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Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1)

Nalini Singh

Start date: January 1, 2024

Finish date: January 31, 2024

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Challenges: What's the Rush

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Dec 13, 2010 D.G. rated it liked it

Shelves: reviewed, urban-fantasy

This was a decent story but I just couldn’t relate to the main characters, especially Raphael, who seemed too disconnected from human reality. He seemed so distant, so otherworldly that frankly, I couldn’t understand why he bothered (why any of the archangels bothered, to tell you the truth.) I also couldn’t stand Sara, the Guild Director and Elena’s best friend. I couldn’t take her seriously with all her screeching ‘I’m Elena’s BFF!! You tell me what’s going on or else!’ We’re told over and ove ...more

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Aug 03, 2010 Thenia rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 2013, reviewed, r-ab, series, paranormal, 2010

It's been a long time since I first read this book that I remembered very little about it. I remember liking it, but for some reason I never got to continue the series. The publication of the sixth book not long ago, however, and the fact that the series is constantly mentioned as one of the favorites of the genre, made me want to re-read the first book and get re-acquainted with Elena's world.

Original, with interesting characters and a lot of promise for the future books, this was a fun audiobo ...more

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Mar 02, 2009 twinfish2 rated it did not like it

Shelves: paranormal-romance

I wasn't sure if I would like this book since I really don't go for angels, so i wasn't willing to spend my hard earned,tightly budgeted money on this book. Happily the local library purchased this book at my suggestion and then I got to read for free. YIPPIE!!!! This book was good and I finished it in a day and a half. Yes it does have some problems, some storylines are not concluded. This made sense when I found out the next book is still about the two main people. One of the things that was w ...more

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Jan 27, 2011 Kaity rated it it was amazing

Shelves: fantasy, urban-fantasy, library-book, paranormal-romance, angels

Review originally posted on Bitten Books and given 5 stars.

It's not often that I finish a book and think “I need to read this again!” Angels' Blood was an absolute pleasure to read, I was swept away. This series will definitely be on my 'must buy' list which not many books receive the honor of, simply because I read so much each year.

I fell madly in love with all of the characters. Elena was a perfect heroine to read about; a traumatic past that makes you want to hug her, a fierce heart that cau Review originally posted on Bitten Books and given 5 stars.

It's not often that I finish a book and think “I need to read this again!” Angels' Blood was an absolute pleasure to read, I was swept away. This series will definitely be on my 'must buy' list which not many books receive the honor of, simply because I read so much each year.

I fell madly in love with all of the characters. Elena was a perfect heroine to read about; a traumatic past that makes you want to hug her, a fierce heart that causes her fight for her friends and adopted family, a smart ass tinged with kindness personality, and a general aura of awesomeness that leaves her kicking the bad guys to the curb. I loved how honest her point of view was, especially when it came to Raphael. I loved that we could see that she wasn't sugarcoating her view of him from the beginning thus letting us see how her view of him changed throughout their relationship and the book. Raphael is easily one of my favorite love interests out of all the books I've read. I loved that we saw things from his point of view occasionally, most urban fantasy and paranormal romance authors don't do that. I think it really helped the reader see him evolve. And I honestly think I might have combusted from his sexiness combined with the ending of the book.

So adult paranormal romance has to have love scenes right? And holy smokes did Singh deliver. It's been a while since I've read anything that unique and scorching hot. It wasn't just the actual scene that made the book sensual. The arguing and banter throughout the book was like foreplay and, I have to say, it was a lot of fun to read.

The violence and gore in this book was a lot more graphic than I had anticipated. It didn't bother me at all, I actually thought it added a lot to the world building as it had a realness and gritty feel. However, I would steer younger readers away from this book because of it. Continuing my topic of world building, I thought an angel ruled Manhattan was an amazingly done world. Singh snuck so many details into the action and conversations it became an easily visualized place. Her angels and vampires were amazing too, unique and so much fun to read about.

I cannot recommend this book enough and I'm totally kicking myself for not reading it sooner. Angels' Blood is a great example of the genre and any new readers would get a great taste with this book. Aficionados would be blown away by its uniqueness. ...more

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Jul 03, 2009 Kimberly rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2014

I'm at a loss for what to say.
Raphael is a bad ass and I let his arrogance slide because he has wings. I know. I'm ashamed of myself for acting like one of the star struck civilians that sees an angel flying overhead. Elena was great. She had a backbone and didn't let anyone tell he what to do. She and Sara were funny. The side characters were great and played off the main characters well. The Seven! The Ten! Three more and we could make it an even Twenty!

I still have questions about Elena's f ...more

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Sep 24, 2009 Louise rated it really liked it

Shelves: urban-fantasy, ebook, re-reads, romance, paranormal, z-2010-144-challenge, fiction

Sept 09 - Oh, I liked this. The alternate take on the origins (what we found out about it, anyway!) was interesting. As was their relationship with and role in the creation of vampires. There are several strong characters in this book, other than Elena and Raphael, that I'd like to find out more about. As for the relationship between the two main characters... well, it seemed to jump very suddenly between being extremely adversarial to not being able to keep their hands off each other. And then ...more

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Jan 30, 2011 Deyara rated it really liked it

Great start to the series, liked this a lot more than I liked whatever the first book was in Psy-Changlings. I didnt continue that series but I will be continuing this one.

I enjoyed the angels and the societal elements we saw in this book, and quite liked Elena and Raphael, and Sara and Ransom and Dmitri and oh who am I kidding, I liked just about everybody for one reason or another. Sure, it wasnt all good all of the time, but did keep me hooked right til the end.

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Apr 22, 2009 Samantha rated it liked it

Shelves: 2009, ebook-own

I thought some of its own genre conventions (romance-which I generally enjoy, but the glittery wing dust???) limit some of the potential for this story, but even with that in mind, it's pretty good. Interesting characters and world-building, which you can count on Singh for every time.... ...more

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