A Hunger Like No Other
Kresley Cole
Overall: 1.5/5
Plot and themes: 1/5
Characters: 1/5
Writing style: 1/5
Attention-grabbing: 2/5
A Hunger Like No Other is the first book in the Immortals After Dark series but I think it can be read as a standalone like it follows separate couples. I saw it recommended on TikTok as like a fun kind of enemies to lovers book with a cool magic universe and a dark male protagonist and uh yeah kind of missed the mark on that one for me. Lachlain is a werewolf, basically the king of them all, but he has been imprisoned for a hundred and fifty years by the vampire king. He escapes when he senses his soulmate close by and basically rips his own leg off to get to her. That's really where him being selfless kind of ends. Emmaline is on a journey to discover her past and the werewolf wasn't really part of these plans.
Like, this wasn't cute. It was like a car crash so I couldn't really look away, but I don't think it was well-written or well-planned. Even if you look past the fact that this should definitely come with trigger warnings because I feel like Lachlain's actions could definitely be perceived as sexual assault, the entirety of everything was so basic and straightforward. Literally everything that you thought might have happened happened in exactly the format that you expected. I like a happily ever after but this was just stupid because I couldn't even feel a real conflict.
So I don't know how it has such a high rating, I kept waiting for something to happen and nothing really ever did. Also just a general FYI, mentioning the concept of Stockholm Syndrome does not automatically absolve the character from getting it. The power imbalance and the way he separated her from her family? It all just felt icky and Emmaline simply telling us she was no longer meek and easily pushed around does not by any means guarantee that as a reality. Overall, I was really disappointed by it and definitely would not recommend it.
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