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Archangel's Blade (Guild Hunter, #4)

Nalini Singh

Start date: April 1, 2024

Finish date: April 30, 2024

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Feb 16, 2011 Mandapanda rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal-romance

3.5 stars. The 4th book in the great Guild Hunter series. This is Dmitri's story. He is the leader of Raphael's Seven (Raphael is the Archangel ruler of New York). Dmitri is over a thousand years old, he's a cold and vicious killer and the book starts with a flashback to his life as a mortal and the death of his one and only love. Honor is a Guild Hunter, who was recently captured and tortured/raped by evil vamps. The search for the vamps brings these two together and sparks fly.

Singh writes wit 3.5 stars. The 4th book in the great Guild Hunter series. This is Dmitri's story. He is the leader of Raphael's Seven (Raphael is the Archangel ruler of New York). Dmitri is over a thousand years old, he's a cold and vicious killer and the book starts with a flashback to his life as a mortal and the death of his one and only love. Honor is a Guild Hunter, who was recently captured and tortured/raped by evil vamps. The search for the vamps brings these two together and sparks fly.

Singh writes with her usual lush Harlequin-esque prose. Her hero Dmitri is a super sexy alpha character. Several favourite characters from previous novels make an appearance including Raphael, Elena, Illium and Venom etc. as well as some of our favourite baddies. Apart from the main romance plot there are references to some of the over-arching plot lines from all the novels, the Sanctuary, Calliane and the fate of the human victim of Uram.

I seem to be going against popular opinion but I didn't really enjoy this romance. I didn't buy the attraction between the two MC's nor the ending. Honor seemed particularly bland to me. I know that putting your heroine through terrible attacks (multiple rape and torture in this case) is popular in PNR but that's not enough of a reason why a hero would fall in love with them. Honor needed a PERSONALITY!

A couple of habits that the author has and which I have had no problem with in the past, started to annoy me in this book because I wasn't wrapped up in the romance. Firstly Dmitri always had to have the last word. And it was usually sexual innuendo. Whenever the two protagonists would part he always made some sleazy suggestive comment as he walked out the door. The second thing I noticed is the author's habit of breaking up a sentence of dialogue with long thoughts/actions on the part of the speaker. For example, "I want", Dmitri shifted a little in his seat, scratched his armpit, sipped on his beer and looked out the window searching for the meaning of life, "your body". (that's not a quote BTW).

But overall it was great to immerse myself in the Guild Hunter world again and even if the romance didn’t appeal to me this time, I will definitely be buying future books set in this world.
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Apr 19, 2011 Chelsea rated it really liked it

Shelves: vampires, uf-pnr, fae-angels, smexy

This review was originally posted at Vampire Book Club

I have had Archangel’s Blade on my shelf for months. And I put off reading it purposefully. It wasn’t my typical series anxiety where I’m all “oh, please don’t screw this up” but hesitation. I wasn’t head-over-heels for the last Guild Hunter novel. It wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t the same fiery writing from Nalini Singh’s earlier books. I just wasn’t game for a ho-hum read.

But now I feel like an idiot, because Archangel’s Blade was engaging and ...more

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Feb 02, 2011 Akaria Gale rated it liked it

Shelves: vampires

I don't know what it is with this series. It's got everything I love...angels, vampires, strong women, dangerous men, violence, sex, Bluebell ;). So why can't I rate it five stars? Well because it's got a lot of things I don't like abused women and alpha assholes. A too large percentage of the women in these books have been abused. Vampire, angel, human. Doesn't matter. If you're in the GH universe, you're getting abused. It's really really REALLY annoying. I love Singh's books with a passion. T ...more

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Feb 17, 2011 Daffodil rated it it was amazing

Shelves: urban-fantasy, vampires, angels

I've enjoyed Singh's Guild Hunter series, perhaps not quite as much as the Psy-Changeling stories, but still great reading. Dmitri's story turned out to be my favorite in the series so far.

All of Raphael's Seven are dangerous weapons, but Dmitri has come across as the coldest and most lethal. We learn a lot about Dmitri's past and what made him the man he is today. I don't want to spoil anything, but his making and the events surrounding it, seen in flashbacks throughout the book, make it easy t ...more

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Apr 17, 2011 Karyogini rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-on-2012

Ok. I was sooo annoyed that this one isn't about Elena. :/ hence it took me forever to read this. I've had the book for awhile my cousin even read it several times over. I just couldn't get past the fact that it isn't about Elena and I didn't want any other. :p

Being sick and stuck in my bed, I decided to give the book a chance. It's also been awhile since I read the previous book. :/ Why not try? Sure enough, I liked it. LOL. Nalini is really talented. :) I was dreading that it will in the POV o ...more

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Mar 12, 2012 Lisa rated it really liked it

Shelves: alpha-males, adult-fiction, for-review, pnr-urban-fantasy, angels-demons, sexy-heroes, romance, vampires, ass-kicking-heroines, awesome-heroine

Review to come soon, but I completely adored this book.

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Apr 02, 2011 Grace rated it really liked it

Really liked it. My favorite scene was when Dimitri and Raphael were looking out the window towards Honor, Elena, and Ashwinii on the balcony and thinking how much has changed within the past two years. I thought that was really sweet. Singh does it again. For me, this series overshadows Psy-Changling. This is an author that is definitely on auto buy for me. I'll buy anything she publishes. Can't wait till the anthology comes out. ...more

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May 20, 2011 KarenF rated it it was amazing

Shelves: kindle, urban-fantasy, romance, paranormal

Not much I can say that isn't going to make me sound like a gushing fangirl. So I'll just say that I loved it. Loved Honor and Dmitri, loved the look to the past and the man that Dmitri was, loved Honor's journey to heal, and loved them together. ...more

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Jan 24, 2011 Christine marked it as to-read