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Angels' Blood (Guild Hunter, #1)

Nalini Singh

Start date: January 23, 2012

Finish date: February 16, 2012

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Aug 05, 2011 Lisa Kay rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: take-flight, genre-romance-paranormal, m-library-sj-e-book, authors-s, reviewed-by-me, authors-n, genre-urban-fantasy, buddy-read-w-sans, series-g

Artist: Ni Anluain. Inspired by Nalini Singh's character Archangel Raphael

★★★★✩ I read Angels' Pawn first, thinking it a prequel, when really it is just a companion novella to Angels' Blood. For me, this was a disadvantage; while I loved Elena in this story, Raphael was not a very likeable character in that one, IMHO, and I wondered not how, but if Ms. Singh was going to be able to covert me to a Raphael fan. She did, but the going was rough.

I liked the story and was glad I finished it. In all honesty, I kind of lost interest there at about 75% of the way through and might not have finished it – or maybe just skimmed it – had this not been a “buddy read”. There was a bit of rehashing and the frustration of knowing my questions were not going to be answered this go round. (view spoiler) so I was interested to see how that happened and at the same time dreading a “cliffhanger” ending.

Sometimes I felt I was being led in one direction in the story, only to have it turn in another. And, in an unfair way, not in a neat, surprising-turn-of-events sort of way. (view spoiler)

There could have been fewer characters and more development of those pertinent to the story. Loved Illium, the angel with blue wings. I actually enjoyed the companion novella, Angels' Pawn much, much more. I thought Angels' Blood was 4 stars for a little over half way, then it dropped to 3 ½ stars there for a while; however, it redeemed itself in the end, so I’ll stick with the original rating and hesitantly give it ★★★★✩.

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Mar 19, 2010 Sarah Dizon rated it it was amazing

Shelves: romance, audiobook, library, read-in-2011, read-in-2015, 5-stars, paranormal-romance, read-more-than-once

Re-read 9.18.15 (audio) Changed the rating to 5 stars!
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I've heard great things about Nalini Singh as a writer, and this is the first book of hers I've read. It was a little hard to get into but after the first 30 pages or so I didn't want to put it down. I took a small break and then I finished the rest of the book in one sitting.

I liked Elena's strong-willed, stubbornness, and courage. She doesn't take any crap from anyone, even if she ...more

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Feb 18, 2011 Diane ~Firefly~ rated it liked it

Shelves: uf, vampires, deity-angel, paranormal

I actively disliked Raphael through the entire book, which made it hard to like this book, much less understand Elena's attraction to him. The ideas are interesting enough that I plan to read at least the next one and hopefully I will like Raphael better.

What I enjoyed:
* The world was unique and interesting.
* The hunters are all great characters.

What could have been better:
* Raphael. Just didn't like him one bit, nor did I like most of his people.
* The pacing was weird. It took forever to really ...more

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May 15, 2015 Shan ~A~ rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1st-in-series, favorites, audio, paranormal, series-trilogies-i-started

As usual Nalini Singh has done a wonderful job of building a world with amazing characters and amazing stories. Why only 4 stars then you ask? Well, I wish there had been more character building. I wanted more details of Elena's past, and also Raphael's. I get the feeling that we will get more of that later, but it seems like that should have been a part of the opener.

I can't complain about it too much though, because Ms. Singh does these things for a reason and I am sure all will be revealed o ...more

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Dec 02, 2013 Moondance rated it liked it

Shelves: vampire, dark-fantasy, kick-ass-heroine, archangels

Elena is a vampire hunter hired by the archangel Raphael to hunt a rogue archangel. Unable to decline the job, Elena becomes tangled in Raphael's world. The story is rather dark and I think that may be why I couldn't leap right into it. I liked Elena's spunk but often found Raphael to be too domineering and just a little off. ...more

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Oct 06, 2012 Mary X rated it it was amazing

Shelves: audiobook, 2012, audible

The fact that I have already purchased and downloaded the next 2 books in the series is a big clue to how much I liked this book. I really liked the fact that it's not in 1st person. I love UF but prefer 3rd person. Seems like the majority of UF series are in 1st person. I like to get some of the story from the other characters perspective. While I like good sex scenes, I like how Singh doesn't just toss them in just to have them. She works them in when they work with the plot. ...more

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