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| Noah (Nightwalkers, Book 5) | 
 enlarge | Author: Jacquelyn Frank
Publisher: Zebra
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  33 reviews
Sales Rank: 7830
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 512
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Dimensions (in): 6.8 x 4.2 x 1.4
ISBN: 0821780697
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780821780695
ASIN: 0821780697
Publication Date: September 1, 2008
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As Demon King, Noah is dedicated to protecting his kind from their human and Nightwalker enemies. Yet for six months he has struggled with vivid dreams that threaten his very sanity. Every night he's tormented by images of a woman both achingly real and tantalisingly beyond his grasp. And his bone-deep need leaves him no choice but to force her to leave the life she's known and enter a world beyond her imagining.Every day, Kestra risks her life in perilous missions that veer just shy of the law, but she instinctively knows that the imposingly sensual figure before her is a danger unlike any she's ever faced. Kestra has sworn never to trust or need another man, but Noah's lightest touch scorches her with fevered desire, branding her as his mate, blinding them both to the terrifying truth. For within ranks of their own people lies an adversary growing in number and power. And nothing and no one will be safe again.
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 End of series? I think not!! September 6, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Did I miss the memo that said this is the last book in the series? After reading all the other reviews I guess I must have! Maybe, because I didn't go into this book thinking it was the last, I wasn't as disappointed with it. I'm used to the fact that once an author starts making big money on a series it never wraps-up. (Christine Feehan, Sherrilyn Kenyon, etc.) They just keep adding new demensions and aspects that can keep it going forever if they choose. The fact that she didn't even touch on the main conflict with Ruth and her band of evil-doers tells me she's not done with this thing by a long shot! It's no accident that so many loose ends were left. Believe me, She's by no means done with the vampires or lycanthropes. Those storylines were left wide open! I think through those series we'll be seeing a lot more of our demon friends! She may take a hiatus from these storylines to expound on the shadowdwellers story (which I'm looking forward to) but she'll be back!
That being said, I actually liked the book pretty well. I did take off one star for the repetitiveness of the love scenes. the first one was great but, like a previous reviewer, I found myself skimming through the rest of them. I also thought there were parts that could have moved a little faster. But I've come to expect that from this author. I don't think this book was any different from the rest in the series in that regard.
All in all, this was my favorite book of the demon series. (I think Damien was probably my overall favorite, and that was about vampires and lycanthropes, although she at least brought Ruth into it!) She did a great job touching on what was going on with our friends from past books but not letting it overwhelm Noah and Kestra's story. (i.e. J.R. Ward in Lover Enshrined.)So if you've been a fan of this series I don't have to tell you to read this book, I'm sure you already have or will!
And for those of you that are worried she's ending the series without tieing up those loose ends, never fear! This series will never end! Like the rest, She'll just keep adding new demensions until it gets populer enough to start releasing them in hardback!
 get it from the library, IF you have to..... September 8, 2008
8 out of 12 found this review helpful
To start off, I loved Jacob. I thought it was a fresh idea, the characters were likeable, the world building was good, etc. Gideon I liked as well. After that, things just went down hill culimating in Noah, a book that should have been the best but was the worst.
First off, since Gideon the books have been getting more and more erotically tinged. Meaning in Damien the vampires are having orgies. In Elijah the werewolves are always half-naked or naked. Noah added swearing and one of the first truly unlikeable characters I've read in this series-and she was supposed to be Noah's mate!
Kestra was so unlikeable from the start that I had to struggle to keep reading. She was aggressive, arrogant, crude, ill-mannered, violent...the list goes on. There wasn't ONE thing I liked about her for the first 100 pages and even after that it was pretty thin. And Noah, inexplicably, finds her 'amusing' and 'enthralling'. Huh?
I've never understood why authors create two characters who fight and hate each other-somehow finding underneath it all some sudden, great love. Dr. Phil where are you??? There was No romance between them. One minute she's fighting him, calling him names, holding a gun to his head and the next their in bed-they don't know each other and she just learned his name for Pete's sake! I personally, prefer the characters in a book to have the romance first, lovemaking later Otherwise it doesn't mean a thing and totally demeans it. You shouldn't be sleeping with someone you just tried to kill.
And Noah...well, the Noah we've grown to love and admire is missing here. He gets struck by the 'madness', manhandles the women around him roughly, puts Leah in danger...the list goes on. I was really upset by it. Noah was the rock of the books, the fearless leader trying to save his people and lead them into the future. With this book, she pulverized that image. He became weak, dangerous and actually made me uncertain about his character. It was difficult to cheer for his 'romance' when he'd acted so much the villain. Actually, with this change of character, maybe Noah deserves Kestra.
I also didn't like the fact that the main villain-Ruth-just kept going and going and going. I wish she'd been wrapped up in one of the earlier books so that we could have had some closure and moved on to another aspect of the nightwalker world. As powerful as all the other main characters were they never could seem to defeat one woman and her band of magic-users.
As for the good...well, I liked the glimpses into past characters lives. They all interact and are involved in the story. I always like it when an author re-visits characters we loved in other books. That was about it. So....I'd skip this one. At least if you want to have a good lasting memory of this series. Read Jacob and Gideon again to try and wash the taste of this book out of your mouth. I am.
 NOAH is a great paranormal romance September 3, 2008
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Demon King, Noah is beloved by his subjects because he cares about them and protects them from their enemies. Although adulated by his people, Noah is also lonely as his closets friends are Imprinted (mated) and the woman he believes is his Destiny only appears in his dreams. He has never met her in person. Kestra shares Noah's erotic dreams, but she assumes the hunk she desires is a subject of her imagination only. Just as he decides to search for his dream woman in the real world, the dreams end and instead he has a horrific vision of the woman who is to be his mate being killed. With the help of the Enforcer's child Leah he bends time to prevent his beloved's death.
Kestra is taken to Noah's castle where she begins changing into a Druid. She begins to absorb his energy without which she will die. Surprisingly Kestra takes what has happened to her in stride, but a trauma from her past leaves her fearful of love although she has deep feelings for Noah and she believes strongly he loves her. As they work on their muddled relationship, they come under attack from vampires who want their Nightwalker blood to gain their powers. To survive they must join their powers in love, but Kestra remains fearful of loving anyone.
NOAH is a great paranormal romance due as much to the vivid world described by Jacquelyn Frank as well as the seesaw relationship between the lead couple. They make the realm with demons, vampires, and other ilk seem genuine in this well written character-driven saga. Characters from previous novels make appearances as Ms. Frank and her fans welcome them back inside of an engaging romantic fantasy with the emphasis on the romance.
Harriet Klausner
Noah might very well be the best!!!!! September 2, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Though I love all the Nightwalker books Noah might be the best yet! The Deamon King has alway been my most beloved character in the series. It was great to see how all the previous characters were coming along with their imprinted mates though it didn't distract from Noah and Kes story. The heart break in the story of Noah and Kes made me cry at times and rejoice at others. I can't help but wonder if this is the last of the story because the fact is I think this book was the best Jacki Frank has ever written.
Curtain call, the Nightwalker series closes after giving Magnificent Demon King Noah his turn in the spotlight September 3, 2008
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
Longer than the previous Nightwalker books, "Noah" was a bit slow to get going with dream sequences, a background fairy tale (which did have a significant tie-in later in the story), and one incident that is repeated three times. But hang in there, when we finally get past that point Noah himself, though a bit frazzled by the Imprinting, is every thing we could have hoped for from having seen him in previous books. His mate Kestra, a determined strategist and mercenary warrior who has cultivated extreme bravery in the face of any non-heart related danger, is a great match for Noah. Having watched the patient, logical, and controlled Noah throughout the Nightwalker series it was great to see his struggle and vulnerability as he tries to win the acceptance of his mate-to-be all while fearing the consequences of alienating her especially with the impending loss of control that Samhain promises until he finally acheives the pairing that he has always dreamt of.
With a decent amount of action, the background plot was good, showing the consequences of Damien's discovery in the last book as rogue vampires scheme to collect as many Nightwalker powers as possible, their plots targeting some very significant victims. Also fun and effective were the curtain call performances by past pairs from the previous books, all of our old favorites, Bella, Jacob, Legna, Gideon, Damien and Syreena were back in the action. If you like the steamy stuff there was lots, but for me, Noah and Kes' many love scenes got repetitious. Even though I do like romance in my stories, I found myself skimming after the first few joinings - as sacrilegious as that is for a romance reader to say. This and the slow start dropped my rating a bit.
Noah's book completes the Nightwalker series, but even with the final bows from the continuing cast there was still enough stirred up in the Frank's world that it didn't really feel like the end. Add to that Ruth's absence and the lack of resolution with Jasmine and I suspect the larger story arc will continue as Frank switches from Demons to the Shadowdwellers when her new series starts with Ecstasy: The Shadowdwellers.
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Since Noah's sister left his house taking with her the calming influence that had allowed the demon King to face the heightened emotion and stresses that Beltane and Samhain pose to unmated demons, Noah finds it harder and harder to maintain his control, his honor and his very sanity. And should the powerful Fire Demon lose the battle, the price to those around him would be astronomical. Now his his sleep is haunted by sensual images of a women who smells of cotton candy and has hair like white silk. The dreams of his hidden druid mate stoke his desire and his frustration, leading him closer and closer to breaking his increasingly tenuous control, as another Samhain looms. But even as he finally overcomes his fears and pride to approach the former human who can help him to search out his mate, it may be already too late and when a demon as powerful as Noah caught in the grips of grief and madness it is a fearsome thing indeed.
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