Crave (Fallen Angels, #2) in Vampires, Weres and Fae!

Jan 08, 2010 Cindyg rated it it was amazing

Outstanding...this was an excellent story...I love Jim and his buds...Isaac and Grier...awesome. I was pulled in right from the beginning and couldn't put this book down. The story lines where easy to keep up with...the pace was great and the character development both primary and secondary where fantastic. I'm in love with series and can't wait to see where J.R. takes us next.
I can't stress enough how good this book/series is...I highly recommend Crave...it will leave you CRAVING for more... ...more

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Sep 19, 2010 Melindeeloo rated it really liked it

Shelves: angels

Dark and gritty, and full of dangerous (and a few tormented) males...

Another soul is at the cross roads and up for grabs. Heaven is ahead by one soul, but Hell is up to bat and the first team (Heaven or Hell) to get a majority in seven skirmishes wins it all. With this second entry, Ward solidifies her new Fallen Angels series and get past some of the things that bothered me in the first book: Jim Herron, the sole entity ‘allowed’ to influence the soul’s decision, has definitely gotten his wing Dark and gritty, and full of dangerous (and a few tormented) males...

Another soul is at the cross roads and up for grabs. Heaven is ahead by one soul, but Hell is up to bat and the first team (Heaven or Hell) to get a majority in seven skirmishes wins it all. With this second entry, Ward solidifies her new Fallen Angels series and get past some of the things that bothered me in the first book: Jim Herron, the sole entity ‘allowed’ to influence the soul’s decision, has definitely gotten his wings, and Jim’s relationship with his crew - Adrian and Eddie - is beginning to gel, and there are not too many heavenly interventions - the angelic mentors didn't really grab me last time. Jim's nemesis also gains a great deal of depth with her 'help sessions' and 'her collections'.

In Crave, Jim has more of a vested interest in this skirmish since several of the players are people from his not so distant human past as a black ops soldier. This when combined with the fact that I also liked the pairing for the romance better this time are also strong plusses in Crave’s favor. Jim's former black ops comrade Isaac and lawyer Grier Childes both are solid characters and the intense attraction between them as they are thrown into danger together seems real - even though it is hard to imagine a HEA for a pair from such different worlds.

Crave is definitely darker than the Covet and there are some difficult to read moments when one of the characters is tortured and violated - and in the aftermath of that as well. I can see Ward’s purpose in this, as it affects relationships between several characters, but it still was hard to take.

I guess the bottom line with Crave was that I enjoyed the immediate story of Isaac and Grier and thought that Crave effectively advanced the elements of the larger series arc. With all that happened, I felt as if that there was a real battle going on and not one with a quick and easy resolution – and I didn’t find the outcome to be predictable. Despite my discomfort with the extent of the darkness, I still am interested in seeing how things unfold for Jim and how the battle progresses in future books. ...more

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Aug 12, 2010 Lori {Romancing the Dark Side} rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal-romance, read-in-2010, angels

These angels are really growing on me! The battle of good v. evil continues, as Jim and his gang of angels take on their next soul saving mission: Isaac Rothe, a black-ops soldier and target of an assassin.

Darker and grittier than Covet, Crave delves more into the deep and sinister corners of Devina's world, and the lengths she's willing to go to stop Jim from winning this war. She is evil personified in a pair of Louboutins! She's a great villain who just gets under your skin and makes you hop ...more

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Dec 05, 2010 Yodamom rated it liked it

Shelves: audio

JIm the semi angelic angel has another soul to save in this horrible game, between good and evil. I have a big problem with the constant reference to it being a game. It is a very sick game and Jim is willing to sell his body and soul not to lose his game pieces(souls). I was in sock at the sudden sexual torture scene in the story, no what it was but how it was described. I would have liked to use more of my imagination. All through the rest of the book I had that horrible vision of Jim on Devin ...more

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May 03, 2011 Noni Fro (Janon) rated it really liked it

It's worth it to plug through reading Covet to get to this one. The action started off at the beginning and it moved along at a good pace. We get to dig deeper into 3 of the angels' background and lives and I really liked this. I foresee Jim becoming a very important Angel in future books. He's powers are already surpassing the other angels'.

Loved Isaac in this book - what a super yummy alpha male. ...more

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