To to follow up with my goal to discover more urban fantasy author and series, i've decided to try to alternate not only the language, when possible, but also the kind or paranormal creatures.
Today i will share with you my opinion on a book i've tried to get for a long time with as its topic: angels! and next time...hum that's still a secret^^
Happy reading
Publisher: Ace
Publication: 2011
ISBN: 0441020917
Genre: Urban fantasy
Violence: strong
Language: mild
sex: very little (allusions)
Public: 18+
Source: RAK from Carien (thanks again!)Violence: strong
Language: mild
sex: very little (allusions)
Public: 18+
When homicide detective Alexandra Jarvis is assigned a new partner in Aramael, a Guardian Angel who doubles as a hit man, they have only one thing in common: a fallen angel hell-bent on triggering the apocalypse. Now they have no choice but to work together-relentlessly, fearlessly, intimately. Because only they can stop the rogue angel from ushering in the end of days.
My opinion:
Linda Poitevin introduces us to a universe with its own mythology but
also one easily believable and original. I admit I was a bit lost at first
because when I’m thinking about a big
power is imagine it as a Him since it’s something I learned since I’m a child
so when Linda writes it as a Her I
needed I little time to adjust. (Blame on the fact that most our beliefs come
from patriarchal system I’m sure if it was one matriarchal this would seem
perfectly normal too us) However it’s another universe so the reader must put
what he/she know aside and let himself/ herself be driven by the story.
The intrigue is really well done and
until the end of the book we can’t guess all that happened we can have some
doubts but the motifs and such are a complete surprise. The author started a world where angels
aren’t all good or bad, they all have a mission, depending on their personality
and powers they also have to follow a lot of rules. We are learning about their
history when they speak about it between them and to Alex, a human or to be
more exact a Naphil meaning a descendant of angel and human being. We get also
an idea of their political system, their hierarchy but that part is still not
perfectly clear at least to me. For example we have Aramael whose role is
clear, understandable and his past well now and then appears Seph who has a
special place in the heaven but about whom
we know nearly nothing as of yet.
The characters are extremely well built. Alexandra , Alex, Jarvis is a detective working in the Homicide section all her personality and history is the result of a big trauma she suffered in her childhood. It’s that past that makes her a wonderful and conscientious detective unfortunately it’s also one of the reasons who make her mistrust Aramael when he becomes her partner under the name of
Aramael is a power, the kind of angel
who fights the fallen ones and he has already suffered a lot in the past when
he had to face his brother Caim. Now he must do it again when he is not in top
shape and worse he has to hunt and protect in the same time, two missions
difficult to be achieved together. What he wasn’t expecting was to start to
have feelings, angels don’t have them, powers even less and never with a
Nephilim but heaven has its mysteries and he will have to adjust if he wants to
save Alex.
It’s really a good book and the end
really surprised me. I wasn’t expecting that at all and I’m a bit disturbed by
it ( I mean the One is really cruel, we saw she could be unfair and keep a
grudge but that kind of manipulation?!) I’m curious about what will happen and
would like to see the main goal and everything. I also hope Alex will be happy
one day.
Score: 4/5
Disclaimer: All opinions are my own and
no compensation was received in exchange for this review
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