Review: Been waiting for Leopold!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2014
Kym Grosso’s Immortals of New Orleans continues with Leopold’s Wicked Embrace. As a fan of the series, I’ve read all four previous books. Each delves into the life of a particular supernatural. Kym’s covered her bases with this series, vampires, werewolves, witches, and naiads. Leopold’s Wicked Embrace can be read as a standalone book. There is enough background given that you won’t be totally in the dark, but it may be enough to make you want to read the rest of the series.Leopold is an ancient vampire. He sired Kade (of Kade’s Dark Embrace, book 1). He’s had a role in several of the series. It was good to finally get to know more about this debonair vampire. He is focused on one thing as this story opens, saving an innocent baby. His cold heart is warmed by a little baby. Ava starts the cracks, into the walls surrounding the ancient vampire’s long dead heart.Keeping Ava safe leads Leopold into Laryssa’s life. Laryssa wants nothing but to remain anonymous, hidden, and safe from the demon out to get her. It just so happens, the demon after Ava has laid claim to Laryssa’s soul as well.Leopold will do anything to keep Ava and Laryssa safe from the demon and more importantly safe from him. Some of the best conflict comes from the internal battles Leopold and Laryssa have in determining how to deal with their building attraction.Laryssa and Leopold work through their own insecurities, their own personal demons. From time to time, I didn’t know if they would pull everything together. It was like they were always more concerned about the other person, protecting each other from themselves. That unselfish nature wasn’t expected from Leopold, but those walls were cracking.All in all, a very enjoyable weekend of reading!