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Raven's Kiss (Raven Grace #1)
by
Toni LoTempio,
Kimberly Killion (Goodreads Author)
Raven Grace was a college senior with ambitions of a career in law enforcement when she met the demon Aega, whose bite turned her from mortal to Shapeshifter. Now a member of the Recovery Organization, Raven keeps the peace between humans and errant Hellhounds, trolls, wizards and the like while trying to track down Aega and bring him to justice. After a particularly dicey...more
Kindle Edition, 211 pages
Published
April 11th 2011
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Romancing the Dark Side Review:
Demons, Shifters and Witches...Oh My!
Raven Grace is your typical college student who on a night out with friends, meets a sexy hunk named Aega and gets more than the she bargained for. It just so happens Aega is no man, he's a demon who lures Raven into a night of passion and robs her of both her innocence and mortal life, by turning her into a Coli or Shapeshifter, with his bite. Leaving her mortal world behind, Raven joins the Recovery Organization, a group of a...more
Demons, Shifters and Witches...Oh My!
Raven Grace is your typical college student who on a night out with friends, meets a sexy hunk named Aega and gets more than the she bargained for. It just so happens Aega is no man, he's a demon who lures Raven into a night of passion and robs her of both her innocence and mortal life, by turning her into a Coli or Shapeshifter, with his bite. Leaving her mortal world behind, Raven joins the Recovery Organization, a group of a...more
Reviewed by Stephanie O
Ebook provided by author for review
When I read the blurp for this book, I said to myself it sounded like a book right up my alley. After dealing with a technical issue I was finally ready to get to reading. The first part of the book seemed to move rather slowly, but the second half was packing. The story line isn’t one I am familiar with having read before, so the idea was pretty awesome. I have read books before that offer portals for traveling, but it was usually just w...more
Ebook provided by author for review
When I read the blurp for this book, I said to myself it sounded like a book right up my alley. After dealing with a technical issue I was finally ready to get to reading. The first part of the book seemed to move rather slowly, but the second half was packing. The story line isn’t one I am familiar with having read before, so the idea was pretty awesome. I have read books before that offer portals for traveling, but it was usually just w...more
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"Out of the ordinary", would be my first description of this story: average, career minded gal turned shifter after being bitten by demon. Giving up her previous aspirations, Raven begins a life as an officer in an organization very much like your typical police department, yet the perpetrators come in all different forms: vampires, gnomes, trolls and more. When it becomes evident the same demon who attacked her is on t...more
"Out of the ordinary", would be my first description of this story: average, career minded gal turned shifter after being bitten by demon. Giving up her previous aspirations, Raven begins a life as an officer in an organization very much like your typical police department, yet the perpetrators come in all different forms: vampires, gnomes, trolls and more. When it becomes evident the same demon who attacked her is on t...more
Jul 16, 2011
Talina Perkins
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Paranormal and Urban Fantasy readers
NOTE* Actual rating is 4.25 stars & I reviewed this book for Night Owl Reviews
FAVORITE LINE:
"On those rare occasions when you drop your guard, and I see the woman behind the false bravado, she's quite appealing indeed."~ Finn McPhee
TEASER:
Finn leaned into the fae. “Nice try, but you forget my abilities. Your guard is down, woman. I can tell you were lying to us. You knew the prophecy. You left out certain parts. Now we want to know why.”
“No,” she spat, “You think you want to know why. Take a...more
FAVORITE LINE:
"On those rare occasions when you drop your guard, and I see the woman behind the false bravado, she's quite appealing indeed."~ Finn McPhee
TEASER:
Finn leaned into the fae. “Nice try, but you forget my abilities. Your guard is down, woman. I can tell you were lying to us. You knew the prophecy. You left out certain parts. Now we want to know why.”
“No,” she spat, “You think you want to know why. Take a...more
My Thoughts:
I LOVED this story! This story grabbed me from the start and didn't let go until I had closed the cover after finishing the whole book! I was captivated by both the story and the characters.
This is a story like nothing I have read - the author gives us parallel time coupled with modern day living and then adds in paranormals, ancient prophecies, mythology, and romance! What more could a reader want?
The entire book is excellent.
The characters are wonderfully planned and carefully...more
I LOVED this story! This story grabbed me from the start and didn't let go until I had closed the cover after finishing the whole book! I was captivated by both the story and the characters.
This is a story like nothing I have read - the author gives us parallel time coupled with modern day living and then adds in paranormals, ancient prophecies, mythology, and romance! What more could a reader want?
The entire book is excellent.
The characters are wonderfully planned and carefully...more
This actually kept me guessing! Normally, with prophecy books, I can get it all figured out on how everything is supposed to unfold. Oh no! Toni LoTempio totally fooled me! Which, I think is awesome.
I have to admit, when I first started reading this, it was a little hard to get into. But it quickly piqued my interested and I finished the rest without much though to what I really should have been doing at the time. The story was able to stand out from a lot of the other paranormal romance books,...more
I have to admit, when I first started reading this, it was a little hard to get into. But it quickly piqued my interested and I finished the rest without much though to what I really should have been doing at the time. The story was able to stand out from a lot of the other paranormal romance books,...more
I really enjoyed this intense and fast paced read by Toni LoTempio. The main lesson I learned from this book is what we are all told, never judge a book by its cover! I never would have picked this book up on the shelf, but I would have missed out if I hadn't gotten a hold of it. It definitely borders the young adult/adult genre lines to me but with the rather heated (but few, really just 1) love scenes I would classify it as adult.
Raven is an agent who is all business, works herself to death an...more
Raven is an agent who is all business, works herself to death an...more
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My Review
This book is a nail-biting, heart-pumping, thigh-crunching, heat-inducing, mystery-filled thrill of a read that will have you addicted from page 1.
Raven was a normal girl partying at the club when one encounter with a handsome man, who turns out to be a demon, leaves her violated and puts an end to her human life. After a demon bite transforms her into a shapeshifter, she decides to join the law enforcement Recovery Unit whose main job is to keep the Su...more
My Review
This book is a nail-biting, heart-pumping, thigh-crunching, heat-inducing, mystery-filled thrill of a read that will have you addicted from page 1.
Raven was a normal girl partying at the club when one encounter with a handsome man, who turns out to be a demon, leaves her violated and puts an end to her human life. After a demon bite transforms her into a shapeshifter, she decides to join the law enforcement Recovery Unit whose main job is to keep the Su...more
What happens when you get bit by a demon and don't die when everyone else does? What happens when you don't turn evil like the few that do survive do? You take it out by hunting the thing down, but to kill it you have to kill an even bigger demon. Raven finds it gets harder as she tries to stop the demon from fulfilling an age old prophecy.
Toni LoTempio gives the readers romance, mystery, and lots of paranormal in Raven's Kiss. The story moves along at a good pace while revealing along the way m...more
Toni LoTempio gives the readers romance, mystery, and lots of paranormal in Raven's Kiss. The story moves along at a good pace while revealing along the way m...more
So this was my first book of this nature.
Ok well kinda...here's what I mean. Raven's Kiss is labeled as Paranormal Romance, and it is, but it's different from the others I've read. This is more of a CSI meets demons, trolls, mages, shifters, and much MUCH more.
The story line was great and fast paced. I loved the idea of "parallel time" and there being another me, but not so ME running around somewhere that I can't see. In truth...I think that I have always believed this to be the case.
And know...more
Ok well kinda...here's what I mean. Raven's Kiss is labeled as Paranormal Romance, and it is, but it's different from the others I've read. This is more of a CSI meets demons, trolls, mages, shifters, and much MUCH more.
The story line was great and fast paced. I loved the idea of "parallel time" and there being another me, but not so ME running around somewhere that I can't see. In truth...I think that I have always believed this to be the case.
And know...more
4.5 Stars for Raven's Kiss!
Raven's Kiss by Toni LoTempio was my second experience with Toni's writing and it was great. Every time I read her work I can't wait to see what else she's going to bring out.
Raven Grace is an angry shapeshifter. She was turned by a demon named Aega and her life mission is to find him and kill him so he can't do this to anyone else.
After her last capture with the Special Recovery Unit, her boss puts her on mandated personal time off. She is to take a break and get her...more
Raven's Kiss by Toni LoTempio was my second experience with Toni's writing and it was great. Every time I read her work I can't wait to see what else she's going to bring out.
Raven Grace is an angry shapeshifter. She was turned by a demon named Aega and her life mission is to find him and kill him so he can't do this to anyone else.
After her last capture with the Special Recovery Unit, her boss puts her on mandated personal time off. She is to take a break and get her...more
While the title proclaims this to be a paranormal romance, it is in reality an action filled urban fantasy with all kinds of fae, demons, shapeshifters, mages and some enhanced humans (psychics, mind readers, etc) as well as parallel universes.
Raven, the female lead, is a shapeshifter who can shift into any animal, or combination of animals, she wishes and is a paranormal special agent. She has serious anger management issues due to being turned into a shapeshifter after being bitten by a demon...more
Raven, the female lead, is a shapeshifter who can shift into any animal, or combination of animals, she wishes and is a paranormal special agent. She has serious anger management issues due to being turned into a shapeshifter after being bitten by a demon...more
Raven's Kiss: A Paranormal Romance
is my first read from author
Toni LoTempio
and it had a very interesting premise which delivered in an exciting story featuring Raven Grace who was turned into a Coli, or shapeshifter as a young college student... Years later Raven is still hunting the demon who savagely ripped her normal life to shreds and turned it on it's ear... As a member of an elite unit called the Recovery Organization and tasked with the job of protecting humans from rogue Paranormals...more
Highly entertaining, I was surprised at how steamy the book was despite our main characters going most of the book without tangling up the sheets. There are a lot of sultry looks and X-Rated fantasies that amp up the heat and, quite frankly, Toni LoTempio does an excellent job at building the tension between the two of them. That said, while the attraction between Raven and Finn is explored the bulk of this book focuses on the two of them hunting down Aega and unraveling the mystery of why he's...more
Jul 23, 2011
Jules (Never enough time to read)
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Shelves:
self-pubbed,
urban-fantasy
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Initially it took me a little while to get into the story as it does start off quite slow, setting the scene and introducing all the characters, it also took me a little while to get to grips with who was who. However, after all of that I really enjoyed the story and I loved the idea of having a parallel universe that was only slightly different to the one Raven was currently living in. The demon (who Raven is trying to capture and bring to justice) is cap...more
Oct 10, 2011
Heather Book Savvy Babe
rated it
4 of 5 stars
Shelves:
paranormal-romance,
review-on-blog
Paranormal readers will love Raven's Kiss, this book has it all; action, magic, paranormal creatures, alternate dimensions, and even romance. The heroine of the story is Raven, a woman whose life was turned upside down in 1 night, when she was bitten by a demon. The bite turned Raven into a shape-shifting demon herself, and instead of becoming a cop for the police, she is now a cop for the Recovery Organization, the paranormal police. Raven is full of pent up anger and the need for vengeance, he...more
My review:
I was excited to read Toni LoTempio’s book, because I read some reviews prior to the book. I did not have to be disappointed!
Plot:
Meet Raven – she has been bit by Demon Aega and she is seeking her revenge. She is working in the Recovery Organization, which deals with supernatural criminals and bad guys. She hopes that her work in the Recovery helps her to find Aega. One day Raven comes across another girl who is bitten by Demon Aega and Raven wants to get into the bottom of this. Tha...more
I was excited to read Toni LoTempio’s book, because I read some reviews prior to the book. I did not have to be disappointed!
Plot:
Meet Raven – she has been bit by Demon Aega and she is seeking her revenge. She is working in the Recovery Organization, which deals with supernatural criminals and bad guys. She hopes that her work in the Recovery helps her to find Aega. One day Raven comes across another girl who is bitten by Demon Aega and Raven wants to get into the bottom of this. Tha...more
Hot, steamy and exciting!
I was dreading that this book would be too predictable, a little too similar to its competitors; however, I was relieved and pleasantly surprised.
Filled with twists and turns, Raven's Kiss kept me hooked. It has strong, well developed characters who had enough depth to them so that I wanted to 'hear their story'. There was no unnecessary 'fluff' to this book, which was a relief, rather it stayed in the action and right alongside Raven.
Hopefully, a follow up will be relea...more
I was dreading that this book would be too predictable, a little too similar to its competitors; however, I was relieved and pleasantly surprised.
Filled with twists and turns, Raven's Kiss kept me hooked. It has strong, well developed characters who had enough depth to them so that I wanted to 'hear their story'. There was no unnecessary 'fluff' to this book, which was a relief, rather it stayed in the action and right alongside Raven.
Hopefully, a follow up will be relea...more
Raven's Kiss started out the tiniest bit slow, but picked up wonderfully once Raven discovers the portal to a parallel universe. The idea of the same people in a parallel universe isn't a new idea, but I really loved the way Toni LoTempio wrote the characters in the bizarro universe. Raven's character is tough, brave, and just a little messed up. She harbors a raging hate for the demon Aega, with good reason, and is letting her feelings about him run her life. Finn McPhee is a sexy, fun characte...more
So, you're here and you want to know what I think of my story. Well, I'll tell you ... it sucked for awhile. I mean, why the hell did I have to get bit by a demon? All I was doing was winding down at a bar with a friend. One thing led to another and, next thing I know, I'm demon-bit and, as a result, changed into a damned shapeshifter.
Now I've got serious anger issues and this bitch, Hedy, that works in the same department as I do, knows how to push my buttons. Oh, what I wouldn't give to really...more
Now I've got serious anger issues and this bitch, Hedy, that works in the same department as I do, knows how to push my buttons. Oh, what I wouldn't give to really...more
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Raven's Kiss is the first book in a new series called Raven Grace. This is a good paranormal book that has a variety of paranormal creatures. Raven is a 20-something year old college girl who has been bitten by a demon, which has turned her into a Shapeshifter. She can shift into just about anything - lots of things you've probably never even heard of!
Despite her strong powers, Raven mourns being a mortal. She is very bitter and angry about what has happened to her. Her sole purpose now, is to g...more
Despite her strong powers, Raven mourns being a mortal. She is very bitter and angry about what has happened to her. Her sole purpose now, is to g...more
This one wasn't for me. I wanted to like it but it was like eating a Big Mac while standing in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Without question, there is much spicier fare to be had at my fingertip. I won't punish the author for failing to entertain me but I will flag a few things for wary readers. To me, Urban Fantasy requires some ugliness. There is no way around it -- you can't mention rape in passing when it is at the foundation of the heroine's life. Fights are violent. Angry people cuss...more
The parallel alternate universe in this story gives us a double dose of colorful characters that makes this an interesting read all the way to the demon showdown at the end.
The romancing is fun with a bit of banter and light on the schmexy stuff, after all, demon hunting is the priority ;-D
And I like how the title of the book comes into play.
The romancing is fun with a bit of banter and light on the schmexy stuff, after all, demon hunting is the priority ;-D
And I like how the title of the book comes into play.
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Jul 13, 2011 05:33am