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Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1)

Nalini Singh

Start date: June 28, 2012

Finish date: July 2, 2012

Why we're reading this: The Guild Hunter series won our next series read poll. Also, we will be doing a Q&A with Nalini Singh, in…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 31, 2020 Beth rated it really liked it

Shelves: cloudy

The romance is pretty standard, with a bit more of the feminine attraction to being overmastered than I prefer, but I really like the worldbuilding. The idea of a world controlled by powerful winged beings, but somehow still being pretty much like it is today anyway, and the politics of archangels, angels, and vampires who all have huge advantages over humans, even the special hunter humans like our protagonist.

It's just a lot of fun. ...more

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