Twice Tempted (Night Prince, #2)

by Jeaniene Frost

Vlad and Leila return for another explosive chapter in this second installment of the "New York Times" bestselling "Night Prince" series.

• ISBN10: 0062076108
• ISBN13: 9780062076106
• Publish Date: 26 March 2013
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Avon Books
• Format: Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
• Pages: 384
• Language: English
• URL: http://harpercollins.com.au/9780062076106

Reviews

[Berls]

2.5 stars
I am so incredibly disappointed with this series. I know several people love it because they love Vlad. I'm disappointed for the same reason. I fell in love with Vlad in the Cat and Bones series and wanted to get to know him better in this series. And I have not. Not even slightly.

For me, though, this book became 2.5 stars because it felt like a rehashing of the first book. I grew to really like Leila and was at least excited to see her grow as a character... only to see the exact opposite. Her lack of maturity and insight was shocking. Of course, I do know Vlad better than she does (despite being certain she's in love with him) due to their very limited interaction thus far -- mostly she gets kidnapped and her rescues her -- so maybe it's harsh to expect her to understand him better.

In the end, I do still love Vlad and I continue to hope we'll get to see him better in this series. And Leila has serious potential, so I am holding on to hope there as well.

I listened to this book and while Tavia Gilbert's narration for Vlad is pretty solid, the rest is just okay. I will say that as long as British, Irish, and Italian accents don't factor in it's not horrible, but it's far from my favorite. If I wasn't such a slow reader I would choose to read not listen.

[mitabird]

Re-read: 4 stars

Original: 5 stars

[stressedrach]

I am a huge fan of Jeaniene Frost and this was the third book I have read of hers, I love paranormal romance and the Night Prince series has everything you could want from a paranormal romance book.

Again this book is written from Leila’s point of view and there is some sexual content in the book however all of that was in context with the actual story.

This book starts where the other left off so nothing is missing, the author does make a point of letting those that haven’t read book 1 know who the characters are and what they do so a nice little recap for those that have waited a while to continue the series.

We start this book with Leila still not being able to use her powers, but she is also untouchable by fire. The problem with this is that in her mind she is not useful to Vlad anymore and when a dinner party turns wrong she breaks up with him and leaves.

Escorted by Maximus she goes home to discover that another girl has got her gig. Determined that she can make it out on her own she hangs around for a bit hoping to sell off some of her things and then tragedy strikes at the carnival with a huge gas explosion. Thinking her best friend Marty has been killed outright she is distraught and heads off to the next safe place with Maximus.
But Maximus has a little plan of his own, he tells Leila that it may have been Vlad that caused the explosion as she left him. This was all a way for Maximus to get closer to Leila, which he wanted to do from day one but Leila was not interested in him, only Vlad.

Meanwhile Leila is having dreams of Vlad, although she doesn’t know it yet her powers are coming back.
While Maximus is trying his best to keep Leila safe in a hotel room, guns start shooting and Leila and Maximus is captured.

It seems someone else is not happy with the Leila/Vlad situation and wants to rectify that situation.
I am not going to spoil it for you though so if you want to know what else happens you should definitely read this.
A lot of changes happen in this book and trust me you will love it especially of you like vampire reads!

Again I was hooked from the start and I lost myself in the book completely.
Another fantastic book from the lovely Jeaniene Frost.

[Jo]

Originally posted on Once Upon a Bookcase.

You all probably know by now how much I love Jeaniene Frost's novels, and the Night Prince series is no exception! Twice Tempted is just as awesome as I've come to expect from Frost!

Vlad has kept his distance from Leila since her psychic abilities began playing up when he surrounded her in his aura to save her from an explosion. Leila worries that her faulty abilities mean he's no longer interested, and worry about what this means for a future, until Vlad makes a shocking announcement. Vlad is proposing! Unfortunately, Leila is mistaken, and realises that's never on the cards for her and Vlad, that he'll never feel for her how she feels for him. Humiliated and hurting, she decides to leave and go back to her old life as a carnival acrobat with Marty. But when a bomb blows up her former trailer, it looks like someone wants her dead, and Vlad is looking like a possible suspect.

Oh, Vlad! I do love him. He is just so complicated when it comes to his feelings. He may act cold and distance, but there's so much going on underneath the surface! You know, I didn't think it possible, but he's even more arrogant in this book, and I found it so surprising! Because the Vlad we know from the Night Huntress series is always pretty jokey and flirty, I've always assumed his arrogance was half joke - sure there was some there, but he didn't take himself too seriously. Although in some ways that may be the case, his arrogance is mostly real. Yet his arrogance is warranted really; he's Vlad the impaler, he's conquered many an enemy throughout the centuries of his life, he's been through such terrible ordeals, yet he always comes out on top. Why would he believe any different? And he is over 500 years old, so he has certain old fashioned ideals, and with his arrogance, he can sometimes seem a little unreasonable, but Leila is well up for the challenge of teaching him the error of his ways.

Twice Tempted felt a little different to other books I've read by Frost. It felt less action packed - note the emphasis on "felt". Looking back, there are quite a number of suspense-filled, thrilling action scenes, yet when I think of the book on the whole, it felt more of a quieter book, a more emotional one - yet not exactly depressing or overly sappy. It must be the every day emotional issues of the book, and they, for me, seemed to outweigh the danger. But when things were resolved, it did seem to happen kind of quickly. Possibly a little too easily? Maybe.

Really wasn't much of a fan of the sex scenes in this one. People enjoy what they enjoy, and that's fine, but these ones kind of made me feel a little uneasy. Probably down to personal preference, but I really didn't enjoy reading these scenes. I don't want to spoil anything and say why, but yeah, not my bag.

But otherwise, an amazing story! So looking forward to the third book in the trilogy to see what happens next!

[Linda]

Very happy sigh - Twice Tempted hit all the right spots! Loved it all.

This and other reviews can also be found on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews.

Twice Tempted is book #2 in the Night Prince series, and it continues showing how complex Vlad is, and what Leila needs to be happy living in his castle. I love how controlling Vlad has always seemed to me, yet with Leila there is something more soft and caring about him. But there are some concessions he won’t make though – saying ‘I love you’ is one of them. Showing the difference between Leila and Vlad based on their life experience, and

Leila doesn’t have her powers anymore at the beginning of Twice Tempted, and it seems to her that since she lost her powers, Vlad has lost interest in her. She is sad, and doesn’t know what to do to try to re-ignite that spark they used to have. Instead of simply trying to talk things through with Vlad, though, she is withdrawing a little, and when there’s a big misunderstanding between them, she up and leaves for good!

[Melanie]

I love Vlad. I always have. He pissed me off on many occasions. The book is slow in a few spots, but overall it's a fast read. It is a typical Frost story. No Bones which made me sad.

[Romance Schmomance]

I love this series so far.