Assassin's Honor (Order of the Sicari, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Oct 18, 2009 Shawna rated it really liked it

Shelves: exotic-wild-survival-setting, hero-or-heroine-exotic, heroine-wtf-does-hero-see-in-her, heroine-i-wanna-bitch-slap-annoying, i-read-no-longer-own-sold-swapped, hh-smart-intellectual-brainy-geek, cop-bodyguard-govop-merc-military, im-a-cover-hottie-ho, scifi-futuristic-fantasy-misc-pnr, psychic-special-abilities-powers

4 stars – Paranormal Romance

This had all the makings of a 5 star read: a hot, studtastic cover, an intriguing, unique story, fascinating world-building of the Sicari Order, a sexy, protective hero named Ares DeLuca, exotic locations, exciting archaeology, a good dose of action, adventure, and kick-ass sword-fighting, and steamy romance, but there was one major, annoying flaw that made me lower my rating: the heroine, Emma Zale.

She’s one of the most exasperating, whiny, b*tchy, argumentative, wi ...more

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Nov 05, 2010 Steph rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: year-read-2010, series-ongoing, author-웃, series-book1

Assassin's Honor brings us the world of the Sicari Order. The hero, Ares DeLuca, is a strong, hottie warrior who has always prided himself on his sense of honor. He's sworn never to break the Sicari's code (only kill for Justice, never Revenge) again. He meets and falls for Emma while she's on a dig in Cairo. Her father has always believed this stories of the Sicari and now she's starting to believe them herself.

The romance was at times hot while others .... frustrating. Emma has a strong perso ...more

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Jan 20, 2011 Jenny rated it really liked it

Shelves: magic-paranormal, series, pnr, mystery, own, challenge-read, trade-paper-back

I'm not quite sure what to think of this book. I've had it on my TBR pile for quite awhile. It was an interesting idea and the further I got into it the better it was but I still between a 3 1/2 and a 4. Good enough I might get the second but it's not one that I will run out and grab it right away.
I felt like it wasn't (at least for me) as developed with the story. I don't have a problem with stories that throw you right in as long as it grabs you and takes you along for the ride but I didn't fi ...more

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Aug 19, 2012 D.G. marked it as dnf

I have very little patience with books these days.

This book wasn't terrible but several things bothered me. The constant interjection of Latin words and phrases in the vocabulary of the Sicari (it didn't seem Italian to me). English is my second language and I seldom interject random Spanish words as I speak. This drives me bunkers when it's done in books because I've NEVER known a fluent speaker to do that (if your English is good enough in the first place, then you speak English to people who ...more

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