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Immortals Untold #1
Ravenous
From #1 New York Times bestseller Kresley Cole comes a darkly seductive new series where immortal passion collides with ruthless power.
Beyond the mortal world lies the Skein, a realm of mythic beauty and savage desire ruled by creatures of legend. Here, vampires, witches, demons, and wolves wage war―and hunt their pleasures just as fiercely.
Now, the Accession has begun, an ancient cycle of chaos and destiny that reignites old hostilities and forges fated bonds too hot to resist.
A witch queen on the rise defies the brutal wolf king who stands in her way. But when fate twists their battlefield into a bed of temptation, sworn enemies become something far more perilous. Lovers.
A vampire princess trades her crown for freedom, only to be bound to a scarred Berserker, a man whose possessive touch both terrifies and tempts her.
An incubus spy and a cunning vampiress strike a dangerous bargain for survival, and profit, but lust becomes the one gamble neither expected.
And when a wolf and an enchantress from opposing clans dare to make peace, their forbidden attraction could doom the Skein…or spark a love that defies the gods.
Brimming with intrigue, bloody mayhem, and scorching heat, Ravenous plunges readers into the world of Immortals Untold―where magic kills, surrender triumphs, and immortal hungers can never be sated…
Beyond the mortal world lies the Skein, a realm of mythic beauty and savage desire ruled by creatures of legend. Here, vampires, witches, demons, and wolves wage war―and hunt their pleasures just as fiercely.
Now, the Accession has begun, an ancient cycle of chaos and destiny that reignites old hostilities and forges fated bonds too hot to resist.
A witch queen on the rise defies the brutal wolf king who stands in her way. But when fate twists their battlefield into a bed of temptation, sworn enemies become something far more perilous. Lovers.
A vampire princess trades her crown for freedom, only to be bound to a scarred Berserker, a man whose possessive touch both terrifies and tempts her.
An incubus spy and a cunning vampiress strike a dangerous bargain for survival, and profit, but lust becomes the one gamble neither expected.
And when a wolf and an enchantress from opposing clans dare to make peace, their forbidden attraction could doom the Skein…or spark a love that defies the gods.
Brimming with intrigue, bloody mayhem, and scorching heat, Ravenous plunges readers into the world of Immortals Untold―where magic kills, surrender triumphs, and immortal hungers can never be sated…
354 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 28, 2026
About the author
Kresley Cole
91 books27.9k followersKresley Cole is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the electrifying Immortals After Dark paranormal series, the young adult Arcana Chronicles series, the erotic Gamemakers series, and five award-winning historical romances.
A master’s grad and former athlete, she has traveled over much of the world and draws from those experiences to create her memorable characters and settings.
Her IAD books have been translated into 23 foreign languages, garnered three RITA awards, a RWA Hall of Fame induction, and consistently appear on the bestseller lists, in the U.S. and abroad.
Cole lives in Florida with her family. Learn more about Kresley at: www.kresleycole.com & www.thearcanachronicles.com
A master’s grad and former athlete, she has traveled over much of the world and draws from those experiences to create her memorable characters and settings.
Her IAD books have been translated into 23 foreign languages, garnered three RITA awards, a RWA Hall of Fame induction, and consistently appear on the bestseller lists, in the U.S. and abroad.
Cole lives in Florida with her family. Learn more about Kresley at: www.kresleycole.com & www.thearcanachronicles.com
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⤅ This is VERY different from the usual KC fare, in ways I both liked and didn't.
Bear with me, I have a lot of thoughts so this might get long... also, do NOT open the spoiler tags if you're not prepared to see spoilers, I am being so serious!!! Mild spoilers in the rest of the review too.
So: what we have here in this series is essentially a parallel world to 'Gaia' (i.e. the real world) where the main IAD series is set. It's called the Skein, and it's a bloodthirsty, violent hellhole world made up of all the immortal mythical species we encountered in the IAD series - vampires, berserkers, werewolves, Valkyries and more - with one glaring exception, no humans. The Skein also experiences an Accession every 500 years, when all the various species factions start warring with each other, and those events are just starting as the book begins.
It's immediately apparent as you begin reading that this is a multi-POV book. Each chapter is written in a different perspective, and while most of them are from the main 'recurring' characters (on which more later), some are from peripheral characters. I'm not generally a fan of multi-POV books, but I was able to tolerate it here because at least it's third person; had it been first person I probably would have been out by chapter 3.
Even in third person, there's some initial whiplash, as the reader has to deal simultaneously with getting accustomed to brand-new characters as well as brand-new worldbuilding (although of course, a lot is reprised from IAD). This gets better as the book progresses and you learn who everyone is.
At a very high level, the plot revolves around the following characters/pairings who are POV characters (but more on the romance aspect later too):
⤅ Lia: a 22-year-old vampire princess, the only innocent born to the depraved vampire royal family. I initially thought I'd dislike her, and my hopes were certainly not high when I discovered that she's essentially a vampire in name only: she doesn't drink blood AT ALL and doesn't even really have fangs. She ends up in an arranged marriage with...
⤅ Arctos: a 40-year-old berserker who hates vampires because they killed his family. To my surprise, the budding friendship between Lia and Arctos, as they move from distrust to respect, became unexpectedly a highlight of the book. One of Arctos's trusted friends and sources is...
⤅ Inkletter: an ancient incubus who seduces his targets for information. One of his marks is...
⤅ Nadje: a vampire handmaiden and Lia's former servant, who has made a name for herself bartering and smuggling goods throughout the Skein. One ultimate customer of her services is...
⤅ Thane: king of the werewolves. 1500 years old, jaded, and devoted to his people's safety, he's both horrified and grateful when he discovers his mate is...
⤅ Ditch: half demon, half witch, and the new high priestess of the witches, determined to destroy the werewolves and crush them under her heel. She's plagued by a shy, lovelorn second-in-command who is...
⤅ Meera: nerdy and with negligible magical powers, compared to the showy and dramatic Ditch, Meera has stayed a virgin for almost a century - but her resolve is tested by...
⤅ Lowell: a charming werewolf and Thane's second-in-command, Lowell hasn't previously felt drawn to the plump witch, but now he's under Meera's spell. Too bad she's not his fated mate, but surely he'll never meet his mate so is free to pursue the pretty witch?
And that doesn't even cover all the POV characters, those are just the central ones!
Some of the characters are much better drawn than others; Ditch for instance shines through, I suspect because KC has form writing characters like her - honestly, she's basically Sabine, who is one of my all-time favourite characters so that's no bad thing. Someone like Inkletter frankly pales in comparison. Which leads me to the observation that, if what you want is good character development, not just a convenient media to convey plot events to the reader, you'd do better to have way fewer main characters and lavish more attention on them. Mathematically speaking, each character/relationship consists of just a fraction of the book, while a standard KC novel devotes all 400 pages to just one couple!
This means that some of the romances were unrealistically turbocharged while others dragged or lacked chemistry because they hadn't had enough attention. The blurb is INCREDIBLY misleading: Arctos does not have a 'possessive touch' for Lia, it's mildly protective at most; 'lust' does not feature as a 'gamble' for Inkletter and Nadje in any meaningful sense; and Meera and Lowell do not by any stretch of the imagination have a 'love that defies the gods.' I'm actually so baffled by these exaggerations (if not outright mistruths) that I've circled round to amused.
Speaking of the romance...
Right, if you're a veteran KC reader, I'm going to cut to the chase now and say something a bit shocking: I enjoyed the plot in this novel MUCH more than I did the romances, and that is also because KC has completely subverted some of the romance here in ways I honestly didn't like. If I am reading what I believe to be a romance novel, I HATE not knowing which character will end up with who; I was the sort of person who rejoiced when reverse harem novels became popular about a decade ago because it meant escape from the torment of the love triangle. I still won't read novels with love triangles, I just can't stand not knowing who the hero will be. And it honestly feels a bit cheap to me when authors play bait and switch with their heroes.
Okay, I've listed the negatives, so what did I like? First of all, the last 20% is GREAT from a purely plot perspective. It's fast-paced, dramatic, and full of twists and action. This definitely felt like the vintage KC which kept me hooked, compared to the weak watered-down versions of her I DNFed (like Mina's book). She absolutely hasn't shied away from portraying blood and gore.
Secondly, the book is genuinely funny in places. There are some good one-liners of the sort it feels KC hasn't written in years. It helps that the writing standard overall is high,
There's also a touch more diversity; the main IAD MCs, from what I recall, are all white, but here we have one Indian main character, a peripheral Japanese one, and even a budding lesbian romance.
Overall
If you go into this one without expecting to love the romance and while prepared for the cliffhanger - basically, read it as a fantasy novel really IMO - you should be good. It's certainly closer to Old KC than her most recent works.
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Pre-review: Okay. So. This is obviously going straight onto my TBR list, but I'm also like... KC has now been writing the same Immortals After Dark series for almost 20 years, and it's nowhere NEAR completion. The latest books have either (i) taken ages to be released, (ii) featured characters we don't care about, (iii) not been as good as her earlier works, or (iv) all of the above. And now you tell me there's an entirely new spinoff series, when as far as we know there's not even been a title / couple reveal for the next IAD book yet, let alone a release date???
Bear with me, I have a lot of thoughts so this might get long... also, do NOT open the spoiler tags if you're not prepared to see spoilers, I am being so serious!!! Mild spoilers in the rest of the review too.
So: what we have here in this series is essentially a parallel world to 'Gaia' (i.e. the real world) where the main IAD series is set. It's called the Skein, and it's a bloodthirsty, violent hellhole world made up of all the immortal mythical species we encountered in the IAD series - vampires, berserkers, werewolves, Valkyries and more - with one glaring exception, no humans. The Skein also experiences an Accession every 500 years, when all the various species factions start warring with each other, and those events are just starting as the book begins.
It's immediately apparent as you begin reading that this is a multi-POV book. Each chapter is written in a different perspective, and while most of them are from the main 'recurring' characters (on which more later), some are from peripheral characters. I'm not generally a fan of multi-POV books, but I was able to tolerate it here because at least it's third person; had it been first person I probably would have been out by chapter 3.
Even in third person, there's some initial whiplash, as the reader has to deal simultaneously with getting accustomed to brand-new characters as well as brand-new worldbuilding (although of course, a lot is reprised from IAD). This gets better as the book progresses and you learn who everyone is.
At a very high level, the plot revolves around the following characters/pairings who are POV characters (but more on the romance aspect later too):
⤅ Lia: a 22-year-old vampire princess, the only innocent born to the depraved vampire royal family. I initially thought I'd dislike her, and my hopes were certainly not high when I discovered that she's essentially a vampire in name only: she doesn't drink blood AT ALL and doesn't even really have fangs. She ends up in an arranged marriage with...
⤅ Arctos: a 40-year-old berserker who hates vampires because they killed his family. To my surprise, the budding friendship between Lia and Arctos, as they move from distrust to respect, became unexpectedly a highlight of the book. One of Arctos's trusted friends and sources is...
⤅ Inkletter: an ancient incubus who seduces his targets for information. One of his marks is...
⤅ Nadje: a vampire handmaiden and Lia's former servant, who has made a name for herself bartering and smuggling goods throughout the Skein. One ultimate customer of her services is...
⤅ Thane: king of the werewolves. 1500 years old, jaded, and devoted to his people's safety, he's both horrified and grateful when he discovers his mate is...
⤅ Ditch: half demon, half witch, and the new high priestess of the witches, determined to destroy the werewolves and crush them under her heel. She's plagued by a shy, lovelorn second-in-command who is...
⤅ Meera: nerdy and with negligible magical powers, compared to the showy and dramatic Ditch, Meera has stayed a virgin for almost a century - but her resolve is tested by...
⤅ Lowell: a charming werewolf and Thane's second-in-command, Lowell hasn't previously felt drawn to the plump witch, but now he's under Meera's spell. Too bad she's not his fated mate, but surely he'll never meet his mate so is free to pursue the pretty witch?
And that doesn't even cover all the POV characters, those are just the central ones!
Some of the characters are much better drawn than others; Ditch for instance shines through, I suspect because KC has form writing characters like her - honestly, she's basically Sabine, who is one of my all-time favourite characters so that's no bad thing. Someone like Inkletter frankly pales in comparison. Which leads me to the observation that, if what you want is good character development, not just a convenient media to convey plot events to the reader, you'd do better to have way fewer main characters and lavish more attention on them. Mathematically speaking, each character/relationship consists of just a fraction of the book, while a standard KC novel devotes all 400 pages to just one couple!
This means that some of the romances were unrealistically turbocharged while others dragged or lacked chemistry because they hadn't had enough attention. The blurb is INCREDIBLY misleading: Arctos does not have a 'possessive touch' for Lia, it's mildly protective at most; 'lust' does not feature as a 'gamble' for Inkletter and Nadje in any meaningful sense; and Meera and Lowell do not by any stretch of the imagination have a 'love that defies the gods.' I'm actually so baffled by these exaggerations (if not outright mistruths) that I've circled round to amused.
Speaking of the romance...
Right, if you're a veteran KC reader, I'm going to cut to the chase now and say something a bit shocking: I enjoyed the plot in this novel MUCH more than I did the romances, and that is also because KC has completely subverted some of the romance here in ways I honestly didn't like. If I am reading what I believe to be a romance novel, I HATE not knowing which character will end up with who; I was the sort of person who rejoiced when reverse harem novels became popular about a decade ago because it meant escape from the torment of the love triangle. I still won't read novels with love triangles, I just can't stand not knowing who the hero will be. And it honestly feels a bit cheap to me when authors play bait and switch with their heroes.
Okay, I've listed the negatives, so what did I like? First of all, the last 20% is GREAT from a purely plot perspective. It's fast-paced, dramatic, and full of twists and action. This definitely felt like the vintage KC which kept me hooked, compared to the weak watered-down versions of her I DNFed (like Mina's book). She absolutely hasn't shied away from portraying blood and gore.
Secondly, the book is genuinely funny in places. There are some good one-liners of the sort it feels KC hasn't written in years. It helps that the writing standard overall is high,
There's also a touch more diversity; the main IAD MCs, from what I recall, are all white, but here we have one Indian main character, a peripheral Japanese one, and even a budding lesbian romance.
Overall
If you go into this one without expecting to love the romance and while prepared for the cliffhanger - basically, read it as a fantasy novel really IMO - you should be good. It's certainly closer to Old KC than her most recent works.
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Pre-review: Okay. So. This is obviously going straight onto my TBR list, but I'm also like... KC has now been writing the same Immortals After Dark series for almost 20 years, and it's nowhere NEAR completion. The latest books have either (i) taken ages to be released, (ii) featured characters we don't care about, (iii) not been as good as her earlier works, or (iv) all of the above. And now you tell me there's an entirely new spinoff series, when as far as we know there's not even been a title / couple reveal for the next IAD book yet, let alone a release date???
maybe
July 28, 2026Kresleyy darling, why are we on a new series when I've been waiting on the IAD series to be completed for half my lifetime? 🥴
July 31, 2026
Am I TOO DUMB to keep up with this storyline? It’s doing too much 😭😭
Impossible world building with 15 different POVs that change with every chapter. This book drops you in the middle of unknown events without much context and before you can figure out what’s happening BOOM another POV with a completely different storyline 💣 I was 25% into the book but still had no idea what was happening. With constant POV switches I also didn’t get invested into any of the characters…at least not enough to continue.
I’m a huge Kresley Cole reader with an addiction to Immortals After Dark (and her mafia series!) so I was immensely excited for this book. However, this one feels like a completely different writing style/narration that just isn’t for me. I would literally have to make a ‘detective board string map’ to help me get through this book and honestly…I can’t be bothered.
Impossible world building with 15 different POVs that change with every chapter. This book drops you in the middle of unknown events without much context and before you can figure out what’s happening BOOM another POV with a completely different storyline 💣 I was 25% into the book but still had no idea what was happening. With constant POV switches I also didn’t get invested into any of the characters…at least not enough to continue.
I’m a huge Kresley Cole reader with an addiction to Immortals After Dark (and her mafia series!) so I was immensely excited for this book. However, this one feels like a completely different writing style/narration that just isn’t for me. I would literally have to make a ‘detective board string map’ to help me get through this book and honestly…I can’t be bothered.
July 29, 2026
4.5 ⭐️
(Subtracted .5 of a star because the dialogue got a little lame at the end)…
Anyway!
What the fuck did I just read? I’m irritated. I’m outraged. I’m hooked under the gills and guts with absolutely no chance of getting loose.
I’m seeing a lot of “meh” reviews, but honestly? The chaos was refreshing. I had no idea what was happening half the time, everyone is completely deranged, and literally every relationship is a disaster.
It’s such a mess.
I loved it.
Now…if you’re coming here for a cozy romantasy with one central couple to root for, warm fuzzies, satisfying romance, or a neat little HEA at the end…respectfully, wrong address. See yourself out.
The romance is dark. Murky. Uncomfortable. Purposefully unsatisfying. Nobody is riding off into the sunset holding hands.
Also: holy multi-POV madness. I lost count somewhere around ten….yes TEN…and there’s even more than that. It pissed me off. It also made it impossible to stop reading. If juggling that many storylines sounds like your personal hell, you’ll probably hate this book.
This isn’t a clean, linear romantasy. It’s controlled chaos. It genuinely felt like Kresley Cole sat down, cackled to herself while she clacked away on her keyboard, and decided to trust her readers to keep up instead of spoon-feeding the same predictable plot beats that every other romantasy seems to recycle lately.
So…thanks, Kresley Cole, for assuming we have more than two brain cells to rub together. Personally, I took it as a compliment.
Happy reading, little book demons.
✔️ witches, vampires, werewolves, berserkers, valkyrie…the magical creatures are endless!!
✔️ good writing, solid dialogue, witty banter (gets a little sloppy at the end)
✔️ Fated Mates
✔️ Battles Brewing
✔️ No spoon fed plot for you!
✔️ !!!CLIFFHANGER!!!
✔️ Some spice 🌶️🌶️ (felt more lusty than lovey at this point)
⚠️ Multi-POV Madness
❌ I have no idea who’s staying alive, who’s dying, or who to root for. Oh well.
❌ IMO should have been longer. I wanted more!!!
_____________________________
Kresley Cole, don’t embarrass me in front of my Goodreads shelf.
The woman launched a paranormal romance series in 2006 and somehow here we are, twenty years later, and she’s still getting added to TBRs instead of “classics” lists. She really said, “I’ll just be relevant, indefinitely.”
(Subtracted .5 of a star because the dialogue got a little lame at the end)…
Anyway!
What the fuck did I just read? I’m irritated. I’m outraged. I’m hooked under the gills and guts with absolutely no chance of getting loose.
I’m seeing a lot of “meh” reviews, but honestly? The chaos was refreshing. I had no idea what was happening half the time, everyone is completely deranged, and literally every relationship is a disaster.
It’s such a mess.
I loved it.
Now…if you’re coming here for a cozy romantasy with one central couple to root for, warm fuzzies, satisfying romance, or a neat little HEA at the end…respectfully, wrong address. See yourself out.
The romance is dark. Murky. Uncomfortable. Purposefully unsatisfying. Nobody is riding off into the sunset holding hands.
Also: holy multi-POV madness. I lost count somewhere around ten….yes TEN…and there’s even more than that. It pissed me off. It also made it impossible to stop reading. If juggling that many storylines sounds like your personal hell, you’ll probably hate this book.
This isn’t a clean, linear romantasy. It’s controlled chaos. It genuinely felt like Kresley Cole sat down, cackled to herself while she clacked away on her keyboard, and decided to trust her readers to keep up instead of spoon-feeding the same predictable plot beats that every other romantasy seems to recycle lately.
So…thanks, Kresley Cole, for assuming we have more than two brain cells to rub together. Personally, I took it as a compliment.
Happy reading, little book demons.
✔️ witches, vampires, werewolves, berserkers, valkyrie…the magical creatures are endless!!
✔️ good writing, solid dialogue, witty banter (gets a little sloppy at the end)
✔️ Fated Mates
✔️ Battles Brewing
✔️ No spoon fed plot for you!
✔️ !!!CLIFFHANGER!!!
✔️ Some spice 🌶️🌶️ (felt more lusty than lovey at this point)
⚠️ Multi-POV Madness
❌ I have no idea who’s staying alive, who’s dying, or who to root for. Oh well.
❌ IMO should have been longer. I wanted more!!!
_____________________________
Kresley Cole, don’t embarrass me in front of my Goodreads shelf.
The woman launched a paranormal romance series in 2006 and somehow here we are, twenty years later, and she’s still getting added to TBRs instead of “classics” lists. She really said, “I’ll just be relevant, indefinitely.”
July 28, 2026
15 different character povs for a book that is only 352 pages is crazy. and for the first book of a series so it’s a brand new universe with all brand new characters? she’s finally lost her goddamn mind.
1. Emilia
2. Inkletter XII
3. Meera
4. Thane
5. Arctos
6. Ditch
7. Lia
8. Torben
9. Nadje
10. Lowell
11. Ven
12. Eyrun
13. Dagny
14. Rose
15. Firis
1. Emilia
2. Inkletter XII
3. Meera
4. Thane
5. Arctos
6. Ditch
7. Lia
8. Torben
9. Nadje
10. Lowell
11. Ven
12. Eyrun
13. Dagny
14. Rose
15. Firis
July 30, 2026
2/5 Stars
I hate to say it but I’m actually very disappointed. I waited months for this to come out only to not even get a finished story? Kresley girl what are we doing? Every one of the 100 points of view we get throughout the story all end up miserable? This can’t be right. I much prefer the Immortals After Dark series where we focus on one couple and actually get a resolution to the plot at the end. It feels mean spirited and tricksy to leave every single character dangling by a thread with absolutely no resolution in sight. I’m honestly in shock over this.
I hate to say it but I’m actually very disappointed. I waited months for this to come out only to not even get a finished story? Kresley girl what are we doing? Every one of the 100 points of view we get throughout the story all end up miserable? This can’t be right. I much prefer the Immortals After Dark series where we focus on one couple and actually get a resolution to the plot at the end. It feels mean spirited and tricksy to leave every single character dangling by a thread with absolutely no resolution in sight. I’m honestly in shock over this.
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
Whew! What a ride! I am stiill shook about this ending and I know I will be thinking about it until the next entry. I honestly need to reread it very soon and I can't wait to discuss it with other fans of IAD. However, I have some mixed emotions, though I am very aware that this is only the beginning of a new series. So, here are a few thoughts, while trying to keep it spoiler free.
First off, I love this author. Immortals After Dark is a staple in my life and there was a time where I just kept rereading it over and over again. There is so much of her talent and her well thought out plots, that are on display in this story. Immortals Untold has hallmarks of everything I love about her. Essentric characters, high stakes, painful situations, love that twists your guts, and a building frenzy at the end that had my heart racing and my eyes pricking. It really felt like the gloves are off and nothing was holding anyone back.
Next, There were just SO MANY characters. It felt like the entire cast of Immortals After Dark getting introduced in one book. I think I counted 12 POVs? Give or take 1 or 2? I was expecting at least 8, but we got even MORE than that. (I'm not listing everyone here due to spoilers, however, I felt like they just kept coming). It was like a fire hose to the face, right from the start. Now, there's something to be said for that, because I lot of my favorite Fantasy stories have big casts, but starting the series off with ALL of those POVs, made it hard to care about any of them. Or know who to root for.
Also, I had an ARC copy, so maybe the finished copy will actually have a Cast of Character/glossary in the back? That would have been VERY helpful.
But that leads me to my final thoughts in this quick review: I know this is just the start. I know I'm not supposed to know everything. KC is the queen of the slow reveal. Of things clicking into place. I may not feel true connection to anyone yet, but I also know this is just the start. I also ended up caring about some totally different characters by the end than I did at the beginning. I think once more gets revealed in other books, I'll look back at this one and have more revelations.
Other notes: I received a physical ARC of this book, and I did not get approved for an ALC. No big, I am more than grateful for any kind of early copy. I pinched myself HARD recieving even this. HOWEVER, I will be re-reading with Robert Petkoff narrating it to me, and I do think that may help me connect even more. He is just the voice of KC to me at this point. I always enjoy her books better with him. I just do. I was DEFINETLY reading accents with his style and I can't wait to hear his performances.
The other thing is that... I have never read a book where KC left me on a cliffy before. The rules were VERY different here. Usually, no matter what happens, I can count on my HEA. So when the pain comes, I can muscle through and I know the "Fated Mate" bond will win the day. This book has me questioning what that really means.
That is a BOLD F*CKING CHOICE Kresley Cole, but I trust you. I just.. have to be honest about how I felt with where this book ended, though I reserve the right to up my rating and my opinion when I see the conclusion.
Til next time, Immortals.
3.5 Stars.. (For Now)
2 on the spice scale
TW: Threat of SA, violence, threat of forced pregnancy, kidnapping, forced marriage, dismemberment, violent birth, beheading, and more!
*Thank you to the publisher for an ARC of this title.*
First off, I love this author. Immortals After Dark is a staple in my life and there was a time where I just kept rereading it over and over again. There is so much of her talent and her well thought out plots, that are on display in this story. Immortals Untold has hallmarks of everything I love about her. Essentric characters, high stakes, painful situations, love that twists your guts, and a building frenzy at the end that had my heart racing and my eyes pricking. It really felt like the gloves are off and nothing was holding anyone back.
Next, There were just SO MANY characters. It felt like the entire cast of Immortals After Dark getting introduced in one book. I think I counted 12 POVs? Give or take 1 or 2? I was expecting at least 8, but we got even MORE than that. (I'm not listing everyone here due to spoilers, however, I felt like they just kept coming). It was like a fire hose to the face, right from the start. Now, there's something to be said for that, because I lot of my favorite Fantasy stories have big casts, but starting the series off with ALL of those POVs, made it hard to care about any of them. Or know who to root for.
Also, I had an ARC copy, so maybe the finished copy will actually have a Cast of Character/glossary in the back? That would have been VERY helpful.
But that leads me to my final thoughts in this quick review: I know this is just the start. I know I'm not supposed to know everything. KC is the queen of the slow reveal. Of things clicking into place. I may not feel true connection to anyone yet, but I also know this is just the start. I also ended up caring about some totally different characters by the end than I did at the beginning. I think once more gets revealed in other books, I'll look back at this one and have more revelations.
Other notes: I received a physical ARC of this book, and I did not get approved for an ALC. No big, I am more than grateful for any kind of early copy. I pinched myself HARD recieving even this. HOWEVER, I will be re-reading with Robert Petkoff narrating it to me, and I do think that may help me connect even more. He is just the voice of KC to me at this point. I always enjoy her books better with him. I just do. I was DEFINETLY reading accents with his style and I can't wait to hear his performances.
The other thing is that... I have never read a book where KC left me on a cliffy before. The rules were VERY different here. Usually, no matter what happens, I can count on my HEA. So when the pain comes, I can muscle through and I know the "Fated Mate" bond will win the day. This book has me questioning what that really means.
That is a BOLD F*CKING CHOICE Kresley Cole, but I trust you. I just.. have to be honest about how I felt with where this book ended, though I reserve the right to up my rating and my opinion when I see the conclusion.
Til next time, Immortals.
3.5 Stars.. (For Now)
2 on the spice scale
TW: Threat of SA, violence, threat of forced pregnancy, kidnapping, forced marriage, dismemberment, violent birth, beheading, and more!
*Thank you to the publisher for an ARC of this title.*
June 22, 2026
6⭐️
This was exceptional in every way possible. A dark and deadly world filled with Vampires, Witches and werewolves among other paranormal creatures.
I’m so speechless right now, everything about this book was incredible - I don’t even know where to start or how I can make a review justice for what this book contains.
This is a multi POV dark paranormal fantasy romance. I would say the first 100 pages are heavily filled with the world building and getting to know the characters and their schemes. But when it clicks into place it hits you with so much power, I was predicting it was going to be a five star read, then by the time I finished it was immediately a six star. The world itself is so unique and the plot was layers on layers of complexity.
The multi POV was hard to get to grips with but simply put you have two people who are trying to figure out their own situations in one place and then the next two people are somewhere else etc - they all link together by the smallest fractions that gave me goosebumps. Constantly on edge to see how this plot will unfold.
The character development will seriously surprise you, in fact everything will. You will think I know for sure what’s happening and then it all gets turned over. The spice in this was delicious and loved Ditch’s & Thanes connection, the epitome of enemies to lovers. The constant yearning and touch her and die was exceptional.
I think I actually went through every emotion possible, it was so intense. Can’t wait for book two to see how this will unfold!
Thank you so much Head of Zeus & Rachel Quin Marketing for the advanced early copy.
This was exceptional in every way possible. A dark and deadly world filled with Vampires, Witches and werewolves among other paranormal creatures.
I’m so speechless right now, everything about this book was incredible - I don’t even know where to start or how I can make a review justice for what this book contains.
This is a multi POV dark paranormal fantasy romance. I would say the first 100 pages are heavily filled with the world building and getting to know the characters and their schemes. But when it clicks into place it hits you with so much power, I was predicting it was going to be a five star read, then by the time I finished it was immediately a six star. The world itself is so unique and the plot was layers on layers of complexity.
The multi POV was hard to get to grips with but simply put you have two people who are trying to figure out their own situations in one place and then the next two people are somewhere else etc - they all link together by the smallest fractions that gave me goosebumps. Constantly on edge to see how this plot will unfold.
The character development will seriously surprise you, in fact everything will. You will think I know for sure what’s happening and then it all gets turned over. The spice in this was delicious and loved Ditch’s & Thanes connection, the epitome of enemies to lovers. The constant yearning and touch her and die was exceptional.
I think I actually went through every emotion possible, it was so intense. Can’t wait for book two to see how this will unfold!
Thank you so much Head of Zeus & Rachel Quin Marketing for the advanced early copy.
July 28, 2026
My biggest heads up for anyone is this is not a Romance this is more of a fantasy with some romantic subplots that don't fully pay off in book one.
I lost my mind the last 5-8% or so probably with what all happened.
Audio ARC Provided by publisher via Netgalley
I lost my mind the last 5-8% or so probably with what all happened.
Audio ARC Provided by publisher via Netgalley
Review of advance copy received from Publisher
3.5 stars
Extremely unhinged and incredibly addicting.
Extremely unhinged and incredibly addicting.
July 28, 2026
This review was originally posted on Books of My Heart”
Review copy was received from NetGalley. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
I have read and enjoyed almost every book from the Immortals After Dark series, which is set in an alternate world from this one. What I thought we were going to get was another formulaic story that you know will end in happily ever after for the couple involved. What I got was a much darker version of the stories I usually expect from Kresley Cole. Ravenous is the first book in the new Immortals Untold series. You don't have to have read the Immortals After Dark series to enjoy this but the basic character and some lore structures are similar, so it would help your foundational knowledge if you have.
Ravenous is different from its parent series in that instead of focusing on one couple, the author has given us four potential couples. A few of those couples get a little more page time than the others and are more clearly in a romantic type paring, but all are unusual pairings that are slightly chaotic because the Ascension is coming. One thing I noted is that some of the couples might not work out...gasp. I can't say for sure but there are some pretty big obstacles in the way for them and some trickery too if what we read isn't true. I'm going to give Kresley Cole some props for stepping outside her normal formula as it enabled her to hit me with some pretty large surprises. This is a darker side of her writing.
Out of all the potential couples, I enjoyed the play between Thane, King of the werewolves and the new leader of the Witches a half demon named Ditch. To me, Ditch was hilarious. She doesn't play by anyone else's rules, when everyone else is panicking, she is having the best time and most people's nightmares are her comfort zone. Thane on the other hand has been alive for over fifteen hundred years and was completely jaded until he met Ditch. Now he is trying to figure out how they can be together when their factions are ready to go to war.
The other couple stories were also a lot of fun though not as intense in the romance department. A Berserker whose parents were killed by a Vampire hunting party is wedded to a vampire by his leader. The enemies to potential love story there was great and wow did that plot line have some of the bigger twists. Thane's brother Lowell, was also playing with the enemy and courting a a reluctant witch and Ditch's right hand woman, Meera. I can't wait to see how that one plays out because where it left off was insane. And last but not least, was an incubus spy and the vampire who scammed him. An unusual partnership was started there that I'm pretty sure will lead to more if they can both stay alive. There are other species from the Lore running around like Valkyries and some other shifters but we didn't get a lot of page time with them yet.
This seems like it is going to read more like a duology or trilogy than the single book single couple stories I had gotten used to from this author. At the end of the book, I wasn't sure how to feel as so many of the characters are in really precarious places and everything is still a bit open right now. I was thinking it would all be wrapped up in the end but Kresley is going to make us wait to see if fate, that fickle bitch, is going to be friend or foe to any and all of these couples and I'm ready to play along to see what happens. With the Ascension ramping up and no Nix (I missed her) to direct things, I think anything is possible.
Narration:
Performance: ★★★★★
Character Separation: ★★★★★
Diction: ★★★★
Pacing/Flow: ★★★★★
Sound Effects: None
Robert Petkoff is a pro narrator and it shows. I have loved his voice throughout the Immortals After Dark series so I was excited to see he would also be the voice for the new Immortals Untold series. He has so many great deeper voice selections for the various alpha males that run rampant through Cole's writing and he covers the female voices well too which I think is a hard ask sometimes. The cast is rather large and I found it easy to tell who was talking when. I was able to listen at my usual 1.5x speed.
Listen to a clip: HERE
Review copy was received from NetGalley. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.
I have read and enjoyed almost every book from the Immortals After Dark series, which is set in an alternate world from this one. What I thought we were going to get was another formulaic story that you know will end in happily ever after for the couple involved. What I got was a much darker version of the stories I usually expect from Kresley Cole. Ravenous is the first book in the new Immortals Untold series. You don't have to have read the Immortals After Dark series to enjoy this but the basic character and some lore structures are similar, so it would help your foundational knowledge if you have.
Ravenous is different from its parent series in that instead of focusing on one couple, the author has given us four potential couples. A few of those couples get a little more page time than the others and are more clearly in a romantic type paring, but all are unusual pairings that are slightly chaotic because the Ascension is coming. One thing I noted is that some of the couples might not work out...gasp. I can't say for sure but there are some pretty big obstacles in the way for them and some trickery too if what we read isn't true. I'm going to give Kresley Cole some props for stepping outside her normal formula as it enabled her to hit me with some pretty large surprises. This is a darker side of her writing.
Out of all the potential couples, I enjoyed the play between Thane, King of the werewolves and the new leader of the Witches a half demon named Ditch. To me, Ditch was hilarious. She doesn't play by anyone else's rules, when everyone else is panicking, she is having the best time and most people's nightmares are her comfort zone. Thane on the other hand has been alive for over fifteen hundred years and was completely jaded until he met Ditch. Now he is trying to figure out how they can be together when their factions are ready to go to war.
The other couple stories were also a lot of fun though not as intense in the romance department. A Berserker whose parents were killed by a Vampire hunting party is wedded to a vampire by his leader. The enemies to potential love story there was great and wow did that plot line have some of the bigger twists. Thane's brother Lowell, was also playing with the enemy and courting a a reluctant witch and Ditch's right hand woman, Meera. I can't wait to see how that one plays out because where it left off was insane. And last but not least, was an incubus spy and the vampire who scammed him. An unusual partnership was started there that I'm pretty sure will lead to more if they can both stay alive. There are other species from the Lore running around like Valkyries and some other shifters but we didn't get a lot of page time with them yet.
This seems like it is going to read more like a duology or trilogy than the single book single couple stories I had gotten used to from this author. At the end of the book, I wasn't sure how to feel as so many of the characters are in really precarious places and everything is still a bit open right now. I was thinking it would all be wrapped up in the end but Kresley is going to make us wait to see if fate, that fickle bitch, is going to be friend or foe to any and all of these couples and I'm ready to play along to see what happens. With the Ascension ramping up and no Nix (I missed her) to direct things, I think anything is possible.
Narration:
Performance: ★★★★★
Character Separation: ★★★★★
Diction: ★★★★
Pacing/Flow: ★★★★★
Sound Effects: None
Robert Petkoff is a pro narrator and it shows. I have loved his voice throughout the Immortals After Dark series so I was excited to see he would also be the voice for the new Immortals Untold series. He has so many great deeper voice selections for the various alpha males that run rampant through Cole's writing and he covers the female voices well too which I think is a hard ask sometimes. The cast is rather large and I found it easy to tell who was talking when. I was able to listen at my usual 1.5x speed.
Listen to a clip: HERE
November 4, 2026
Immortal creatures, ancient rivalries, fated bonds and enough forbidden desire to make the gods themselves need a lie-down. Welcome to the Skein!
Forget the mortal world. We’re heading somewhere much more dangerous, where vampires, witches, demons and wolves aren’t exactly sitting around having friendly neighbourhood gatherings. They’re fighting wars, chasing power and apparently making some very questionable romantic decisions along the way.
The Accession has begun, an ancient cycle of chaos and destiny that’s reigniting old rivalries and throwing a whole lot of immortal beings into each other’s paths.
And the romances? Oh, we’re not doing anything halfway here.
A witch queen and a brutal wolf king who are supposed to be enemies but clearly haven’t got the memo. A vampire princess trading her crown for freedom, only to find herself bound to a scarred, possessive Berserker. An incubus spy and a vampiress making a dangerous bargain. And a wolf and enchantress whose forbidden attraction could change everything.
Basically, everyone is either plotting, fighting, lusting or making alliances that could end in absolute disaster. My kind of fictional mess.
I love the sheer variety of supernatural creatures, dangerous dynamics and romantic possibilities packed into this world. There’s political intrigue, bloody mayhem, power struggles and those deliciously complicated relationships where attraction is probably the last thing anyone needs… but naturally, it’s happening anyway.
With multiple couples, enemies on opposite sides and a world where magic can kill you, there’s certainly no shortage of drama.
If you like your fantasy dark, your immortals dangerous and your romance served with a healthy dose of chaos, the Skein is calling.
Forget the mortal world. We’re heading somewhere much more dangerous, where vampires, witches, demons and wolves aren’t exactly sitting around having friendly neighbourhood gatherings. They’re fighting wars, chasing power and apparently making some very questionable romantic decisions along the way.
The Accession has begun, an ancient cycle of chaos and destiny that’s reigniting old rivalries and throwing a whole lot of immortal beings into each other’s paths.
And the romances? Oh, we’re not doing anything halfway here.
A witch queen and a brutal wolf king who are supposed to be enemies but clearly haven’t got the memo. A vampire princess trading her crown for freedom, only to find herself bound to a scarred, possessive Berserker. An incubus spy and a vampiress making a dangerous bargain. And a wolf and enchantress whose forbidden attraction could change everything.
Basically, everyone is either plotting, fighting, lusting or making alliances that could end in absolute disaster. My kind of fictional mess.
I love the sheer variety of supernatural creatures, dangerous dynamics and romantic possibilities packed into this world. There’s political intrigue, bloody mayhem, power struggles and those deliciously complicated relationships where attraction is probably the last thing anyone needs… but naturally, it’s happening anyway.
With multiple couples, enemies on opposite sides and a world where magic can kill you, there’s certainly no shortage of drama.
If you like your fantasy dark, your immortals dangerous and your romance served with a healthy dose of chaos, the Skein is calling.
Review of advance copy received from NetGalley
Releases 7/28/26.
To preface my review: I am a massive fan of so much of what Kresley Cole's written. Immortals After Dark is among my favorite series ever. She's responsible for some of the best paranormal romance novels ever written.
And I get why she's basically spinning the IAD world into a romantasy setting. Writing to market is valid, it's a way of trying something new without reinventing the wheel… I have no issue with that.
There were sparks of Kresley's fast-paced, high stakes, snarky style in Ravenous. Flashes of subversion and interesting spins. It was good to see STAKES in a book like this, when so many romances, including fantasy romances/romantasies, seem rather boring as of late.
I think that was hampered in part by way too many POVs (it's difficult to get attached to people when you aren't seeing much of their perspectives) and by the fact that this isn't a standalone couple-a-book series. It's not even necessarily, based on what I've read, going to be a series wherein you meet a couple in book 1 and follow them until their HEA is book 5. Basically: You may get invested in a pairing, and they may not work out. Is this… romance? I'm not really sure. I guess you'll know at the end of the series.
But my biggest issue was that, very early in the novel, we're introduced to a POV character who is described as having "ebony" skin, as well as a foot-long dick. In the next paragraph, we read about how the woman he's currently having sex with asked him if he got his name because his "skin is so black".
Full disclosure: I'm white. Obviously, my opinion is far from the final say here. And there's more context to the story and those characters than just that moment. But I just have to wonder about whether this book went through a sensitivity read—because the combo of the massive dick and that line and all this basically being the character's intro just left me with a lot of questions.
I really wanted to love this one.
Thanks to Bloom Books and NetGalley for giving me a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
To preface my review: I am a massive fan of so much of what Kresley Cole's written. Immortals After Dark is among my favorite series ever. She's responsible for some of the best paranormal romance novels ever written.
And I get why she's basically spinning the IAD world into a romantasy setting. Writing to market is valid, it's a way of trying something new without reinventing the wheel… I have no issue with that.
There were sparks of Kresley's fast-paced, high stakes, snarky style in Ravenous. Flashes of subversion and interesting spins. It was good to see STAKES in a book like this, when so many romances, including fantasy romances/romantasies, seem rather boring as of late.
I think that was hampered in part by way too many POVs (it's difficult to get attached to people when you aren't seeing much of their perspectives) and by the fact that this isn't a standalone couple-a-book series. It's not even necessarily, based on what I've read, going to be a series wherein you meet a couple in book 1 and follow them until their HEA is book 5. Basically: You may get invested in a pairing, and they may not work out. Is this… romance? I'm not really sure. I guess you'll know at the end of the series.
But my biggest issue was that, very early in the novel, we're introduced to a POV character who is described as having "ebony" skin, as well as a foot-long dick. In the next paragraph, we read about how the woman he's currently having sex with asked him if he got his name because his "skin is so black".
Full disclosure: I'm white. Obviously, my opinion is far from the final say here. And there's more context to the story and those characters than just that moment. But I just have to wonder about whether this book went through a sensitivity read—because the combo of the massive dick and that line and all this basically being the character's intro just left me with a lot of questions.
I really wanted to love this one.
Thanks to Bloom Books and NetGalley for giving me a copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
September 10, 2026
im so sorry i cant even write a coherent review over this book rn...
its a terrible day to be me, i genuinely thought i would love this
its a terrible day to be me, i genuinely thought i would love this
audiobooks-to-read
October 3, 2025A NEW SERIES????? AAAAAhhhh I'm so excited!!
August 3, 2026
That was.... something
October 6, 2026
Rating: ⭐️ (0.25 / 5) — DNF at Chapter 18
I really wanted to give Ravenous a honest chance, but I had to call it quits at Chapter 18.
Unfortunately, this one just was not for me. The story failed to grab my attention, and I found myself struggling to connect with the plot, pacing, and characters. While I appreciate what the author was trying to set up in the Immortals Untold universe, pushing past Chapter 18 felt like a chore rather than an enjoyable read, so I decided it was best to cut my losses and move on to something else.
I really wanted to give Ravenous a honest chance, but I had to call it quits at Chapter 18.
Unfortunately, this one just was not for me. The story failed to grab my attention, and I found myself struggling to connect with the plot, pacing, and characters. While I appreciate what the author was trying to set up in the Immortals Untold universe, pushing past Chapter 18 felt like a chore rather than an enjoyable read, so I decided it was best to cut my losses and move on to something else.
July 7, 2026
This review is for Ravenous by Kresley Cole which releases in the UK on the 28th July! Thanks so much to Netgalley and Aria for giving me an eArc copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
I am a massive Kresley Cole fan, and have read most of her previous series, so when I heard she was writing a new series… that also features immortals?? You know I was in.
This was a little different to what I was expecting tbh, but definitely not in a bad way. It was very similar to her Immortals Untold series, with a lot of witty and badass FMC’s and a wide variety of immortal creatures (of course the Valkyries are my favourite, how can they not be???). However there seemed to be a lot more different POV’s then we usually see. Because of this, it did feel a little disjointed and when we were getting to the juicy bits of one POV, of course it then had to jump to another. It does however do a great job of showing all the discord happening throughout the Skein from all the different angles and building tension 👀
The world building was really detailed and I loved being able to see all the different parts of the Skein through the beings that lived there.
The romance was of course delicious as per usual, it was nice to see her step away from her usual ‘fated mates’ trope and explore some different options. But poor Meera though, my heart broke for her 🥹 we see a lot of different romances form across all the different Immortals trapped in the Skein too, with a lot of them being the same types of Immortals we’ve seen in previous series. But again, because of the jumps between the POV’s some of the romances fell a little flat and felt a little underdeveloped.
However, I still managed to devour this fairly quickly and cannot wait to see what happens in the next in the series. That cliffhanger is intense!!
I am a massive Kresley Cole fan, and have read most of her previous series, so when I heard she was writing a new series… that also features immortals?? You know I was in.
This was a little different to what I was expecting tbh, but definitely not in a bad way. It was very similar to her Immortals Untold series, with a lot of witty and badass FMC’s and a wide variety of immortal creatures (of course the Valkyries are my favourite, how can they not be???). However there seemed to be a lot more different POV’s then we usually see. Because of this, it did feel a little disjointed and when we were getting to the juicy bits of one POV, of course it then had to jump to another. It does however do a great job of showing all the discord happening throughout the Skein from all the different angles and building tension 👀
The world building was really detailed and I loved being able to see all the different parts of the Skein through the beings that lived there.
The romance was of course delicious as per usual, it was nice to see her step away from her usual ‘fated mates’ trope and explore some different options. But poor Meera though, my heart broke for her 🥹 we see a lot of different romances form across all the different Immortals trapped in the Skein too, with a lot of them being the same types of Immortals we’ve seen in previous series. But again, because of the jumps between the POV’s some of the romances fell a little flat and felt a little underdeveloped.
However, I still managed to devour this fairly quickly and cannot wait to see what happens in the next in the series. That cliffhanger is intense!!
July 31, 2026
This might be the first book of Kresley’s that I did not like.
There were so many POVs and storylines that it got a bit hard to follow at times. I also didn’t realize this is just the first book of 4? and everything ended on a cliffhanger or badly. Literally every story line ended in an unfortunate way.
I really enjoy her other paranormal romance books and the IAD series is one of my favorites. Perhaps it’s because I’m used to each of those being standalone with a fairly HEA ending but nothing in Ravenous was happy.
For all the POVs it really felt like this was almost a story about Thane/Ditch given their chapters took up almost 1/3 of the book.
Maybe my expectations were poor and that’s why I didn’t enjoy this, but I’m undecided if I’ll read any more books in this series.
There were so many POVs and storylines that it got a bit hard to follow at times. I also didn’t realize this is just the first book of 4? and everything ended on a cliffhanger or badly. Literally every story line ended in an unfortunate way.
I really enjoy her other paranormal romance books and the IAD series is one of my favorites. Perhaps it’s because I’m used to each of those being standalone with a fairly HEA ending but nothing in Ravenous was happy.
For all the POVs it really felt like this was almost a story about Thane/Ditch given their chapters took up almost 1/3 of the book.
Maybe my expectations were poor and that’s why I didn’t enjoy this, but I’m undecided if I’ll read any more books in this series.
Want to Read
October 11, 2025GODS. The longer I sit and wait for the damn ORIGINAL series to finish up, the more pissed i get.
FINISH THE MAIN SERIES MISS COLE. THEN you can move on with whatever spinoff bologna you want.
Just please for the love of God GET FURIE OUT OF THE DAMN OCEAN (and hopefully into Kristoffs arms)
FINISH THE MAIN SERIES MISS COLE. THEN you can move on with whatever spinoff bologna you want.
Just please for the love of God GET FURIE OUT OF THE DAMN OCEAN (and hopefully into Kristoffs arms)
July 31, 2026
This is a version of the Immortals After Dark series where the bad guys win and all the characters have horrible endings.
August 3, 2026
I have a problem with multiple POVs
July 28, 2026
***I did receive an ARC of this book via NetGalley***
Oh my gosh you guys, the QUEEN OF THE LORE is back! When I tell you I absolutely loved AND devoured this book, I mean it. I honestly do not think there is anyone who does paranormal romance quite like K Cole. Truly, it was spectacularly written and left me wanting SO much more. Which I definitely expected, I mean it's Kresley Cole!
By now, if you have read any of my reviews you know I am a longtime reader and a longtime lover of Kresley Cole. I love her storytelling and I am just a big fan of her writing overall. Ravenous, the first book in the Immortals Untold series had everything you could ever want or expect in a K Cole paranormal romance. It has incredibly witty banter, it's so funny, it's SO sexy, and it is filled with LORE. She writes the BEST and most fearsome, badass women.
Now, I will say you do not need to read any of the IAD (Immortals After Dark) books to read this one but, I do feel like I had a better understanding of the history of all the different character types going into this book and how the Immortal world works. Now, in this series The Skein is a different world and they are not on a mortal plain like IAD but, the basics are still the same. We have our Valkyries, our Witches, our Vampires, our Demons, our Lykae, our Incubus, our Berserkers, some hybrids thrown in there, and so much more.
There are multiple POV's in this book, multiple. And, I know that it can be hard for some to read a story that is happening from so many different points of view but, when I tell you it works, it totally works. There is a lot of information happening but, the way it is broken up between the characters is really refreshing and it doesn't feel like you are getting world info dumped on at all and it is easy to follow.
What you NEED to know, The Accession is here and it is coming fast. Essentially, it is a big battle or culmination if you will, of all the Immortals that happens every 1500 years or so (give or take a few) and not everyone makes it out alive. Those who do, make it out with forged and fated bonds and come out stronger. Those who don't... well let's just say magic kills and we won't see them in next book..
I have to say first, I absolutely LOVED Ditch, our Demon-Witch Queen. She was so hilarious and so conceited and I just loved her confidence. All of her interactions with Thane, King of Lykae had me laughing, kicking my feet and blushing so much, I loved it. Their chemistry? *Chefs Kiss*. Could she possibly be a villain? Perhaps. Do I care? Nope! Haha, I love her and I want to see where she goes with her character. Essentially, she is a big bad and wants to rule over The Skein and come out of this Accession as Queen... we shall see.
I also LOVED learning more about Berserkers and their history. Arctos is a BADASS. But, I also feel like he is a softie too but, I KNOW he is going to be important. While his family was slaughtered by Vampires.. he just might be forming a friendship with one, and possibly a chance at a real relationship with The Vampire Princess, Lia. She's so sweet and she is learning to become strong with Arctos help.. I can't wait to see where they end up.
The Valkyrie sisters? Equally as badass and insane and so hilarious. We also have a Valkyrie here that is asleep.. a seer.. sound familiar? Will she wake up this Accession? I know they are going to play HUGE roles here.
Now there is of course, badness intertwined with all the funny and loveable moments between our characters too. We have a really evil Vampire Prince, Costin who has been plotting for a lot longer than anyone realizes and wants Lia for himself. But, what he doesn't know is that betrayal brings Immortals together faster than anything. We have Berserkers, Witches, Lykae, Valkyries gunning for each other here but, they might have a common enemy in him... will they fight with each other.. or fight for themselves? I can't wait to find out more!!
If you love Paranormal romance, world building, fated mates, epic battles and love? Then you will LOVE this book. I wholeheartedly recommend it and I would recommend reading the IAD series as well. There is so much to unpack here, there is fighting, there is betrayal but, there is love and friendship and it was just so much fun to read. I truly loved it and I think you will too, happy reading all!
Oh my gosh you guys, the QUEEN OF THE LORE is back! When I tell you I absolutely loved AND devoured this book, I mean it. I honestly do not think there is anyone who does paranormal romance quite like K Cole. Truly, it was spectacularly written and left me wanting SO much more. Which I definitely expected, I mean it's Kresley Cole!
By now, if you have read any of my reviews you know I am a longtime reader and a longtime lover of Kresley Cole. I love her storytelling and I am just a big fan of her writing overall. Ravenous, the first book in the Immortals Untold series had everything you could ever want or expect in a K Cole paranormal romance. It has incredibly witty banter, it's so funny, it's SO sexy, and it is filled with LORE. She writes the BEST and most fearsome, badass women.
Now, I will say you do not need to read any of the IAD (Immortals After Dark) books to read this one but, I do feel like I had a better understanding of the history of all the different character types going into this book and how the Immortal world works. Now, in this series The Skein is a different world and they are not on a mortal plain like IAD but, the basics are still the same. We have our Valkyries, our Witches, our Vampires, our Demons, our Lykae, our Incubus, our Berserkers, some hybrids thrown in there, and so much more.
There are multiple POV's in this book, multiple. And, I know that it can be hard for some to read a story that is happening from so many different points of view but, when I tell you it works, it totally works. There is a lot of information happening but, the way it is broken up between the characters is really refreshing and it doesn't feel like you are getting world info dumped on at all and it is easy to follow.
What you NEED to know, The Accession is here and it is coming fast. Essentially, it is a big battle or culmination if you will, of all the Immortals that happens every 1500 years or so (give or take a few) and not everyone makes it out alive. Those who do, make it out with forged and fated bonds and come out stronger. Those who don't... well let's just say magic kills and we won't see them in next book..
I have to say first, I absolutely LOVED Ditch, our Demon-Witch Queen. She was so hilarious and so conceited and I just loved her confidence. All of her interactions with Thane, King of Lykae had me laughing, kicking my feet and blushing so much, I loved it. Their chemistry? *Chefs Kiss*. Could she possibly be a villain? Perhaps. Do I care? Nope! Haha, I love her and I want to see where she goes with her character. Essentially, she is a big bad and wants to rule over The Skein and come out of this Accession as Queen... we shall see.
I also LOVED learning more about Berserkers and their history. Arctos is a BADASS. But, I also feel like he is a softie too but, I KNOW he is going to be important. While his family was slaughtered by Vampires.. he just might be forming a friendship with one, and possibly a chance at a real relationship with The Vampire Princess, Lia. She's so sweet and she is learning to become strong with Arctos help.. I can't wait to see where they end up.
The Valkyrie sisters? Equally as badass and insane and so hilarious. We also have a Valkyrie here that is asleep.. a seer.. sound familiar? Will she wake up this Accession? I know they are going to play HUGE roles here.
Now there is of course, badness intertwined with all the funny and loveable moments between our characters too. We have a really evil Vampire Prince, Costin who has been plotting for a lot longer than anyone realizes and wants Lia for himself. But, what he doesn't know is that betrayal brings Immortals together faster than anything. We have Berserkers, Witches, Lykae, Valkyries gunning for each other here but, they might have a common enemy in him... will they fight with each other.. or fight for themselves? I can't wait to find out more!!
If you love Paranormal romance, world building, fated mates, epic battles and love? Then you will LOVE this book. I wholeheartedly recommend it and I would recommend reading the IAD series as well. There is so much to unpack here, there is fighting, there is betrayal but, there is love and friendship and it was just so much fun to read. I truly loved it and I think you will too, happy reading all!
July 30, 2026
3.75 Stars ⭐️
I think that I have read Ms. Cole's books for over a decade - possibly even two. I am a fan of her Immortals After Dark series which started 20 years ago and is still ongoing. Because of that, this book - which is a spin off of IAD - made it easier to build the world in my head.
Even though it is set in a different world (a kind of bubble dimension off of the mortal world) the classes of paranormals, and the basic premise of the story was already something that the reader (and by reader I mean me) was already used to. Things like "The Ascension" which happens every 500 years, Valkyrie's having a sleeping "Seer" who constantly had spoken of prophecies (think Nyx)......all of those things felt familiar.
The realm was called Skein, and the focus of the story featured several couples who were dealing with the ramifications of finding their mates. And none of these couples were of the same species. In this world, the Ascension has begun so things are EXTREMELY chaotic. So many of the different creatures were at war or thinking about going to war and allies were being tested.
Ms. Cole wrote an intriguing premise where we got several POV's - from an Alpha Wolf, and his Beta, to a Witch Queen, and her right hand Witch, to a Vampire Princess, and her psychopathic brother, to a Berserker Queen, and her Captain of the Guard. Oh, and I forgot an Incubus and a couple of Valkyrie's. All of these were different stories with different POV's, and you didn't really know how everyone fit together until we got deeply into the book. It was fun watching everything unfold and there were also some crazy twists that were unexpected as well.
Other than an absolutely crazy scene where one character was in the middle of s*x and somehow scented his mate for the first time - and it was NOT the woman he had just professed his love to.....I had a fun time trying to figure things out. I really enjoyed jumping in and going along for the ride. That scene I just mentioned above was so unexpected and so callous, that it pulled me out of the story. To say more runs into the spoiler range so I'll just say that I was not a fan of that entire scene.
This book, while being labeled a romance or romantasy really kind of fell short in that aspect. To me, it shined more from the actual plot. There were several storylines going on at the same time and in the end, several of these actually were revealed to tie into one another. In terms of the romances, some were stronger than others with more time being focused on them, while others fell a bit flat.
I am definitely excited for the next book in the series because we left things in an interesting place - and I have lots of questions!
Thank you to NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books | Bloom Books for the opportunity to read and review this ARC. This book will be out for publication on July 28, 2026.
I think that I have read Ms. Cole's books for over a decade - possibly even two. I am a fan of her Immortals After Dark series which started 20 years ago and is still ongoing. Because of that, this book - which is a spin off of IAD - made it easier to build the world in my head.
Even though it is set in a different world (a kind of bubble dimension off of the mortal world) the classes of paranormals, and the basic premise of the story was already something that the reader (and by reader I mean me) was already used to. Things like "The Ascension" which happens every 500 years, Valkyrie's having a sleeping "Seer" who constantly had spoken of prophecies (think Nyx)......all of those things felt familiar.
The realm was called Skein, and the focus of the story featured several couples who were dealing with the ramifications of finding their mates. And none of these couples were of the same species. In this world, the Ascension has begun so things are EXTREMELY chaotic. So many of the different creatures were at war or thinking about going to war and allies were being tested.
Ms. Cole wrote an intriguing premise where we got several POV's - from an Alpha Wolf, and his Beta, to a Witch Queen, and her right hand Witch, to a Vampire Princess, and her psychopathic brother, to a Berserker Queen, and her Captain of the Guard. Oh, and I forgot an Incubus and a couple of Valkyrie's. All of these were different stories with different POV's, and you didn't really know how everyone fit together until we got deeply into the book. It was fun watching everything unfold and there were also some crazy twists that were unexpected as well.
Other than an absolutely crazy scene where one character was in the middle of s*x and somehow scented his mate for the first time - and it was NOT the woman he had just professed his love to.....I had a fun time trying to figure things out. I really enjoyed jumping in and going along for the ride. That scene I just mentioned above was so unexpected and so callous, that it pulled me out of the story. To say more runs into the spoiler range so I'll just say that I was not a fan of that entire scene.
This book, while being labeled a romance or romantasy really kind of fell short in that aspect. To me, it shined more from the actual plot. There were several storylines going on at the same time and in the end, several of these actually were revealed to tie into one another. In terms of the romances, some were stronger than others with more time being focused on them, while others fell a bit flat.
I am definitely excited for the next book in the series because we left things in an interesting place - and I have lots of questions!
Thank you to NetGalley and SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books | Bloom Books for the opportunity to read and review this ARC. This book will be out for publication on July 28, 2026.
September 11, 2026
This was sure something. I’m kind of at a loss on how to rate this. I enjoyed it but was incredibly frustrated by it also. Hot mess execution right here. The world building is not good at all. I’m still confused about the worlds and realms and now it all works. We have the different species territories in the main realm, Skein, but then there are other places mentioned as well and I don’t know how that all fits in. We need a map desperately. The book opens to a ton of character images but no map? That right there is a huge clue about the authors objective with this series—plot and world building are not it.
The characters, oh boy. We have so many of them! 8 “maybe” main characters? I think there were 5-6 “side” character POV. There is a lot going on here. It’s not a long book, by the time I finish a book one I want to know who to root for at the very least. I’m not really sure what this was yet. Who are the villains? Was this all “origin” story? It’s hard because of the nature of the story and with so many characters we are only scratching the surface of this series in this book. All of that does absolutely nothing for momentum. I felt like I was at the exact same place when I finished this book as I was when I started. I may have some more information and I have may have “seen”
Some things happen, but we didn’t actually get anywhere. I don’t feel connected to very many of the characters either because we get so little time with some of them.
There is a ton of drama though, a whole bunch of extremely messy politics and twisted, angsty mate bonds. I wasn’t going to continue on to book two because of the execution and the constantly flip flopping POV and storyline but now I’m super curious about how things with the relationships are going to shake out (Lia and Meera especially). Idk why but this is giving me Game of Thrones vibes; we have these moments where things seem easy and innocent and then bang here’s the Red Wedding.
Overall: 3.5
The characters, oh boy. We have so many of them! 8 “maybe” main characters? I think there were 5-6 “side” character POV. There is a lot going on here. It’s not a long book, by the time I finish a book one I want to know who to root for at the very least. I’m not really sure what this was yet. Who are the villains? Was this all “origin” story? It’s hard because of the nature of the story and with so many characters we are only scratching the surface of this series in this book. All of that does absolutely nothing for momentum. I felt like I was at the exact same place when I finished this book as I was when I started. I may have some more information and I have may have “seen”
Some things happen, but we didn’t actually get anywhere. I don’t feel connected to very many of the characters either because we get so little time with some of them.
There is a ton of drama though, a whole bunch of extremely messy politics and twisted, angsty mate bonds. I wasn’t going to continue on to book two because of the execution and the constantly flip flopping POV and storyline but now I’m super curious about how things with the relationships are going to shake out (Lia and Meera especially). Idk why but this is giving me Game of Thrones vibes; we have these moments where things seem easy and innocent and then bang here’s the Red Wedding.
Overall: 3.5
August 21, 2026
What in the cliffhanger hell was this?!? Damn.
I've been an avid Kresley Cole fan for almost 2 decades, Her Immortals After Dark series, her contemporary erotic mafia trilogy, all of it. I'm a big fan, and I love her writing. This was something else entirely. She did a full ass pivot with her writing style in this book and I'm still reeling.
Why?!? well… I had no idea this was going to be more than one book, and I still don't know if it's a duology, a series, or a spin off that loops back to IAD. She took us on a ride and the ending left me straight up gutted. (to be fair, this is the 2nd cliffhanger i had back to back and my frustration is HIGH bc I didn’t know going in)
The book is good. Great even. Kresley writes great books. The witty banter is one of my FAVORITE things about her writing and her books. She kept her signature banter and then stepped into a new approach to her storytelling so that while this is Lore adjacent (IAD series) it’s a brand new series with a brand new approach. It's a refreshing change of pace for the KC and while I was completely unprepared for the switch, I really like Kresley Cole and her writing. I like that she’s expanding and taking chances with her storytelling.
Now, personanlly, I feel like this could've worked as one longer romantasy book instead of splitting it into two (or three or twenty because I still don’t know what this is gonna be). Romantasy readers are used to 400+ page, 17+ hour books and world building and epic journeys and epic battles…. so I'm struggling to see the logic here beyond the obvious dollar signs. This book is a similar length to her other books that are focused on one couple. So.. why have so many pairings and keep the length the same? I don’t get it. Like… why?! If we’re going to switch it up, then commit and SWITCH IT UP!! Give us the pages and the journey. We're here for it.
The multiple POVs took some adjusting (again, not what I was expecting from her based on my previous experiences with her books), but I ended up appreciating the breadth of the story: a witch queen vs. a wolf king, a vampire princess and a scarred Berserker, an incubus spy and a cunning vampiress, a wolf and an enchantress from warring clans. It's a lot, but I was craving something different, and this ….. was indeed different. I loved being back in a Kresley Cole world.
Another thing I feel worth flagging b/c I primarily read sapphic romance for the last several years: I was so excited when I read the very thin thread of a potential sapphic connection between a valkyrie and a shapeshifter, but….. it's genuinely just a sliver. I got my hopes up and that was my bad. And this is where my bigger frustration with the genre comes in, not just this book specifically, but broadly across the mainstream trad pub romantasy sphere. I would love to see more mainstream writers elevating queer rep beyond just M/M, MMF, FFM, or bi4bi M/F pairings. Cole herself has an M/M book, and other adjacent queer characters b/c her books are written in “ the Lore”. It’s paranormal/romanatasy so she can create queer normative worlds and connections… which is great, but sapphic intimacy and connection keeps getting sidelined or pushed off page across trad pub romance as a whole. It's 2026, babes. Come on. Like there are no immortal lesbian vampires or valkyrie?!? In ANY of these paranormal worlds?!? Idk. Just floating this to the trad pub peeps that read these reviews. Lesbians read mainstream romantasy books from bookstores.
Oh! and Robert Petkoff was great as usual. He does well with these series and with Cole's characters. He really delivers Kresley Coles signature banter so that there are laugh out loud moments. The audiobook was stellar.
I've been an avid Kresley Cole fan for almost 2 decades, Her Immortals After Dark series, her contemporary erotic mafia trilogy, all of it. I'm a big fan, and I love her writing. This was something else entirely. She did a full ass pivot with her writing style in this book and I'm still reeling.
Why?!? well… I had no idea this was going to be more than one book, and I still don't know if it's a duology, a series, or a spin off that loops back to IAD. She took us on a ride and the ending left me straight up gutted. (to be fair, this is the 2nd cliffhanger i had back to back and my frustration is HIGH bc I didn’t know going in)
The book is good. Great even. Kresley writes great books. The witty banter is one of my FAVORITE things about her writing and her books. She kept her signature banter and then stepped into a new approach to her storytelling so that while this is Lore adjacent (IAD series) it’s a brand new series with a brand new approach. It's a refreshing change of pace for the KC and while I was completely unprepared for the switch, I really like Kresley Cole and her writing. I like that she’s expanding and taking chances with her storytelling.
Now, personanlly, I feel like this could've worked as one longer romantasy book instead of splitting it into two (or three or twenty because I still don’t know what this is gonna be). Romantasy readers are used to 400+ page, 17+ hour books and world building and epic journeys and epic battles…. so I'm struggling to see the logic here beyond the obvious dollar signs. This book is a similar length to her other books that are focused on one couple. So.. why have so many pairings and keep the length the same? I don’t get it. Like… why?! If we’re going to switch it up, then commit and SWITCH IT UP!! Give us the pages and the journey. We're here for it.
The multiple POVs took some adjusting (again, not what I was expecting from her based on my previous experiences with her books), but I ended up appreciating the breadth of the story: a witch queen vs. a wolf king, a vampire princess and a scarred Berserker, an incubus spy and a cunning vampiress, a wolf and an enchantress from warring clans. It's a lot, but I was craving something different, and this ….. was indeed different. I loved being back in a Kresley Cole world.
Another thing I feel worth flagging b/c I primarily read sapphic romance for the last several years: I was so excited when I read the very thin thread of a potential sapphic connection between a valkyrie and a shapeshifter, but….. it's genuinely just a sliver. I got my hopes up and that was my bad. And this is where my bigger frustration with the genre comes in, not just this book specifically, but broadly across the mainstream trad pub romantasy sphere. I would love to see more mainstream writers elevating queer rep beyond just M/M, MMF, FFM, or bi4bi M/F pairings. Cole herself has an M/M book, and other adjacent queer characters b/c her books are written in “ the Lore”. It’s paranormal/romanatasy so she can create queer normative worlds and connections… which is great, but sapphic intimacy and connection keeps getting sidelined or pushed off page across trad pub romance as a whole. It's 2026, babes. Come on. Like there are no immortal lesbian vampires or valkyrie?!? In ANY of these paranormal worlds?!? Idk. Just floating this to the trad pub peeps that read these reviews. Lesbians read mainstream romantasy books from bookstores.
Oh! and Robert Petkoff was great as usual. He does well with these series and with Cole's characters. He really delivers Kresley Coles signature banter so that there are laugh out loud moments. The audiobook was stellar.
September 18, 2026
3.75 Stars
I was so mad at KC for starting a new spinoff series when we have been eagerly waiting for already established IAD characters for their own books, specially Nix, Fury and Kristoff, for ages now. The accession has been going on for the last twenty years and what about the Møriør. I found them so interesting. Why introduce such interesting characters just to abandon them. And I was disappointed with the last two books in the series.
So I was pretty miffed and had very low expectations when I started this book and to my utter surprise actually enjoyed it. KC has deviated from the usually formula of IAD books, with multiple povs, a big cast of mismatched pairs and most of them aren't even likable. I found that refreshing. The plot was all over the place. Too much happening and it all felt jumbled. We have witches, demons, valkyries, berserkers etc .. The usual IAD fare but it is set in a parallel realm of Skein. And I'm pretty sure it's going to connect with main IAD after certain events that happened at the end.
This has a huge cast and most of them are off putting.
We have two boring valkyries Ven and Eyrun. And a mysterious valkyrie sleeping in a coffin, who is also a seer. NIX? I miss her so much. Best character in whole IAD.
We have a lykae king Thane, who is one dimensional. And his fated mate Ditch is just obnoxious. A Sabine wannabe.
Thane's second in command is Lowell and I liked the chemistry between him and Mera. Hope Lowell gets his ass kicked by her. Dude will need to grovel for the rest of his life.
Inkletter and Nadje - Another starcrossed pair. They don't get much time on pages to be fully developed. But hopefully we will get more of them in the next book.
Dagny and Torben - Already happily married when we meet them. Alas... I'm keeping my finger crossed for a miracle.
Arctos and Emilia - Now this is the pair I'm most interested in. I wanted more time with them but with KC juggling so many characters I felt dissatisfied. Also very frustrated with how the book ends. And yes it ends on a cliffhanger!😡 It was mentioned that this is a four book series. So are these events happening parallel with IAD or does Skein have a different timeline? Where is Nix? I need Nix. And I want this series to eventually connect with Gaia and IAD. I want answers and I want the next book soon.
I was so mad at KC for starting a new spinoff series when we have been eagerly waiting for already established IAD characters for their own books, specially Nix, Fury and Kristoff, for ages now. The accession has been going on for the last twenty years and what about the Møriør. I found them so interesting. Why introduce such interesting characters just to abandon them. And I was disappointed with the last two books in the series.
So I was pretty miffed and had very low expectations when I started this book and to my utter surprise actually enjoyed it. KC has deviated from the usually formula of IAD books, with multiple povs, a big cast of mismatched pairs and most of them aren't even likable. I found that refreshing. The plot was all over the place. Too much happening and it all felt jumbled. We have witches, demons, valkyries, berserkers etc .. The usual IAD fare but it is set in a parallel realm of Skein. And I'm pretty sure it's going to connect with main IAD after certain events that happened at the end.
This has a huge cast and most of them are off putting.
We have two boring valkyries Ven and Eyrun. And a mysterious valkyrie sleeping in a coffin, who is also a seer. NIX? I miss her so much. Best character in whole IAD.
We have a lykae king Thane, who is one dimensional. And his fated mate Ditch is just obnoxious. A Sabine wannabe.
Thane's second in command is Lowell and I liked the chemistry between him and Mera. Hope Lowell gets his ass kicked by her. Dude will need to grovel for the rest of his life.
Inkletter and Nadje - Another starcrossed pair. They don't get much time on pages to be fully developed. But hopefully we will get more of them in the next book.
Dagny and Torben - Already happily married when we meet them. Alas... I'm keeping my finger crossed for a miracle.
Arctos and Emilia - Now this is the pair I'm most interested in. I wanted more time with them but with KC juggling so many characters I felt dissatisfied. Also very frustrated with how the book ends. And yes it ends on a cliffhanger!😡 It was mentioned that this is a four book series. So are these events happening parallel with IAD or does Skein have a different timeline? Where is Nix? I need Nix. And I want this series to eventually connect with Gaia and IAD. I want answers and I want the next book soon.
August 19, 2026
Format: 📱
Spice: 🌶️🌶️
Series: 1 of ??
Ok, so I’ve been intimidated by Kresley Cole as a new reader of hers because her backlist is huge. So when I saw she had a new series debuting this summer, I thought this would be a great place to jump in - and I was riiiight!
I love Kresley’s writing style, and her author’s voice. We have a similar sense of humor and she had me laughing throughout the book! I vibed witch Ditch on a spiritual level 😅
My heart broke into tiny pieces for Meera, and in her place that would be my villain origin story (soooooo I suspect it’s going to be hers too).
This book follows 4 different interspecies couples throughout the story, and normally I find myself hyper-focusing on one and wishing the others would go faster so I could get back to the POV I want - but in this case I was invested in all 3! I’m really looking forward to book 2, I ate this up!
Notable tropes & themes —
🐻 Enemies to Lovers
🧛🏻 Forbidden Romance
🐺 Interspecies Fated Mates
😈 Wolf King x Witch Queen
🐻 Wolf Spy x Witch Lacky
🧛🏻 Berserker x Vampire Princess
🐺 Unhinged flirting
😈 Spicy Spying
I received this eARC from SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books | Bloom Books as an opportunity to read and give my honest review.
Spice: 🌶️🌶️
Series: 1 of ??
Ok, so I’ve been intimidated by Kresley Cole as a new reader of hers because her backlist is huge. So when I saw she had a new series debuting this summer, I thought this would be a great place to jump in - and I was riiiight!
I love Kresley’s writing style, and her author’s voice. We have a similar sense of humor and she had me laughing throughout the book! I vibed witch Ditch on a spiritual level 😅
My heart broke into tiny pieces for Meera, and in her place that would be my villain origin story (soooooo I suspect it’s going to be hers too).
This book follows 4 different interspecies couples throughout the story, and normally I find myself hyper-focusing on one and wishing the others would go faster so I could get back to the POV I want - but in this case I was invested in all 3! I’m really looking forward to book 2, I ate this up!
Notable tropes & themes —
🐻 Enemies to Lovers
🧛🏻 Forbidden Romance
🐺 Interspecies Fated Mates
😈 Wolf King x Witch Queen
🐻 Wolf Spy x Witch Lacky
🧛🏻 Berserker x Vampire Princess
🐺 Unhinged flirting
😈 Spicy Spying
I received this eARC from SOURCEBOOKS Bloom Books | Bloom Books as an opportunity to read and give my honest review.
August 5, 2026
This book was AMAZING!! Completely unique, totally unhinged and extremely addictive. One of the best books I’ve read this year and I’ll be stalking Kresley Cole’s social media for crumbs on book 2. I am a fan of immortals after dark, but I don’t think you need any previous information at all to enjoy this book….might be better if you don’t since you then won’t have expectations of it being similar (it’s not). It is the same concept, every myth is real (vampires, witches, valkries, shifters), but in a new world where they are not hiding among humans but instead there are no humans. This means Kresley Cole took the gloves off and went full unhinged chaos and I LOVED it. The last 15 percent was so crazy and nothing went the way I thought it would, so many surprises and I’ll be waiting anxiously for book 2! I’ll be rereading this one for sure. ❤️
August 3, 2026
Liked it but don't know how I feel about all the different POVs. It was hard to follow at points and will need to reread.
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