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Reminder: throughout your life, you’ve caused at least one puppy to wag its tail when seeing you and that is a Good Thing™
This is the most blessed thing I’ve ever read in my life.
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Do you know when the Dark Calling come out?
It’s supposed to drop Feb 13th according to KC’s website friend.
Have you finished the latest book in the arcana Chronicles, what are your thoughts?
this is a super old ask and I am so sorry!YES I DIDI HAD A LOT OF THOUGHTS.MOSTLY : WTF YOU END THERE???We get a new book next week so hopefully we'll see an influx of activity.I miss liveblogging and doing chapter anaylsis on these books. T_T I've just not made it a priority due to other fandoms. Thank you for reaching out.
are you still working on gone. gone gone?
Gone, Gone, Gone is a complete and finished work. But thank you for reading and I appreciate your interest!
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Giant tarantulas keep tiny frogs as pets. Insects will eat the burrowing tarantulas’ eggs - so the spiders protect the frogs from predators, and in return the frogs eat the insects. Source
This has blown my mind for years. It’s so unreal. It’s almost the same exact reason humans and cats started living together.
Tiny frogs are tarantula housecats. A science fact seldom gets to sound that much like meaningless word salad.
This is legit, guys. And I’m excited about it.
Someone needs to draw a tarantula person with a tiny pet housefrog now. Please let this be a thing.
How is this?
This entire post is magic. And that is so cool how the Tarantula will protect the frog. :3
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“I was with the boy that monsters should fear.”
Okay, so can we please just talk about The Arcana Chronicles for a minute
I love this series as a whole and I just need to rant first off though, one of my favorite Characters, Tess.
Because I love her as a character, and generally speaking, I love her alliance more than I love Evie’s most of the time. She’s in cannon, a thick girl, something that I, as a big girl, love to bits because seeing just thin women in basically all media makes it a little hard to accept myself and often times knocks down my motivation to get into better shape. One thing Kresley Cole does amazingly is character building. Evie isn’t perfect. No one in the stories are perfect, something I love. Tess isn’t the Earth shaking goddess of the cosmos she could have been if Kresley Cole had written her as having complete control over her powers.
She’s just a kid. She’s just a girl with powers she can’t control, powers that could kill her and everyone around her if she lost control. She has a nervous habit, chewing her nails that even goes so far as to cause her cuticles to bleed, a nervous habit I share, as I also do this when I’m stressed. Despite not knowing how to use her powers, she still tries to contribute. She still wants to be helpful.
Also, can we talk about her relationship with Joules and Gabriel for a moment. Because, god, I love the friendship those three have. From what I see, Gabriel is like a protective older brother to her. He almost flipped his shit when Evie forced Tess to go back in time so far back her hair was falling out(Something me and my best friend both screamed at Evie about when we got to that part of the audio book). When Evie says she’s sorry about Tess’ death in Death’s car, even Joules, whose all but foaming at the mouth to get a crack at Death, quiets down for a minute at the mention of Tess. They genuinely cared about her. They miss her. It’s nice to see relationships like this, something that is often romanticized in most media. Another good Example is is Evie with Matthew, even if Matto is being a weird bean right now and I’m screaming at Kresley Cole not to do what I think she’s leading up to.
Also, another fucking thing, NO ONE IS PERFECT. I can’t say how much I love this, because believe me, I know how easy it is to accidentally make a Mary Sue, and Kresley Cole is sooooo good at not doing that. Evie doesn’t fucking know about her powers, she questions her own sanity even after the Flash happens. She has to slowly learn about her powers, and even then, they aren’t perfect, they’re wild and emotion based, not easy to control. She slowly gets better. She’s not the instant pro and sourcing or surviving like Jack was, it’s a learned skill, something she needed to work out. Every character has their own flaws, things that are fairly consistent and aren’t glossed over. Things that make them relatable. Evie has been sheltered her whole life, she doesn’t know how to shoot a gun or drive. Jackson isn’t good with emotions, sometimes he comes on too strong, he recognizes this and works on it. Matthew’s powers screwed up his mind, Selena doesn’t trust, she’s TOO hardened by her training, Finn is that one guy who’s a total fuckboy but trusts too easily and doesn’t mean any harm. Death was hardened by his long life, he doesn’t trust. Tess is a nervous wreck, Joules is angry and clearly struggling with suicidal thoughts and depression, Gabriel can’t fucking socialize to save his life because he was raised in a fucking CULT. I could go on, but I’ll move along.
Another thing Kresley Cole does beautifully, is balancing pacing and Character development. Because by the end of the 6th chapter, I was willing to die for Evie. My poor baby thought she was going insane and she couldn’t even confide in her best friend! But, by that chapter, we already were getting a pretty fucking good idea of the wonderful misery we were in for. We were in a world where girls could control plants, guys could see the future, and there were clearly things going on that neither we, as readers, or the main character herself knew about, things that meant life or death. We knew exactly the type of shit storm we were walking into, and we were already too invested to care. THAT, boys and girls, is EXACTLY, how you capture an audience, how you have a captive audience that doesn’t want to be freed. Because I sure as hell didn’t want to be. By the end of the 1st book I was almost crying because the rest of the books hadn’t been released yet.
Also, Sol the sun card, one of the power house’s of the Arcana is Bi and Poly, something I absolutely love because FUCK YES, YOU SEE THAT BABY, THAT’S MY BABY. He was in a relationship with a guy and a girl, and it’s portrayed as a healthy loving relationship. He’s clearly torn to bits over what happened to them, and it’s not treated as weird or wrong. It’s so fucking GOOD to see this kind of relationship normalized. It’s something I hope catches on
I had more, but my brain is being a bitch tit, so please, anyone who’s read the Arcana Chronicles, add as you see fit, this book needs ALL THE FANDOM. It’s one of those series where you know there are fangirls, but the fandom is a fucking ghost town.
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Review all current books in anticipation of upcoming Arcana chronicles novel Finish my College AU fanfic and post it Finish my Titanic AU fic and post it Revise outline for my Origins Fic Any requests? I can do any ship. ;)
A guide to Kresley Cole’s Immortals After Dark series
Immortals After Dark is a popular paranormal romance series full of sex and violence. It’s fantastic. There are ass-kicking Valkyries, hot-as-hell vampires, even hotter werewolves, and sexy-as-fuck demons. Plus a few other supernatural beings here and there. These immortal creatures, all part of the Lore, fight, fuck, and fall in love while hurtling toward the Ascension, a battle for dominance between immortal factions that occurs roughly every 500 years.
Warning: This is a violent series. The bad guys and girls in one book often become the “good guys” in the next. Not for those who need clear black-and-white morality tales. Also contains a fair amount of dubious consent and non-consent, especially in the early books.
Want to get started with the series? Here’s a spoiler-free overview.
Book 1: The Warlord Wants Forever Nikolai Wroth (vampire) and Myst the Coveted (Valkyrie). Introduces the series. Originally a story within the Playing Easy to Get anthology, it has been recast as the first “book” in the series. After Myst leaves Nikokai suffering from potentially the world’s worst case of blue balls, he vows and takes his revenge against her. Book 2: A Hunger Like No Other Lachlain MacRieve (Lykae) and Emmaline Troy (Valkyrie-vampire). First full-length book. After a century of torture, crazed Lachlain takes delicate Emma captive. Book 3: No Rest for the Wicked Sebastian Wroth (vampire) and Kaderin the Cold Hearted (Valkyrie). Introduces the Talisman’s Hie, a dangerous contest to please a goddess that requires participants to travel the world completing life-threatening tasks. Kaderin intends to win in order to right an ancient wrong. Book 4: Wicked Deeds on a Winter’s Night Bowen MacRieve (Lykae) and Mariketa the Awaited (witch). Also set during the Hie. Bowen abandons vulnerable Mari in a cave – if he doesn’t save her in days, it’s war. Book 5: Dark Needs at Night’s Edge Conrad Wroth (vampire) and Naomi Laress (ghost). Blood-crazed Conrad is locked up in an abandoned mansion by his desperate brothers. A mansion haunted by the ghost of a murdered ballerina. Book 6: Dark Desires After Dusk Cadeon Woede (demon) and Holly Ashwin (human). Cade knows Holly is his mate. One problem: She’s human. Another problem: Everyone is trying to kill her. Book 7: Kiss of a Demon King Rydstrom Woede (demon) and Sabine (sorceress). Sabine, the Queen of Illusions, tricks and locks up powerful Rydstrom in another plane. Book 8: “Untouchable” in Deep Kiss of Winter Murdoch Wroth (vampire) and Daniela (Valkyrie). Story in a duology with Gena Showalter. Ice-queen Daniela experiences incredible pain when touched, which complicates things for her mate Murdoch. Book 9: Pleasure of a Dark Prince Garreth MacRieve (Lykae) and Lucia the Huntress (Valkyrie). Lucia takes off on a world-saving quest – which has the side benefit of helping her escape her new mate Garreth. Then he goes after her. Book 10: Demon from the Dark Malkom Slaine (demon-vampire) and Carrow Graie (witch). Carrow is captured by an anti-immortal human agency called the Order along with a beloved child. In order to save themselves, Carrow agrees to seduce Malkom, a target living on a demon hell plane wanted by the Order . Book 11: Dreams of a Dark Warrior Declan Chase (human) and Regin the Radiant (Valkyrie). Regin is trapped in a cursed cycle with the reincarnations of an ancient berserker. His latest incarnation happens to be in the form of Declan, a leader in the Order who hates all immortals and has just captured Regin. Book 12: Lothaire Lothaire (vampire) and Elizabeth Peirce (human). When a being intent on murdering… everyone possesses her, poor and kind Ellie thinks her life is over. Then the morally complicated Lothaire saves her. Now she’ll need to save him back. Book 13: Shadow’s Claim Trehan Daciano (vampire) and Princess Bettina (demon-sorceress). First book in The Dacians off-shoot. Trehan, a master assassin, knows he’s meant to be with Bettina, even if she thinks she’s in love with her best friend. He intends to win her hand the old-fashioned way: in a tournament to the death. Book 14: MacRieve Uilleam MacRieve (Lykae) and Chloe Todd (human). Chloe is having a bad day. After learning some startling secrets from her father, who then disappears, she ends up kidnapped and on the auction block to be sold off to the highest bidder and tortured and killed for her father’s crimes. Until Uilleam, extremely depressed following horrific torture at the hands of the Order, learns Chloe is his mate… Book 15: Dark Skye Thronos (winged demon) and Melanthe (sorceress). As children, Thronos and Lanthe were friends. That changed when Melanthe cripples Thronos. As adults, Thronos saves Lanthe from the Order… in order to take his revenge. Book 16: Sweet Ruin Rune the Baneblood (fey-demon) and Josephine (vampire hybrid). Separated from her brother after a troubled childhood, Josephine is left alone and confused about herself. When she encounters Rune rutting on some nymphs in a field, she might have found someone who can give her answers.
Upcoming books: Book 17: Shadow’s Seduction Prince Mirceo Daciano (vampire) and Caspion the Tracker (demon). Projected release date: January 30th, 2017. Cole’s first m/m romance, also the second book in The Dacians spin-off. This is being published by Cole’s Valkyrie Press rather than her normal IAD publisher. Book 18: Wicked Abyss Abyssian Infernas (demon) and Liliana Barbot (fey). Expected release date: April 25th, 2017. Looks like this one will be a Beauty and the Beast-type story. Hello, catnip!
I could get deep into the mythology of the Lore but I promised a quick overview. So there’s just one last thing you need to know…
Nïx the Ever-Knowing Nïx is with you from the start. She’s the proto-Valkyrie, the first of her kind. Gifted or cursed with foresight, Nïx weaves – sometimes lucidly – in and out of the lives of those in the Lore, perhaps helping them, perhaps not. Considered so powerful that she may be attaining goddess status, Nïx is thought by some to be actively steering the events of the Ascension. To know her is to love her. Yes, Cole has promised that she will be writing Nïx’s story. No, you’re not getting it anytime soon.
If you’ve read the series and are wondering why I categorized certain characters as I did or stated things the way I did, please assume it was because I’m avoiding spoilers, not because I screwed up.
That’s it (for this guide, at least). Happy reading!
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Immortals After Dark: So Obsessed I Made a Playlist
When I first started to read Warlord Wants Forever, I was like, “Thank goddess this is on my Kindle ‘cause I don’t want anyone knowing I’m reading paranormal romance smut.” But thirteen books later, I’m praising the gospel of Kresley Cole to anyone who’ll listen. These books are awesome. They’re fun, funny, sexy, full of adventure and romance and hot mens. For a good time, do read.
In homage to the dominant alpha male heroes and steel magnolia heroines of Kresley Cole’s endlessly inventive series, I give you:
A Sexy Playlist, inspired by (some of) the cast of immortals after dark.
1 // warlord wants forever // myst & nikolai
fall over // banks
You got my heart beating Beating, beating, beating
2 // a hunger like no other // emma & lachlain
crystalised // the xx
You don’t move slow Taking steps in my directions The sound resounds, echo Does it lessen your affection No
3 // wicked deeds on a winter’s night // mari & bowen
tiff // polica feat. justin vernon
I don’t want a diamond ring Found a man, and he’s found me It’s a pact like a lion’s den You come out, but you can’t come in
4 // dark needs at night’s edge // neomi & conrad
bones // ms mr
Dig up her bones but leave the soul alone Lost in the pages of self made cages Life slips away and the ghosts come to play These are hard times for dreamers And love lost believers
5 // dark desires after dusk // holly & cade
gooey // glass animals
Mind my wicked words and tipsy topsy smirks
6 // kiss of a demon king // sabine & rydstrom
sanctuary // gareth emery feat. lucy saunders
Escape the shadows that were holding me Slip these chains of flesh and bones And in the seconds where we know we’re free This is the place where we call home
7 // pleasure of a dark prince // lucia & garreth
come undone // isobel campbell & mark lanegan
I stumble and I fall, your time is on my side Don’t make sense of it all, despite my foolish pride It’s got me on my knees, tearin’ up my heart I’m shakin’ at my bones, tearin’ me apart
8 // demon from the dark // carrow & malkom
the walker // gayngs
I’ve been walking for days I wore out my shoes There’s a dust storm approaching And everything will change And I’m tied to you Baby I’m on my way
9 // dreams of a dark warrior // regin & aidan
black out days // phantogram
Speak in tongues I don’t even recognize your face Riddle on the wall Tell me all the ways to stay away
10 // lothaire // ellie & lothaire
ash tree lane // ms mr
Creatures seem to scream and faint Shadows blink and the laws will break Questions we could never solve As answers in darkness evolved Moving space but not in time Choices made but nothing’s right Flakes of memory, plagued by disease Have I only seen what I want to see The dream I take, to awake When my mind’s a mess
11 // macrieve // chloe & will
just like honey // the jesus and mary chain
Listen to the girl As she takes on half the world Moving up and so alive In her honey dripping beehive
Have fun dearlings!
BOOK MEME ⇒ [2/10] Series ⇒ Arcana Chronicles by Kresley Cole
“This game is a hell we’ve all been damned into. It’s designed to madden us. The most intelligent Arcana ever to play is called the Fool. The one who least wanted to kill was named Death. And you, Empress, rule over nothing!”
“SHE MAY BE AN EVIL BITCH, BUT SHE IS MY EVIL BITCH. AND ILL HAVE NO OTHER”
― Kresley Cole, Kiss of a Demon King (via challen1323)
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