A Rush of Wings (The Maker's Song, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Oct 01, 2009 Literary Ames rated it it was ok

Shelves: read-in-2010, vampires, dtb, donated-to-charity, 1st-in-series, angels-demons, series-abandoned, paranormal, crime-mystery-thriller

1. My biggest complaint is that I didn't feel a connection between Miss FBI (aka Special Agent Heather Wallace) and Dante, yet they fell for each other though I don't know why. At the beginning I imagined Dante to be as Eric from True Blood with his throne in the club with a hint of pre-godhood Acheron with everyone adoring and lusting after him so I could understand Miss FBI's automatic attraction but not what attracted him to her except that she quieted the voices in his head. They spent very 1. My biggest complaint is that I didn't feel a connection between Miss FBI (aka Special Agent Heather Wallace) and Dante, yet they fell for each other though I don't know why. At the beginning I imagined Dante to be as Eric from True Blood with his throne in the club with a hint of pre-godhood Acheron with everyone adoring and lusting after him so I could understand Miss FBI's automatic attraction but not what attracted him to her except that she quieted the voices in his head. They spent very little time together and there was little to no sexual tension. They were forced together, there was no love between them. I think it would have been more realistic to pair her with Lucien.

2. I wouldn't call this book PNR, it barely qualifies as UF, it's more crime/horror as there is very little romance and only one sex scene.

3. The constantly changing multiple POVs was incredibly irritating. This didn't settle down until about two thirds of the way in. There were too many characters introduced in this way at the beginning, it was confusing.

4. The pace of this book is really slow it gets bogged down with the multiple POVs sometimes of the same events, only the last 100 pages or so does the pace pick up. This book is a depressing 500 pages long so you can imagine what a hard slog reading this was.

5. Though the inclusion of the French/Casjun words and phrases were a nice touch, I'm not fluent in these languages so I didn't always know what was said. I didn't notice the glossary until I finished the book which wasn't helpful, it should have been placed at the very beginning of the book instead of the end.

6. The cover did not represent what was inside the book. This cover was very misleading. Miss FBI did not wear leather, in fact she was one of the few who didn't wear it.

7. Background - questions were left unanswered about Miss FBI's past and her present circumstances. We have to assume she is single and living in Seattle and that she is alone with no family or friends except her boss Stearns. I had questions about Lucien and his whereabouts while Dante suffered, why he left his mother and what made him Fallen, though it was hinted at. Vampire politics were also hinted at with a mention of sanctions and councils but alas no elaboration.

8. Motivations - I didn't fully understand the motives and inner workings of the Bad Seed experiment/programme, or what exactly it was in relation to the FBI and the research lab.

9. Miss FBI's 'Are vampires real?' dilemma was dealt with badly. She was skeptical then sort of accepted it, was unsure, then had to see to believe. Bloody hell, make up your damn mind!

10. Characters - Dante was intriguing but he wasn't fully developed. You don't really get a proper sense of his personality other than being musical and having to do everything the hard way. His sexuality was unclear, he kissed men but generally in greeting as he did with the women. He'd suffered sexual abuse so maybe he didn't know himself if he was gay, bi or straight although we do see him participating in a threesome with another man there was no touching between them other than a kiss. He didn't seem sexy to me, he wanted to be a bad boy but in my opinion he didn't quite pull it off. He just seemed broken with no real hope of regaining control over his mind or his abilities. Collins peaked my interest but we see little of him and then he's discarded. Miss FBI was weak, there was very little to her, you got a vague sense of protectiveness and the need to do right but other than that she was a dull, flat character. We learn very little about the bad guys Ronin, E and Moore -they were just bad because the author had labelled them so there were no reasons behind their actions. Also members of Dante's household were thrust forward without much depth or explanation for their loyalty to Dante.

11. I was confused for most of the book. I had a hard time following what was happening and why or how Miss FBI made her deductions. Overall the story is very slow, dry and bland, hell we even know who the serial killer is from the beginning so there was no mystery to hold my interest. I was bored reading this and forced myself to finish it. My only positive emotion about this book was the relief I felt when I read the final page. Basically this was a waste of time. The writing is abysmal but the story had potential and that is the only reason why I'm giving this two stars instead of one. ...more

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Oct 25, 2009 Kelly Oakes rated it it was amazing

Shelves: vampires, pnr, angels-fallen, urban-fantasy

A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix.
This book was in my monster to-read pile for some time now, so I decided to unearth it.
Thank goodness I didn’t let it collect anymore dust! This is a fabulous book. Not very often do I EVER give a book 5 stars, but this novel deserves all 5 shiny gold ones. It also prompted me to contact the author and do an interview, which I will be posting soon.

The reason I loved this book isn’t just for the interesting story and intriguing characters, it is because of how ...more

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Jul 21, 2009 Purple rated it it was ok

Shelves: girlpower, uf, series

I struggled to finish this book. I compared it with a non-paranormal but same cop for a heroine book and this one just came up short. I usually finish those kind(e.g., James patterson's Women's Murder Club) in one night and its the same 400+pg book. This took me longer, the story was too slow for me. I got confused with the terms and there are several characters all at once.

Overall, this reminded me of how I felt about Sookie Stackhouse's first book. And the only reason I picked up the second bo ...more

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Sep 05, 2010 Judithe rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: pn-vampire, wrote-review, pn-angels-demons

4.5 Stars

Had a little trouble getting into it...confusion really, just trying to comprehend the world & players parts, but once that was settled, loved it! Am dying to know what happens next--luckily, have the book at hand & can read it soon!

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May 29, 2012 Irene Hollimon rated it it was amazing

The first few times I tried this book I couldn't get into it. It's LKH, Patricia Briggs or Charlaine Harris. What little romance there is in this book is definitely back burner. But the suspense is good. ...more

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