false <![CDATA[Devil's Kiss]]> 6319176 5 As the youngest and only female member of the Knights Templar, Bilquis SanGreal grew up knowing she wasn't normal. Instead of hanging out at the mall or going on dates, she spends her time training as a soldier in her order's ancient battle against the Unholy. Billi's cloistered life is blasted apart when her childhood friend, Kay, returns from Jerusalem, gorgeous and with a dangerous chip on his shoulder. He's ready to reclaim his place in Billi's life, but she's met someone new: amber-eyed Michael, who seems to understand her like no one else, effortlessly claiming a stake in her heart. But the Templars are called to duty before Billi can enjoy the pleasant new twist to her life. One of the order's ancient enemies has resurfaced, searching for a treasure that the Templars have protected for hundreds of years -- a cursed mirror powerful enough to kill all of London's firstborn. To save her city from catastrophe, Billi will have to put her heart aside and make sacrifices greater than any of the Templars could have imagined. 6504496 book 7 5 2009 Devil's Kiss total:145|5:26|4:45|3:53|2:16|1:5| 145 506 514 56 2 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 09:01:51 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 09:03:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Oct 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 06:27:23 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 06:27:23 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Oct 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 18:52:55 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 19:39:48 -0700 2009
Listened to this one on audio. Narration was all right, but I wonder how much listening to it factered into the slowness at the start.

Pros:
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Summary:
The teenage daughter of the Grand Master of the Templars in modern day England deals with a double life as a trainee templar and the return of a dark angel of death intent on spreading a plague.

My Thoughts:
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Billi is a young girl who was born into a Knights Templar family. Her father Arthur is actually t...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 07:40:46 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 09:59:43 -0700 2009
Characters: Fascinating, all of them. There was not much focus on Billi and Kay romantically, and yet I felt ve...more...]]> 3 0 false true Wed Sep 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 14:40:41 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 17:29:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 14:46:15 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 07:24:47 -0700 2009
The thing that most aggravated me about Devil’s Kiss was that the villain was annoying. And by annoying I do not...more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 13:35:57 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 13:56:12 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 05 19:45:37 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 19:52:57 -0700 2009
I liked this story...editing definitely needs to happen before the published copy comes out...but it's good. Reps from Hyperion told me...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Sep 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 19:41:36 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 13 01:05:46 -0700 2009 1 Devil's Kiss.

Read this if you like:

- gritty, almost-but-not-quite steampunk fantasy
- swords, battles, blood-and-guts action
- zombies, ghouls, vampires, and creepy children crawling with flies
- Knights Templar mythos, ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 30 18:03:24 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 10 08:37:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 17:49:50 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 17:53:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 07:55:42 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 18:40:53 -0700 2009
Billi is a character that I liked a ton. I constantly felt kind of sad for her because of her scary final initiation in the Knight's Templar, the people who she lost ear...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 22:08:59 -0700 2009 Thu Nov 05 12:00:39 -0800 2009
Devil's Kiss pulled me...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 03 17:39:46 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 08 11:03:19 -0800 2009
Anyway, it was alright. I didn't dislike it but I wasn't ecstatic about it either. The writing was good. Nothing really to complain ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 31 00:12:50 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 23:43:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri May 29 20:04:05 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 17 08:06:56 -0800 2009
I kinda wished that Sarwat talke...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 09:52:39 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 10:33:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=6319176