Reviewed by nitzan_schwarz on
3.5 stars
This book and I didn't start on the right foot. I couldn't quite get into it, and I was worried my recent decent into re-read-land has ruined me for any new books.
Thankfully, around 20%, things picked up for me (and the more Raphael lessened the overbearing douche-ness, the more fun I had) and soon I was completely immersed in Elena and her story. I love strong females like Elena, females who also have vulnerabilities and weaknesses. Elena is not perfect; she is stubborn, hot headed and fear makes her stupidly brazen. Her flaws could've gotten her killed ten times over in this novel, had she lived in another Archangel's territory.
Luckily for her, she lives in Raphael's, who finds her fascinating. At first, Raphael annoyed the heck out of me. His hot and cold moments, his condescension, his cruelty and disregard of Elena's thoughts and wants pissed me off. But the more we read, the more I read, the more I realized that Raphael himself didn't quite like who he was becoming, and he had a strong sense of what's right and wrong. That's why he doesn't thoughtlessly kill, and why it upset him when Elena compared his mind control to rape (totally justified). And he did make the effort not to repeat the same mistake.
I am looking forwards to reading more of this series and especially this couple as I found out mid-read that they are the center of most of this series. Their relationship could've used some more build--Singh did a wonderful job illustrating their lust, but not as much to make us fully understand why they fell--but I am excited at the prospect of seeing more of this entertaining couple!
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- 3 September, 2012: Reviewed