Covet (Fallen Angels, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Dec 14, 2009 Steph rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: year-read-2010, author-웃, series-book1, audiobook-listened-to, series-ended, series-completed, audiobook-great-narration

Rating: 4½-5 ★ (keep flip-flopping)

Initially I wasn't sure I'd enjoy this book. It seemed to have some of the annoyances of BDB ("shitkickers", etc) and none of the ?? va-va-voom. But, as the story progressed, I got more and more attached to the lives of the characters and couldn't stop trying to guess how things were going to play out. True to JR Ward's BDB style, the two main male characters bonded tight and helped each other through the situations that arose.

The story is about the age-old bat ...more

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Oct 12, 2011 Valerie rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2012

I want to write at least something for every book I read this year, but some of them are hard to write for because they don't make me feel anything. Like this one.

This falls squarely under, "It was all right, I guess." I thought the main premise was pretty cool, but then the book became a bit too ambitious, with too many POVs and plot threads that were underdeveloped and tied together too easily. The sex scenes were laughable ("sex" as anatomy, like "his/her sex," is just... no, please stop), t ...more

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Oct 29, 2009 Lisarenee rated it really liked it

Shelves: books-i-own

So here is my take on Covet. It reminded me of a hybrid cross between Shining and Pretty Woman with some angels (I must say like none I've ever heard of before - probably because they're fallen) thrown into the mix. Remember the scene where Jack Nicholson sees the woman he's with not looking so pleasant? *shudder* Okay, so maybe not really too much like the Shining, but the one scene in the book so reminded me of that movie.

On a side note I liked learning more about Marie-Terese. Was curious abo ...more

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