly be bed-ridden again due to some recurring infection whatever. It'd be fun to read about him dominating his heroine when he's healthy, and then to have the heroine dominate him when he's weak (heehee). I'm just raving. Blabbing. Ranting. Whichever word suits. Can't help it sometimes.

And here's the cover:

The colors aren't that bright on the actual book. But it's still pretty. I love the decoration around the letter C and the star dotting the i in Christmas.

I love secondary characters. ☺

Need to get it all out..

Argh!

I just finished An Affair Before Christmas (my first book by Eloisa James) and I couldn't stop thinking about Charlotte's story. I'm slow-yeah-whatever, even after that kiss with Dautry, I was still don't know who Charlotte will marry. It wasn't spelled out at the end of the book so I was completely lost for a while. But I found the extra chapter available at the author's website, which is all about Charlotte and Dautry. My head is cleared of confusion. Well, almost.

I always thought since Villiers and Charlotte spent significant time together (which seems kinda an emotional ride for the Charlotte), that they would end up together. Dautry appeared near the end, and the thing about him that bought me over is that fact that he's a pirate- I mean, a sailor. Captain of a ship. I love pirates- I mean, sailor. Okay, it's the word "pirate" I believed I've read somewhere being used to describe him. I had wish the bonus extra chapter would be longer, Dautry seems alpha. ♥♥♥♥

I know they're only secondary characters, but I've really enjoyed Villiers' and Charlotte's and Dautry's part in the story and so wish to get more out of it. Especially more Charlotte and Dautry time. Yes, it's a romance book, Charlotte will live happily ever after, but I need more than just kisses.

That's the thing with secondary characters. Sometimes, I like them so much and want so much out of them. And when I didn't get enough, I want to cry!

Especially since Charlotte ended up with Dautry. I didn't get enough of him!

If Charlotte ended up Villiers, I think can accept it when the book comes to an end. At least I've read good a number scenes with them in it and. But no, Pirate Dautry have to enter at the end and then kiss Charlotte and marry her. Definately not enough about this new pairing!

I'm happy for Charlotte anyway. I can always depend on romance novels giving unattractive old virgin maids a happy ending. With a pirate no less.

But still, damn. Typing it all out does lighten my frustration though. I love my blog. But I couldn't help wish-- nevermind. Maybe I should try another Eloisa James book.

Buster the Alligator.

Hurrican Hannah is a book I found in the library. Before I return it, I just thought the alligator in the book deserves a little blog post here:

It's name is Buster, and OMG it practically owns every page it's in. I didn't even care much about the hero or heroine. Nor any other human in the book. But then, if this book is solely about alligators it might not be that fun.. Okay humans. You guys get the credit too.

Ah Buster. I wish I have a pet alligator just like it. I love the way it communicates with the human race (read the book), love the way it gets what it wants (read the book), and I kinda pity it didn't really have it's own happily ever after. I mean in having a significant other. The humans ought to import a female alligator in for it.

Kinda funny, reading back how I mention the word human as if I'm not one.

Anyway, Hurrican Hannah by Sue-Civil Brown is a fun read. Worth trying. A bonus for the reader if he or she likes and understands poker. The community in the story solves very problem (including political ones) with poker. I know zilch about poker, so I get my enjoyment reading about Buster. ☺

I miss reading Nancy Warren's..

The first book I read by Nancy Warren is Drive Me Crazy, starring a sexy librarian as the heroine. Wish to be one. A sexy librarian who captures the hearts of sexy hot alpha males.

Anyway, since I enjoyed reading Drive Me Crazy, I started to look out for her other works published by Brava. So, yeah, I like her writing style. Her novella in Jingle Bell Rock, rocks. Have I mentioned before that I love that novella of hers? I really, really love it. Hell, it's the best novella I've ever read so far. I love it more than many full-length novels.

The last Nancy Warren book I've read is Turn Left at Sanity. I thought the back cover and the excerpt for it aren't really interesting at all, but it's Nancy Warren so I still got my hands on it. Luckily, I wasn't disappointed at all. Yay for wackiness.☺

Nancy Warren's upcoming book The One I Want is to be out in May, so here's the cover stolen from her website:

I totally dig this cover. Love the red. Wish I was the babe.

Read the excerpt for it here.