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Morningstar (Morningstar)

by Darcy Town (Goodreads Author)

4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 · rating details · 32 ratings · 13 reviews

When she meets Belial, Dahlia can't wish for a better distraction from life. But a fun night of drinking turns bizarre when Belial introduces Dahlia to Lucien and the rest of her friends, men who are exceedingly rich, in short supply of morals, overflowing with violent tendencies, and interested in everything about her. Dahlia is charmed by her new friends, but something a...more

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Published October 18th 2011 (first published October 17th 2011)

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May 28, 2012 Mrs.Norman rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Terrible Girls......

Shelves: review-request, angels-demons-and-incubi-ohmy, urban-fantasy, favorites

“You absorb me in spite of myself - you alone.” Lucifer spoke into her hair, “You are always new. The last of your kisses was ever the sweetest; the last smile the brightest; the last movement the gracefullest.”

In this wonderful tale of Lucifer and his counterpart Ladriam. A human baby is born and an angel hides in her body! Ladriam is imprisoned in Heaven for an eternity, but she escapes and hides in that of a human baby girl named Dahlia. Lucifer is bereft, he was instrumental in her imprison...more

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Jun 06, 2012 Iris (Paranormal Cravings) rated it 4 of 5 stars

What if you have your average day to day life..(that sucks) and you find out that the man your falling in love with is actually the devil, the fallen angel Lucifer? "Morningstar" is really a great story and absolute a tease as first book of this trilogy what promises to be an exciting addition to the Paranormal Readers World. It got me hooked from the beginning and was hard to put down. Darcy has given me a unique world with the modern setting, dialogue and crack-me-up jokes and with the paranor...more

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Aug 11, 2012 Alana ~ The Book Pimp rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-reading-challenge, ebooks, owned-books, paranormal-romance, series-r-us, series-urban-fantasy

I received an eBook copy for free in exchange for an unbiased review. My thoughts are my own, and my thoughts are that this book ROCKS! It gives a new and unique spin to the fallen angels/Satan/Arch Angels. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it ROCKED MY SOCKS RIGHT OFF!

And let throw this little nugget out there:
Satan watching daytime soaps. Funny, funny stuff! Okay, one more nugget: fallen angel pillow fight. You heard that right.

Have you ever read a book, and in the middle of reading it- I sh*t you...more

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Jan 09, 2013 Lunar Haven Reviews and Designs rated it 5 of 5 stars

For centuries, Lucifer is nothing without his love, Ladriam. Then, there is a message by angel-mail (in the form of a falling angel) that Ladriam has escaped her entrapment and is on Earth. At once Lucifer is on full alert and ready to rally up his crew, "the Fallen," in order to find her. And he will find her, regardless of barriers or annoying human interferences. Even after he finds her there's these pesky human rules and pretenses that he must overcome, not that he doesn't sneak in as much r...more

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Jul 20, 2012 Joy (joyous reads) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Recommended to Joy (joyous reads) by: Mrs.Norman

The story starts off with Lucifer in complete despair, in so much despair that he stayed in the same spot, unmoving for years and years. Plants grew around, and on him until the very house became a forest itself. Right off the bat, this scene enamored me. What has caused his anguish? What great force could sink perhaps one of the powerful biblical figures ever known to man? The next scene jumped to a year later where a couple of strangers stood before an unattended baby carriage. The baby girl w...more The story starts off with Lucifer in complete despair, in so much despair that he stayed in the same spot, unmoving for years and years. Plants grew around, and on him until the very house became a forest itself. Right off the bat, this scene enamored me. What has caused his anguish? What great force could sink perhaps one of the powerful biblical figures ever known to man? The next scene jumped to a year later where a couple of strangers stood before an unattended baby carriage. The baby girl who seemed just as enthralled captivated the strangers. And then there was a conversation between the two that hinted on the fact that they knew the baby’s soul as the reincarnation of someone they used to know. I was hooked right then. I was dying to know how Lucifer would react to “seeing” Ladriam again. His soul mate – his better half and the only being equally powerful than Satan himself. Lucifer was both terrified and anxious to see Ladriam again; after all, she was the reason for his world stopping. But seeing Ladriam would also mean her eventual realization for his role in her torture and imprisonment in the hands of Michael. Seriously, after this brief synopsis, why wouldn’t you be freaking pumped to read this refreshing take on angels and demons story? The history is so evolved and heavily laden with complicated myths.

So what went wrong?

I’ll tell you.

Sadly, there was only about 10% of the story that focused on this myth. The rest was spent with the Fallen trying to show Dahlia a good time. Drinking copious amounts of alcohol, partaking in hallucinogens such as ‘shrooms and fairy wine, and basically just showing her what she’s been missing from her sheltered life. I have no idea how these all became relevant to Dahlia remembering who she truly was. I think at some point, Lucifer was given a timeline as to how long the rest of the Fallen would give him before they stepped in and intervene. They wanted to wake up the side of Dahlia that represents the formerly imprisoned and tortured Ladriam. But the whole thing dragged. I don’t know about you, but makeovers, baking cookies, pool parties – they just didn’t seem like the kind of things these angels-gone-bad would do.

I do like the author’s writing. It’s nicely polarized. She could switch from modern slang to an old language that suited the angels. I am also a fan of how well conceptualized her myth was. I just wish she didn’t spend a lot of time focusing on the lighter side of being friends with the devils.

I also like the idea that for every Fallen angel is a sibling counterpart. Lucifer and Michael, Belial and Helion, Berith and Uriel, Paimon and Gabriel…and so on. Like I said, I wish the author cultivated this element of the story even more. It had such great potential.

VERDICT: Despite my misgivings, I liked this book – liked it enough to continue with the series. I have big hopes that the next two books would involve some fierce sword fights and ass-kicking of the heavenly variety. It’s frustrating to see a great story fall flat because the author took it to a direction it had no business of going. This could’ve been so great.
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Sep 16, 2012 Jenn rated it 2 of 5 stars

The author has a wonderful ability to write unique characters who seem real and vibrant, and very interesting. The story was also an original take on the mythos. (or I've not read it before anyway) All the mysterious allusions to their shared past got a bit old. Flashbacks, ugh. And, yeah, I'm sure Lucifer is smokin' hot,but I doubt he's that freaking precious. Baking cookies? Knowing demons are at the mall explains my hatred of the place. All in all it was a good read marred somewhat by the fac...more

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Jun 13, 2012 Whitney rated it 5 of 5 stars

I highly recommend this book.

The relationships formed around and with the main character, Dahlia, were what really enthralled me. Town's level of detail in creating characters is astounding, and contributes to making this a fantastic read.

This storyline did not feel trite or slow at any point, and the characters were portrayed in a wonderfully unique light. I never knew what would happen next.

This novel is imaginative, creative, enthralling, sexy, and devious. I loved it. Heck, I was reading...more

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Nov 23, 2012 Midu Hadi rated it 4 of 5 stars Recommends it for: readers who want a fun book

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Dec 30, 2012 Sofia Demaris rated it 2 of 5 stars

I have read so much Twific in the last few months it's ridiculous! And so considering this is the first "book" I have read in quite some time I'm actually finding it rather hard to write an objective review. In a nutshell, another bunch of fallen angels living on earth after "The Fall". This time they are the good guys and the whole "Satan", "Hell" "temptation of Man" is a smear campaign from on-high. There is an interesting spin on the Creation theory, which I liked, I'm a huge fan of authors s...more I have read so much Twific in the last few months it's ridiculous! And so considering this is the first "book" I have read in quite some time I'm actually finding it rather hard to write an objective review. In a nutshell, another bunch of fallen angels living on earth after "The Fall". This time they are the good guys and the whole "Satan", "Hell" "temptation of Man" is a smear campaign from on-high. There is an interesting spin on the Creation theory, which I liked, I'm a huge fan of authors spinning their version of the best known piece of fiction ever written!

I downloaded this book from Amazon, it was free at the time, just as well. It isn't particularly long, but it still could have been edited of half its content. There are some scenes that are so drawn out you're reading them thinking "OK! Something must be going to happen otherwise why are we still here?" No reason, just no one bothered to tell the author that she should cut her ramblings as it was bordering on tedious. The back story of Dahlia and Lucien has some merit, some pretty good repartee back and forth, in fact the best part of this whole story for me was Lucien. Imagine the devil trying to get to grips with 21 century America after sitting in one spot mourning the loss of his love for aeons .
"The hair makes you look not look like someone's great-grandfather and the shirt is edgy"
"I am Lucifer. I do not need to be made edgy".
There is some really humourous parts to this book, as you can imagine all the Fallen are slightly crazy and this plays out well in the story. But I can't honestly say that I'm rushing to download book 2 and 3, unless they become free too? And Amazon rated it M (mature)? Really, language wise maybe but there isn't a single lemon in the whole book. Which for me is pretty strange, Dahlia and Lucien haven't been together for millenniums, when they finally are, no sex? Lucien keeps getting cockblocked by his Archangels and he allows it...something about this just doesn't sit right with me and as the story continue Lucien loses almost all his devilish creditability.

If you can get this book for free then by all means download it a give it a go, but if not? I'd pass, there are much better fallen angels type fiction out there..(less)

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Jul 11, 2012 Wicked ♥ (Wickedly Bookish Reviews) aka Bat-Jess rated it 2 of 5 stars

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Dahlia is a hardworking young lady who compulsively paints the angelic subjects of her dreams that torment her nightly. These aren't your everyday chubby cherubs, these angels are dark, vicious , and downright dangerous. Little does she know that her dreams are actually suppressed memories of another lifetime, and her new friend Belial and her crew are a group of Fallen angels Dahlia used to know very, very well.

I think I'll start off...more

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Jan 10, 2012 Fiona rated it 5 of 5 stars

What a cracking read... Great Characters, funny and dark...

Am now on the 2nd one Evenstar

Which picks up from the 1st - brilliant....

If you like The Black Dagger Brotherhood - I reckon that you will like this....

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I never finished this book as I put it down and just didn't pick it back up again.. I may finish it one day..

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I earned a degree in Comparative Religion, so themes-wise that certainly pops up here and there in my writing (okay, more than a little here and there in some books).

I write what I enjoy reading/watching - which is fantasy/sci-fi with dark humor and a bit of romance. What I consider romance however is to some...a bit off (and kinked out). And when I say dark humor I mean black. But I always have...more

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“Lucifer looked over her shoulder. “What?”

Dahlia cleared her throat. “You stupid bitch, I hate you and love you. Do not wear anything Patience gave you, it’s all ugly. I am going to write on every single blank page. Ha-ha! Love, the Faithful slut.”

Lucifer scowled. “That person was mean to you.”
Dahlia grinned. “No way, Faith was funny. I was the bitch, she was the slut, and Patience was the crack whore.” — 1 person liked it

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