Review: HOT, INTENSE, THRILLING, I just can't say enough about this book!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest reviewI was so excited to get a copy of Dark Cravings for an honest review! Like any time you are given a copy to review you are nervous that this book may not push the right buttons, well let me say this book had all my buttons pushed and then some!!!Let's just say I freaking love a snarky heroine with attitude and add that to an equally hot headed alpha you know things are going to get interesting. Ella was a hunter at heart. She had lost her parents at a young age and also was betrayed by her first and only love, Julian. Her innocence and life as she knew it changed when she had met the charming vampire, but an accident led to the unthinkable and out of his own selfishness Julian changed Ella to save her. He knew she would never wished to live like this, a half breed. Not fitting in her own society, struggling to keep her Sire (Julian) blocked from her thoughts and always having to watch herself because she had someone watching her at all times, Micah.Micah is all man! His hard demeanor a faade to his own demons inside, but he has a job to do and that was to watch Ella. When you are spending so much time with a fine specimen like Ella, it's only natural to be turned on. But Micah's attraction for her comes off as cocky and arrogant. Oh but when he smiles I can only imagine myself getting weak in the knees. He can spar me any day!!A normal night of hunting goes wrong when a Succubus happens to find herself drawn to Ella and Micah she pulls on their hidden desire of lust for each other. Breaks the bonds and allowing Ella and Micah to give in to their needs for one another. And give in they did!!! Over and over.During their intense sexual haze they had formed a bond, marking the other as their mate. They didn't know what they had done at first, but there was one person who was not happy to see Ella marked by another. Julian had sired her and she was to be his. He had risked all her knew and went against the Queen, his sire, by changing her.  He felt for her, something that wasn't thought possible and he knew it was only a matter of time when the perfect opportunity would present itself for him to kill Micah and take Ella back.I freaking LOVED this book! The way Madeline wrote was amazing. She pulled you in during the fight scenes and definitely had your attention during the hot and steamy sex scenes!!! You could see, smell, and feel what the characters were experiencing. I also appreciated the horror aspect in this book, the angst. I get that romance books can be a little mushy but when your mate is willing to kill for you and they mean it, that is just a turn on in itself! There was no holding back and I appreciated that!5 *WINK* READBook Flirts by Jessi