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Diego (Endangered Fae #2)

by Angel Martinez (Goodreads Author)

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After defeating an evil wendigo, a man and his pooka lover deserve a little quiet, don’t they? Unfortunately, Diego and Finn’s hard-won peace is disturbed, their new life in Montana turned upside-down when Diego, in a jealous rage, unwittingly rips a hole in the impenetrable Veil to the Otherworld.

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Published September 16th 2010 by Red Rose Publishing

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Oct 13, 2010 Alex rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: romance, queer, fantasy

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Finn and Diego return! They've settled in Montana for a nice quiet life, but life with a pooka is rarely quiet for long. But really, this time it's Diego's fault. Mostly. A simple misunderstanding opens the Veil and a whole set of new problems. As Diego becomes more confident with himself and his magic, Finn begins to have doubts if he's the best thing for someone as wonderful as Diego. We follow the couple and their new friends between worlds and into trouble. Life really isn't going to...more

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Sep 20, 2010 Lisa rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: faeries, fantasy, m-m-romance, paranormal-romance, fairy-tale-folklore

I have an immense amount of respect for authors. To be able to sit down in front of a blank canvas and construct an adventure, choosing just the right words, then putting them together in just the right way to sweep a reader along into a world filled with danger, suspense and romance, leaves me in awe.

Angel Martinez has filled Diego with magic, both of the fairytale variety and of the sort that occurs when an author creates two incredible characters, then brings them to life, capturing the imagi...more

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Mar 17, 2012 Ami rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mm-fantasy-paranormal-futuristic, mm-faes-fairies

While the fae world is portrayed beautifully, and the secondary fae characters shine ... from the huge Lugh, the wolf-headed Faolchú and his beloved serpent gardener, Nathair, the fox Sionnach and his beloved Queen's herald, Angus, as well as the féileacán Scath and Croi

... but the story goes into melodramatic territory far too many times. Diego's jealousy, Finn's sudden lack of confidence about being worthy of his Diego, the whole reassurance of their love, over and over again. Plus the sudden...more

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Apr 08, 2011 LynnMarie rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Not having read the first one in the series put me at a serious disadvantage.
Finn is Fae and Diego is human. Their story began in the first book, aptly named Finn.

Diego and Finn are settling in for some down-time in Montana. Diego is away on business and Finn is left on his own. While Finn is down by the lake he hears a distressed call from a young woman. After he saves her and takes her home, Diego returns to find Finn in a situation that immediately threatens what they have acco...more

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Oct 22, 2010 Jay Meo rated it 5 of 5 stars

I have discovered an amazing author and her beautiful world of pookas and fae and passion – Angel Martinez. If you don’t know her, go and find her books and read them! I read her novel "Finn" and fell in love, and now I have just finished "Diego", the incredible sequel to "Finn" – and I am about to go back to the start and read it all over again, because such stories rare, ladies and gentlemen, and have the real magic!
Finn is a pooka – a water spirit, tall, dark and handsome, and left outside th...more I have discovered an amazing author and her beautiful world of pookas and fae and passion – Angel Martinez. If you don’t know her, go and find her books and read them! I read her novel "Finn" and fell in love, and now I have just finished "Diego", the incredible sequel to "Finn" – and I am about to go back to the start and read it all over again, because such stories rare, ladies and gentlemen, and have the real magic!
Finn is a pooka – a water spirit, tall, dark and handsome, and left outside the Veil of elfland. Diego, a poor author who loves helping the weak, saves him in the first book, “Finn” and together they discover love.
Now the story picks up from there, and where I thought it would be a slow, languorous tale of sex and love, it’s a fast-paced, action-filled, passionate tale of angst and war and the world behind the veil, sickness and terror and courage and deep, real love. I am not going to tell more and give away the incredible story – which is nevertheless so real with its depth of detail and realism mixed with the magic – but I am going to say this: I couldn’t stop reading, and tears often stung my eyes. Even though sometimes the sweetness of Diego and Finn’s relationship – as well as of the other fae – was enough to make my teeth ache, it never went over the top, and it really made me feel that I was there, under their skin, in their heads, in their hearts. I felt afraid, and betrayed, and outraged, jealous, forsaken, and loved.
The world Martinez builds is not a cheap, superficial fairyland. She delves deep in the Celtic folklore, scratches the gray patina and reaches the velvet colors below where the real meaning of the fae and the fomorians, the half human, half animal beings, is revealed – pagan gods and goddesses that once ruled the world and governed people’s lives, not pretty but awesome and powerful, cruel and playful, magnificent and scary all at once. These are the creatures Diego comes up against and befriends, these are Finn’s people, and together Diego and Finn will embark on a great journey to save both their worlds and understand each other like never before.
This is good fantasy. You could take out the sex scenes and it would stand alongside most big fantasy names – but why would you want to do that? The sex is sizzling hot, and it gives a depth to the story that traditional, squeaky-clean fantasy often lacks. This is the real thing. Don’t miss it!

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May 25, 2012 Emy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mm-erotica, 2012, paranormal

Finn and Diego are back! :)

In Diego, a misunderstanding between Finn and Diego causes a tear in the Veil and they are sucked into the Otherworld. Separated and held by the different Fae courts, they must find each other again. But this is only the beginning...

Firstly, let me start with the reason that this only has four stars and not five, even though I loved it. On at least two separate occasions, it felt as though the book was nearing its climax, but, in reality, I wasn't that far through at a...more

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Oct 11, 2010 Kassa rated it 2 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Diego is the long awaited sequel to Finn (a book I totally adored). Unfortunately while the sequel has moments of entertainment, humor, and interest, it overall failed to deliver the same enjoyment and delight of the previous book. In fact my attention wandered frequently and several times I felt the book simply jumped the shark. I’m not sure why either since all the elements to a successful story are there, just jumbled, mashed, and distorted until the story didn’t delight me anywhere near the...more Diego is the long awaited sequel to Finn (a book I totally adored). Unfortunately while the sequel has moments of entertainment, humor, and interest, it overall failed to deliver the same enjoyment and delight of the previous book. In fact my attention wandered frequently and several times I felt the book simply jumped the shark. I’m not sure why either since all the elements to a successful story are there, just jumbled, mashed, and distorted until the story didn’t delight me anywhere near the way the previous book did. Perhaps I had too high of expectations.

The sequel starts out with a ridiculous jealousy scene. I’m sorry but I found this extremely hard to fathom and buy into. Diego and Finn have declared their ever lasting love, promised to be true and faithful and while the situation is pretty damning, Diego storms off in a jealous huff while hurling horrible names at Finn. So all those declarations of love just disappear at the first hurdle? I get that Diego would be jealous, hurt, and even suspicious but his reaction is so over the top, I just couldn’t buy into it. I put that aside though as it’s clearly just a vehicle to get into the real story. Now Finn and Diego are in the Otherworld where the fae live and immediately become embroiled in court antics, a mysterious illness plaguing the fae, and a potential war between the courts.

This is unequivocally the best part of the story. The fae world is interesting and their dynamics, while familiar to most fantasy stories, remain fun to read. The various new characters introduced completely stole the story and any scenes they were in. Diego is set up as too good to be true in this part and he acts kind of horribly. He does and thinks much more damning things than the situation he found Finn in and is only vaguely aware of his hypocrisy. Diego comes across as some kind of supreme savior to the fae people while Finn, who consistently works hard to save them as well, is pretty much ignored and put down. For his part Diego does mourn Finn and wants to be together, but he lacks the intensity of emotion that Finn has. Finn is definitely needier but Diego seems more preoccupied by the color of trees than his relationship to Finn, which he pretty much takes for granted.

Once the court intrigue and illness are resolved, the story really could have ended there for me. Instead that’s only barely half way and the plot lines just keep coming. Up to now I had some issues but they were minor as the writing kept the story tight, interesting, and moving. Unfortunately once they’re back in the human world, the story just veers off key and never recovers. There is a new twist with Finn convinced he doesn’t deserve Diego while Diego constantly dismisses Finn’s feelings and worries. Anytime Finn tries to explain he’s jealous or upset or worried, Diego simply soothes him and dismisses any issue as if Diego’s mere word is enough. This really bothered me and had Diego coming across as arrogant and cold despite his verbal assertions that he really loves Finn.

At the same time there is the most ridiculous plotline where the government kidnaps everyone assuming the fae are aliens. They go to some secret underground instillation and everyone undergoes horrific experiments. All I can say is I rolled my eyes so much I thought they’d pop out of my head and really, really, really considered not finishing the book. I found this entire secondary story to be superfluous, unnecessary, distracting, and way over the top. Diego does nearly nothing to help the situation and honestly he’d not been much of a sympathetic character up to this point so I couldn’t really care about his pain. Instead I felt horrible for the fae and what they went through for no reason other than to keep the story going. Clearly I connected with the characters but just couldn’t buy into the plot.

Thankfully that ends eventually and there is another less ridiculous but still unnecessary plot about the fae going public so they can be their own sovereign nation. Now this is not as bad as the alien storyline but just feels unnecessary. This could have been its own book instead of tacked onto an already full one. Plus there are more issues between Finn and Diego that Diego brushes aside. Diego becomes more and more involved with the fae and their diplomatic status while Finn is clearly not doing well. Finn sulks for a long time and makes some really stupid decisions but with Diego’s arrogance and real lack of tangible concern for Finn, I couldn’t blame him. Whereas Diego was a favorite character of mine in the first book, I just found him very off putting here. I did like the epilogue though and hopefully these two can finally get a happy ending away from Diego’s high handed arrogance and Finn’s oversensitive emotions. Plus the dragon at the end is a touch of genius.

Overall this is a very mixed story that I enjoyed in some parts and really hated in others. It has all the elements that I liked of the first story – touches of humor, good characters, developed storylines, witty dialogue, fun sex scenes – but it also gets overshadowed by the sense of ridiculous as the story keeps going on and on and on. I think if this had been divided into 3 books - the fae court / government abduction / finn’s concerns, going public - each of these would have been more successful. But that’s just my opinion. Sadly I don’t recommend this and would say read Finn again instead.

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Apr 09, 2012 Diane rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I loved this book and this series!
Angel was concerned about my comment regarding Fae courts in a review for Finn, because they make an appearance in this book, however, it is still different than the courts have been portrayed before, this time there was a vulnerability along with the game playing and I liked that different perspective.
This one was a different kind of heartbreak for the doubts Finn goes through because as the reader, of course you know he should have no doubts, but he had to tra...more

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May 26, 2012 Rosebee rated it 5 of 5 stars

I'm having trouble giving stars but this would be another 5 star book for me by Angel.

I really like this universe she's made.

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Oct 10, 2011 Tony-Paul Vissage rated it 4 of 5 stars

As usual, any story about Diego and Finn is appealing, and this one is no exception. From the moment Diego opens that bedroom door to the last page, one exciting scene follows another. Introductions to recognizable fae as well as some lesser-known ones and an explanation of their legends enhance the story. Just when it seems everything is aiming for a Happily Ever After, the government-types descend and I would fervently hope that if we ever do encounter supernatural beings or aliens, we don’t i...more

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Mar 22, 2012 Ignis rated it 4 of 5 stars

They are still as adorable as they were in the first book. Good descriptions on the fairy world. So glad to see that the author spent time to fully built the world and not just sparing a few paragraphs for it.
I want more Finn!

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Mar 31, 2013 Mammarella rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: mm, mm-fantasy, mm-shifters, mm-mystery-suspence, mm-contemporary

I think I am going to abandon this at 60%. The story should have ended right after the fight of the champions, but it keeps dragging on. I was willing to give it a try, but there is a point beyond which I cannot continue, which is a shame, since I really like Angel's other books.
The characters in "Diego" are sticky sweet, others yet are obnoxious and blind to obvious facts, all of them are sick and tortured and abused and misunderstood all over the place. I can't stand the melodrama. Not going i...more

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Apr 07, 2012 Enny rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I loved Finn and this one would've been great too if the author had ended the book after the first half.

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Jul 16, 2012 Lily rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mm-romance, fantasy-supernatural

The prequel to this - 'Finn' - is still one of my all time favourites in the m/m genre, although I am not a fan of fantasy type novels per se. While I have enjoyed reading 'Diego', it has not managed to leave an equally strong and positive impression on me. Why? I could not point out one particular reason, apart from the fact that there is so much going on in the plot that it lacked a clear focus... With many very different obstacles to surpass, I felt as if everything was thrown together withou...more

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Mar 19, 2010 Catherine rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: erotic-romanc

Spectacular Continuation

The worlds that Ms. Martinez creates are amazingly rich in color and texture and Diego is no exception. Diego slips through the veil between the world of Fae and humans and has to battle old feuds and find a cure for what is killing the Fae.
This story is surrounded by magic, love, and tolerance. But what I love most is how we are allowed to see Finn and Diego’s HEA as they work together to blend their two worlds.
Now it’s time for Lugh and Zach’s story…hint, hint…Big-Fa...more

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Dec 16, 2010 Cherie Noel rated it 4 of 5 stars

As with the first two in the Endangered Fae series I am left with only two words: More Please!!

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Mar 25, 2011 kb rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, m-m

I loved it! Fascinating world, interesting plot, lovable characters! Parts made me laugh and parts almost made me cry. The ending was perfect. :)

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Jul 13, 2012 Absynthe rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, m-m, supernatural-mystical, artists

Really original plot, great characters and well written. Loved it!

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Angel Martinez currently lives part time in the hectic sprawl of northern Delaware and full time inside her head. She has one husband, one son, two cats, a love of all things beautiful and a terrible addiction to the consumption of both knowledge and chocolate.

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