How is it that I haven't discovered this series before now?! I recently won a copy of Crave the Night by Lara Adrian from Library Thing. At the time I entered the giveaway, I didn't know that this is book twelve in the series. However, that didn't hinder my reading or enjoyment of it. Jordana is a Breedmate and is a socialite in high standing with her circle of acquaintances. Though she may have the lifestyle of the wealthy, she yearns for something more. The freedom to make her own choices, to make mistakes and grow as a young woman - a privilege taken from her by her father who is determined to make all of her choices for her, including picking the male she will share a blood bond with. Nathan has been raised to be a killing machine with no emotions. The only life he knows is one of pain and torture and he has been taught to control of every situation. That all changes when Jordana walks into his life. He is experiencing conflicting emotions toward the female who he knows is claimed by another man. This was an enticing, steamy read that I couldn't put down once I started. I will definitely be going back to read the series from the beginning and I can't wait to see what the other novels have in store. Nathan was born to be not only a Breed, but one of the strongest and swiftest killers around being one of the Breeds that were created in a lab and only trained to not feel anything or risk intense pain. Once Nathan was saved from the lab by his mother and her mate, he began working for the Order in Boston for a few years now and is the leader of his team. Right now his team is searching for a bottom feeder and club owner to discover some information about the newest threat to both the Breeds and humans.Jordana has been raised with only the best and most elegant of things around her by her father. As Jordana has gotten older, her love of antique art and the history surrounding them has been her main passion. Now that Jordana is almost twenty-five, she is engaged to an old friend of her father’s but that is really the last thing on her mind right now. A museum exhibit that Jordana and her best friend have been working on is about to open and the last minute details are keeping them both hopping.Nathan can’t believe that he and his team are about to burst into a museum exhibit opening while trying to stop another member of the Order from disrupting it. The worse part of this for Nathan is facing Jordana, the woman who kissed him not long ago and has been on his mind ever since. Circumstances are throwing Nathan and Jordana together at every chance and it doesn’t take long for the passion that seems to be simmering between them to break free. When danger threatens Jordana, Nathan isn’t about to let her be harmed or even killed without being her shield. Jordana learns that her life has been a lie and that her true beginnings are even more fantastic than she could ever have dreamed of. Nathan and Jordana have another chance to grab the love that has been hovering around them and both reach for that ring with both hands, even knowing that some of the answers they discovered will mean that life is going to be bumpy for a long period of time. The danger isn’t going to go away anytime soon, yet both Nathan and Jordana both know that their love will give them the edge no matter what.A born killer and a socialite come together while surrounded with danger and hidden passion in Crave the Night. I loved seeing that another one of the Breeds that were created in the lab to just be a killing machine found out that feelings and passion are worth the effort to overcome his training. I also loved seeing Jordana fight for what she really wanted and so have the strength to overcome all the lies and truths that would always place her life in danger. Nathan and Jordana had to overcome so much to reach the place that allowed them to grab their place in the nirvana that mating gives you. I also enjoyed seeing even more of just how the second generation of the Order is finding the same type of hard earned love that their parents have now.This new threat to both the Order and Breeds is going to be a doozy and yet I have no doubt that just like Nathan and Jordana struck a serious blow to it, the others will do the same. The journey that Nathan and Jordana had to travel before they could rest and be together kept me up way too late a couple of nights which to me shows just how great their story was – I seriously didn’t want to put it down. Crave the Night is a must read for anyone who has loved the Breeds from the beginning or even those that have just discovered them with this next generation. Nathan and Jordana’s story is packed with danger, action and still takes the time to explore the passion that emerges between them – all wrapped up in a book that I just have to Joyfully Recommend.This book was reviewed by Jo for Joyfully Reviewed (JR), and was provided by the publisher/author at no cost to JR for the purpose of being reviewed.
What do You think about Kriegerin Der Schatten (2014)?
I think is was too excited for Nathan's book to come out that I was disappointed.
—lsbrown71
