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Mar 14, 2008

Shannon rated it:

An enjoyable conclusion to the events and multiple subplots of the series - though I do hope she writes more of this character. After the baby, I'm sure.

Aisling and Drake are trying to get married but something always seems to go wrong. Proscribed, Bael is hounding Aisling to give him his sacrifices, Drake goes missing in Tibet, Fiat uses Aisling to support his call for war against the Green Dragons, and it's all just one big mess that her family is in London to witness. Fortunately, More...

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Dec 03, 2007

Roberta rated it:

It is up to her usual standards, in this novel several plots that have been floating around get resolved. It almost felt like the finale of the series, but I won't know that until or if another book gets back.

As usual, she puts Aisling the main character and her love Drake through hoops. She has all kinds of things happen to her most of her hijinks relate to the two of them trying to get married and having crises coming up which prevent said nuptials to take place. Reminds me a More...

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Jul 21, 2011

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Holy Smokes is the fourth and final book following the life and love of Aisling Grey (although I understand she and Drake will be pretty prominent characters in Katie MacAlister's new Silver Dragons series). This is a series of books you have to read in order for them to make any sort of sense. So, here's the order: You Slay Me, Fire Me Up, Light My Fire.

In this installment, Aisling and Drake are finally getting married, but as the book opens, Drake isn't showi More...

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Jan 11, 2011

Ithlilian rated it:

I'd like a little closure with some of these books. I enjoy the characters even though Jim is annoying and Aisling is helpless and airheaded at times, but I wish more would be resolved. Hardly anything happened in this book to further the plot. There was danger, people were running around after people, nothing was getting explained to Aisling (and therefore us), and then more issues were presented, with no resolution. I've had about enough of books that keep building and building with no end in More...

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Dec 30, 2010

Karissa rated it:

This is the fourth, and so far last, book in the Aisling Grey Guardian series. This book follows much in the same vein as the third book in the series. It is light, easy to read, and an entertaining story. Although there are strong aspects of romance to this book; I think fans of the paranormal genre who like action more than romance will also like this book.

The book starts with Aisling getting stood up at the alter by Drake. Of course it's not Drake's fault. Again Aisling has many thi More...

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Dec 11, 2009

Brandice rated it:

Yeah, yeah. Okay. The last two books in the series lessened my irritation with the second book in this (so far) four book series. This is still just fluff reading, but the fourth book was fun, and actually had me wishing there were more books in the series after reading the ending.

It seems weird throughout this series to vaguely elude to how much more powerful Aising is than she should be at this phase in her Guardian-ness, but there's never an explanation, never a back story abou More...

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Oct 16, 2011

Suzanne the Mighty ~Satin Seductress~ rated it:

Another day, another catastrophic event planning a wedding is difficult at the best of times, but with Princes of Hell demending innocent souls, lecturing mother in laws and a certain wyvern bridegroom that has gone missing the shit has truely hit the fan for Aisling Grey, Prince of Hell, Guardian and wyvern mate extradonaire. Will she overcome all the new challenges before her, or will it be one disaster too many?

Oh Aisling, what a real cock up (in more ways then one haha) the past 6 More...

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Sep 09, 2011

Cherie rated it:

My ratings system is as follows. One star is GOOD. The book is entertaining, easy to read and you don't want to stop reading because something about the book is compelling you not to. Two stars is GREAT! This time the story is not only entertaining, but highly creative, unique, easy to read and hard to put down. Three stars is EXCELLENT. Here the book has all aspects of one and two stars, but now the book is thought and emotionally provoking. Four is AWESOME. This is the read that is not onl More...

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Jan 04, 2011

Jink rated it:

The good: Characterization of certain endearing characters (i.e. Jim) remains consistent with the rest of the series.

The bad: Characterization of certain one dimensional hackneyed characters (i.e. Drake) remains consistent with the rest of the series. There is very little character growth through this series.
The same stale jokes are constantly recycled.
The world building, which was weak to start off with, doesn't improve with the addition of a second, third or fourth More...

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Sep 22, 2011

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Sep 12, 2009

Joy rated it:

Gave it a 5 'cause of the hilarity, action, suspense, but my fave book out of the series is still the 2nd one (Fire Me Up). More mysteries unravel in this book, what with Aisling confirming she is indeed breeding, Drake is more protective than ever, and I really liked Uncle Damian's character, he reminded me of Robert De Niro in "Meet the Parents". Although this is the last book in the series, there are new characters and surprising events which lead to more questions. I give credit to More...

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Oct 30, 2011

Anne rated it:

A cute book about Aisling Grey, a woman trying to through (and even to) her wedding to marry the love of her life while dealing with Hell…literally. Aisling is a Guardian, avowed protector of humans from the denizens of Hell (or Abbadon, as her demon-in-a-Newfoundland-dog body keeps reminding her). However, she’s also been declared a demon lord, with those additional responsibilities. And that’s only one of her problems. This is the fourth book in the series, and though I enjoyed it, I would h More...

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Dec 30, 2010

Eastofoz rated it:

Disappointing ending to the series. Seemed like the author didn't have any direction and just wrote for the sake of finishing. Drake is still fire engine hot though!!

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Sep 28, 2011

Dana rated it:

Things are finally looking up. She may be n the middle of all the Dragon Affairs, but darn it, she's getting married. In the latest Guardian book, Aisling has to fight to keep the dark voice insider her head under wraps as well as find a way out of the mess she's forced into. But all she has to do is get kick out of the Abaddon Prince Ranks. Should be easy enough, right? Although the bickering and bantering between Drake and Aisling has simmered down some, there's still an intenseness about th More...

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Oct 10, 2010

Kathy rated it:

I liked that in this story, Aisling took back what was hers... and without depending on Drake to oversee it all... Drake has morphed into quite a mate/husband... at least emotionally - he compromises, he says I love you (at least once a day, and not always being prompted), he shares his thoughts, and he respects her abilities and autonomy... and he does love making love with her... shifting to dragon during his orgasm...

She manages to get 'de-demon lorded' - by being a pain to Bael, More...

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Jan 12, 2011

Ashley rated it:

Holy Smokes is the final book in the Guardian Novels, and I must say I liked it, but it wasn't my favorite. I still love Aisling and Drake is sexy as ever, but there weren't as many surprises as I would have liked. Jim was still the comedian, and Katie's wit was there in spades. I must say my favorite line being "Mimes! You can't tell the devil doesn't have anything to do with mimes!" Hilarious. I did like how she brought everything together, but still left a little to the imagin More...

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Nov 28, 2011

Holly rated it:

Aisling is technically no longer Drake's mate, making their connection slightly diminished. While slightly silently mourning that connection she is trying to plan her wedding and deal with Fiat as diplomatically as possible, at least as much as she can be diplomatic. She discovers she in fact pregnant but of course still gets herself into a lot of dangerous situations. Love her relationship with Drake in this one, finally coming together. Love her uncle and of course adore the demon dog. Wish th More...

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Sep 23, 2010

C rated it:

I enjoyed this series. This last book was not my favorite, but it was still a great end to the series. I liked Aisling and Drake's relationship better before they got all lovey-dovey. It was actually a little annoying in this book because Aisling never referred to Drake without an adjective like adorable or hot or something. I think the ending was a little rushed here and some of the secondary characters were not as well-developed as they could have been if introduced in previous books. But over More...

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Jul 22, 2010

Amanda rated it:

I am kind of sad that this is the last one! I would of liked to know more about the baby, and the future of the septs, but it ended well. Aisling and Drake try to have their wedding several times only something always gets in the way, and Aisling's stepmom is not happy. Aisling deals with being the mate to Fiat (slimebag) and the prince(ess) of Abbadon, and Bael the devil himself.This series was quick, light and fun. I laughed constantly at Jim, he is hilarious. One surprising character was Aisl More...

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Jul 05, 2009

Karyn rated it:

Aaargh!! You describe the man as Uber Sexy. He's a dragon. And then you have Aisling calling him Sweetie every second line of the book. So not done.
This book did tie up all the ends well - Aisling the Dark Prince, the position Venediger, her other issues with the Otherworld. And a wedding that gets postponed a million times. It also adds more to the war with the Dragons, what with having to rescue Drake and all. It also adds more characters to the book - Bastian the blue dragon, Kostya the More...

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May 16, 2011

Amanda rated it:

Actual rating: 3.5

There is a lot going on in this book. Not so much that you cannot keep track of it all, but just enough to forget about some situations before they rear their ugly head (although this could certainly be the intention). I liked this book (especially the appearance of Aisling’s family!) but there was something lacking that the other books had. I wish this weren’t the last book of the series. There is so much left to know!

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Apr 13, 2008

Inara rated it:

In the fourth book in the Aisling-Gray-Series Aisling and Drake try to get married – with the emphasis on try – only to be interrupted every time they stand before the altar what was getting old and annoying when it happened the third time. There were as many problems for Aisling to solve as in the previous books, some new characters were added to Aisling´s team like her demon steward Traci, Drake´s brother and her uncle Damian. I liked him and his gruffly way setting Aisling´s head straight aga More...

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Feb 12, 2008

Izzy rated it:

Why I like young adult novels...

I really like all the smutty vampire stuff that comes out anymore. There's a whole section in any bookstore that has formulaic vampire/supernatural love stories that are otherwise just like Harlequins I read at the pool as a teen. As a teen I always felt a little ashamed to read them because anyone looking knew they were smutty.

Now I feel a little ashamed because all the smut is about male-dominates-female-and-gosh-is-it-hot. Um, gross. I t More...

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Oct 11, 2011

KarenF rated it:

I usually really like this series but this I found just OK. Aisling can be a ditz but they're fun in a Paranormal Stephanie Plum sort of way. But the first half of this book was kind of a mess. There were continuity errors about Aisling's parents/step-parents where her (I think) Dad kept changing from dad to step-dad. I don't really care either way but it kept taking me out of the story every time it switched and I had to try to figure it out. Also, like Stephanie Plum Aisling's inability t More...

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Jun 27, 2009

Susanne rated it:

I LOVED this series. I hope Katie MacAlister writes more with Aisling as the narrartor. Without giving away anything... there were a couple things left hanging that I would really like the answers to. I understand that Drake and Aisling appear in some of the Dragon series books... I'll have to check them out.

If the 'star system' were different, I would have given this book 4.5 stars.

Very entertaining, and I totally love the 'world' MacAlister created.

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Apr 03, 2009

Kara rated it:

I went through the series so quickly and loved it that now I am bummed it is over! This one is a little darker due to her "fix" she finds herself in. But I like the way the author gets the characters either out of the situations or resolves them, it doesn't feel like the quick fix that I felt in Stephanie Meyer's books. There are ramifications. I also like that one of my favorite "sub" dragons has his own series, it is on my to read list!

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Oct 18, 2010

Jessica B rated it:

I'm a little sad that the Aisling part of the story is over. I absolutely fell in love with her character. But I am all in all very happy how it all ended. Things worked out okay but there were quite a few bumps in the road along the way.

The book starts off with Aisling waiting for Drake at the alter and he doesn't make it. This is just the start to a very long trip down the aisle. Now Aisling has to save Drake, get kicked out a Abbaddon, get rid of Fiat as her mate and fight off the More...

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Mar 28, 2008

Anita rated it:

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Nov 25, 2010

Cindy rated it:

This book exploded in so many different directions at once it was fun just trying to keep track of all the enemies that Aisling had. Every time you turn the page someone was trying to kill her or recruit her for the underworld. I truly enjoy a book that can make me laugh out loud and Katie MacAlister delivers every time. Great book. And yes I still love the demon newfie!

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May 20, 2008

Becky rated it:

This is the 4th book in the Aisling Gray series and its quite fun. It provides closure to the series, but not definite closure. If Katie Mc wanted to follow up with a 5th, she could. I'd be interested to see what this silly Aisling gets herself into THIS time!

Again, there were a few unexpected stops along the way of this one - and it answered some questions that were troublesome through the first three books. There was also a couple sweet moments in there, but maybe that's becaus More...

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