Thursday 13 November 2014

A Touch of Crimson (Renegade Angels, Book 1) and A Hunger So Wild (Renegade Angels, Book 2) by Sylvia Day

Loved it from the first page!! Action, Angels, Sentinels, Vampires, Lycans, Demons, Love and Sex all rolled into one! what more could a girl want?

I read A Dark Kiss of Rapture the short novella in this series first which being short I devoured in one sitting (although a full on non stop 4 hour sitting) but it left me hungry to learn so much more about this world the author, Sylvia Day had created - so I dived straight into A Touch of Crimson, being a longer book it took a few more sittings but was still finished in a few days as I just could not put it down - the characters are fabulous the story line is fantastic and the detail and set up is amazing. Hats off to Sylvia Day for creating such a fabulous and engrossing world and story line that is intricately put together. 

I have gone on to read the next instalment being A Hunger So Wild (which is possibly my fave of the two because Elijah makes your toes curl).  I love the fact that the author goes from one set of characters to another seamlessly picking up loose ends and taking you through so you can see events from both sides of the story - its fab - am waiting for the next book A Taste of Seduction which, due to the Crossfire series, has been delayed from its original release date of February 2013!!, I read these books in September 2012! can I wait much longer?? I don't think I can!!!

All in all the whole series is a must read, I also thoroughly enjoyed the Crossfire series  - I don't know how she does it but so far every book of Sylvia's that I have ready has been superb!



A Touch of Crimson, Book Description:

Adrian Mitchell is a powerful angel leading an elite Special Ops unit of Seraphim. His task is to punish the Fallen-angels who have become vampires-and command a restless pack of indentured lycans. But Adrian has suffered his own punishment for becoming involved with mortals- losing the woman he loves again and again. Now, after nearly two hundred years, he has found her-Shadoe-her soul once more inhabiting a new body, with no memory of him. And this time, he won't let her go.



A Hunger So Wild - Book Description:

Elijah Reynolds is the most dominant of lycans, a rare Alpha whose skill on the hunt is surpassed only by his primal sexuality. When the lycans revolt due to the iron fist of angelic rule, he steps into command, becoming both enemy and coveted ally in the conflict between vampires and angels.

Vashti is the second most powerful vampire in the world, a lethal beauty with a path of devastation in her wake. Tasked with proposing an alliance between vampires and the lycans who killed her mate, Vash approaches Elijah, whose need to avenge a friend demands Vash’s death even as his passion demands her surrender.

Soon, their enmity erodes beneath an all-consuming desire. Elijah has never encountered a woman whose warrior spirit and fierce sexual appetite rivals his own, while Vash is faced with the one man strong enough to be her equal. But as war looms, each must decide where their loyalty lies—with their own kind or with the enemy lover they can no longer live without.

Entwined with You (Crossfire, Book 3) by Sylvia Day

I read this book in June 2013 and thought with the book 4 out next week I should post my review of book 3 (written at the time).

I was really annoyed when I heard there is going to be 5 books instead of 3  because I wanted all of the answers to all of the questions, like NOW! then I read some less than stellar reviews on Amazon from people saying the author is just trying to copy 50 shades (which in my opinion other than a few similarities isn't quite accurate) and claiming that Sylvia Day is trying to drag it over 5 books instead of 3 to make more money etc etc but I loved the first 2 books so I paid my money and downloaded Entwined with You - 2 days later its over **sniffles and pulls a sad face** BUT what a 2 days they were!!

For those reviewers who said: "this book doesn't tell you anything nothing happens except lots of sex" I'd say to you read it again - lots of things were covered, brought up, hinted at, set up, put to bed and answered whilst lots more questions were raised at the same time (AND there is lots of sex!)

And to the reviewers who said - I don't care about the side characters like Cary and Megumi just get on with Eva and Gideon! - I disagree the secondary characters help make the book what it is - Cary is a huge part of Eva's life and I personally find his character very interesting, its also going to be interesting to see how the developments in the secondary characters lives effect Eva's and therefore her relationship with delectably Mr Cross. I find the russian mob perspective intriguing and am keen to learn more about the possible directions and different routes each story line could take, and what the hell is going on with Megumi???

So I have come away from book 3 not so annoyed that it's going to be 5 although I will say this book did seem a little shorter than the others (hence the 4 stars not 5) and it did just stop mid flow at the end like possibly it had been longer and then it was decided oooh we'll cut here an squeeze another book out, BUT I have to say having read a lot of Sylvia Day's book I am going to give her the benefit of the doubt because when she creates a story she really creates a story she pads all characters (no matter how secondary) and environments out well and leaves no stone unturned - my guess (and my hope) is that Sylvia Day has got so engrossed in the story she couldn't stop writing! 

Oh and Sylvia, be a love and finish the Renegade Angels series please!



https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19823.Sylvia_Day


Book Description

The worldwide phenomenon continues as Eva and Gideon face the demons of their pasts, and accept the consequences of their obsessive desires… 

From the moment I first met Gideon Cross, I recognized something in him that I needed. Something I couldn’t resist. I saw the dangerous and damaged soul inside–so much like my own. I was drawn to it. I needed him as surely as I needed my heart to beat.


No one knows how much he risked for me. How much I’d been threatened, or just how dark and desperate the shadow of our pasts would become.


Entwined by our secrets, we tried to defy the odds. We made our own rules and surrendered completely to the exquisite power of possession…



Blood and Sand (Elemental World, Book 2) by Elizabeth Hunter

I couldn't put it down! Elizabeth's writing style is beautiful and I am so pleased that the lovely Baojia got his own book and his own love story, he certainly caught my interest in the Elemental Mysteries series (which are also must reads).  It was great to finally learn what made Baojia tick.

I am a huge fan of Elizabeth's writing style she creates complex characters and weaves her story so well you feel like you are in the middle of it.  Her female characters are always strong and Natalie Ellis is no different she is very likeable and the interactions between Baojia and Nat have you falling along with them.

It was lovely to catch up with old faces and I have a feeling we will see them all again in the next books, Tenzin still amazes me!



https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5251202.Elizabeth_Hunter

Book Description:

Dead women are showing up in the desert east of San Diego, and no one understands why. When the story comes to the attention of reporter Natalie Ellis, she can't help but make comparisons to the tragic deaths she'd investigated years ago. Are these women the victims of a serial killer, or something even more insidious?

Bodies may be piling up in his sire's territory, but water vampire and feared enforcer, Baojia, is stuck entertaining the rich and clueless at a club in San Diego. He's taken his exile with all the grace he could muster, but his patience is starting to thin.

Sparks fly when mortal and immortal are thrown together, and Natalie comes face to face with a reality that was lurking in the corners of her life. Pursuing the truth could cost Baojia everything, including the mortal woman who has earned his grudging respect.

BLOOD AND SAND is the second novel in the expanded Elemental World series by Elizabeth Hunter, author of the best-selling Elemental Mysteries.

Wednesday 5 November 2014

Her Avenging Angel (Her Angel Series, Book 7) by Felicity Heaton

I went into this book thinking, I am not going to like Nevar but I wanted to see where this books goes, plus I thought, I am bound to get another fix of Asmodeus and I am totally addicted to the series as whole, so I went for it.

How wrong I was - I loved Nevar - and I also got my fix of Asmodeus - BONUS!

Again the world building, character descriptions and awesome fight scenes in this book blow you away, I love the storyline that runs through the books each one building with more and more pace to what I can see being an epic showdown in the final book, whenever that comes (I hope it isn't too soon as I am so not ready for this world to finish yet).

Nevar and Lysia's love story is beautiful, two damaged souls that finally find balance in each other.

I am very much looking forward to the next book, our group of outcasts that have become more like a family and the 13 have vowed to help heaven and hell track down the four Princes of Hell to save the world.  The next story cannot come quick enough for me. 

I have to admit that I am now suffering from withdrawals, I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review, I received books 4,5 & 6 also and have read them in quick succession one after another finishing with book 7 (this one).  I now feel a tad bereft, I have been lost in them over the last few weeks, swallowed up in this awesome world and now I have run out of story.


https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1228468.Felicity_Heaton

Book Description:

Once a proud angel of Heaven, Nevar is now a servant of Hell, bound to a new master—the King of Demons. Consumed by darkness and driven to seek revenge, he set in motion a series of events that awakened the Great Destroyer, a force that will bring about the apocalypse. Now, he is the creature’s master and the fate of our world rests in the hands of an angel with only darkness in his heart.

Lost in the mortal realm without any recollection of how she came to be there, Lysia is only aware that she has survived a great battle. When she stumbles into a demon bar, she finds more than a chance to discover what happened to her—she finds a dark and deadly angel warrior who stirs fire in her veins and awakens soul-searing passion she cannot deny.

With the mounting threat of the Great Destroyer, the forces of Heaven and Hell against him, and a band of dangerous angels intent on capturing Lysia on his heels, can Nevar protect the beautiful woman who is light to his darkness and find the strength to save the world?

Now available, including at the following:

Amazon US - http://amzn.com/B00NKBZNOY
Amazon UK - http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00NKBZNOY

Sunday 2 November 2014

Her Wicked Angel (Her Angel, Book 5) by Felicity Heaton

Well, there was me thinking you couldn't get any more "bad boy" than Veiron in the last book and then enters Asmodeus!  He's one hell of a bad boy - and in all honestly I think my fave of the series so far.

Liora is sarcastic, which I love and the banter between these two is just as fun to read as those between Veiron and Erin in the last book.

The story line of Asmodeus and Liora doesn't disappoint, it's hot, fun and entertaining.  Love the addition of Romulus and Remus too.

The story running in the background through these books has kicked up a notch again (if that is even possible) and I am now chomping at the bit to read Nevar's story which is already lined up on my kindle!  What the hell is going to happen when The Great Destroyer arrives???


https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1228468.Felicity_Heaton


Book Description:

The King of Demons and the Devil’s right hand man, Asmodeus is a dark angel born of evil and created for destruction. When his master orders him to venture into the mortal world and retrieve a female for him, he seizes the chance to leave Hell for the first time, uncaring of what the Devil has planned for her… until he sets eyes on the most beautiful woman he has ever seen—a female who awakens new feelings within his black heart, unleashing passion so intense that it controls him and desire he cannot resist.

He will not let his wretched master have her. She will belong to him.

Liora is a witch with a bad reputation and an obsession with fighting demons. A mission gone wrong sees her sent to Paris to cool off, but when a dark and deadly warrior with a gaze of golden fire lands in her life, she ends up burning hotter than Hell for the wicked angel. Nothing will stand between her and the immense, forbidding male. Not her cousin. Not Asmodeus’s sworn enemy and twin, Apollyon. And certainly not the Devil.

Caught up in a tempest of danger and soul-searing passion, can they survive against the odds and seize their forever after?