Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1) in Dangerous Hero Addict Support Group

May 06, 2010 Suzanne (Under the Covers Book blog) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: genre-romance, genre-urban-fantasy, lover-the-cover, va-va-voom-vampires, heroine-i-love, angels, author-nalini-singh

This is the first books of Nalini Singh's that I have read, and wow I have been missing out! I am glad to have found another author and series to get in to.

The book was about Rapheal the Archangel of New York City and Elena Deveraux a natural born Hunter whose job it is to hunt rogue vampires and bring them back to the angel who "owns" them. Her ability to sniff vampires out (quite literally) bring her to Rapheals attention as he needs her help tracking down a very difficult and angelic target. This is the first books of Nalini Singh's that I have read, and wow I have been missing out! I am glad to have found another author and series to get in to.

The book was about Rapheal the Archangel of New York City and Elena Deveraux a natural born Hunter whose job it is to hunt rogue vampires and bring them back to the angel who "owns" them. Her ability to sniff vampires out (quite literally) bring her to Rapheals attention as he needs her help tracking down a very difficult and angelic target. Thus the action begins.

What I really liked about this book was the world building, Singh's approach on vampires, angels and archangels was really good and original although the vampires were basically the same as other vampires in other books, the way they were created and their way of life was quite unique. Basically the power structure is: Archangels, Angels, Vampires and then us lowly Humans. The vampires are Made by the angels and have to sign a contract in blood pledging 100 years of service to that angel, with service basically being a euphemism for slavery. That was another point I quite liked, the angels weren't good, nor were they really evil either what they were was lethally cold, logical and selfish.

What I also really liked was the set of characters that had been created. I especially liked Elena's character, she was a strong feisty woman who would rather die then beg or grovel to anyone, including a certain arrogant, cold and drop dead gorgeous Archangel. She was also very compassionate, but practical enough not to let it get in the way of what she needs to do. Rapheal I wasn't so sure of at first as he was quite cold and merciless when you first meet him, I imagine if he was real he would scare the pants off me! But as the books progressed and he and Elena's relationship got closer and more intimate I began to like him a lot more, and now at the end although he is not my favourite hero I did really like him. I also liked the secondary characters in the book especially members of the Seven, a special set of totally loyal bodyguards that Rapheal keeps, and I am hoping that at some point Dmitri, Venom, Jason and Illium will get their own books. Also Sara from the novella in "Must Love Hellhounds" was also in this book.

So I highly recommend this book as it is really good, definately one to put on the keeper shelf.

August 2011 Re-read- I bumped this up to 5 stars I really enjoyed reading it this time round, I still haven't warmed up that much to Rapheal but Elena is still one of my favourite heroines and Dmitri, Venom and Illium are interesting characters, and it is even better now, knowing they will get their own books! ...more

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Jun 15, 2011 Hanife rated it really liked it

Shelves: alpha-male-character, made-me-cry, e-books, reading-english, pnr, er-romance, 2012, made-me-laugh, kick-ass-heroine

Ah Raphael ah. Niye Elena gibi gudubet bir kıza kapıldın gittin ki? O melek tozlarını bana serpiştirsen hiçte rahatsız olmazdım hani. Öhöm seriyi peş peşe okuduğumdan anlayabileceğinize göre çok sevdim. Ta ki dördüncü kitapta yazarımızın karakter değiştiresi gelene kadar. Neyse ki bu yıl çıkacak kitapta Raphael ve Elena'ya dönüyor olaylar. Sözün özü meleklerle ilgili olan ama bunları ilahi bir varlık olarak göstermeyen nadir kitaplardan Angel's Blood. Tuhaf gelebilir ama dinim ve yetiştiriliş bi ...more

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Jan 24, 2011 Kathyjacks rated it liked it

Shelves: angels

I'm not really sure what I think of this book. It was a little strange to say the least especially the mythology of how vamps and angels are made. I think I like that it's different from most other series but I wish there were more details about how its done. I was totally lost on what was going on with Elena during the year where she was missing. I think the author meant for it to be a surprise but it was a little confusing for a while. I usually rate 2 stars for books that are bad, 1 star for ...more

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Sep 22, 2011 Katarina Silva rated it it was amazing

This book is great! The way Nalini describes the beautiful wings of the archangels with all those colors. Loved it. Elena and Raphael are perfect for each other and now that she is an angel too it's going to be great. Can´t wait until i start reading the next book. :D ...more

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Jun 17, 2010 Maria Fernanda rated it really liked it

I liked it, not the best book ever, but it's got enough action, romance and fantasy for my taste; plus it's not a book about a vampire romance for a change, so that's a bonus!!! ;) ...more

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