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seolora's review against another edition
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
sirdemalmanche's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
idratherbereading542's review against another edition
4.0
In Envy, we jump into the lives of Veck (who we met in Lover Unleashed from the BDB series) and Reilly. Veck has had to deal with living in the shadow of his father's life of crime while trying to build a career as a detective -- not an easy feat. For Reilly, she has always been a little attracted to Veck, but what woman hasn't? She's a professional though and TOTALLY won't let things become anything else between them. But when her and Veck are paired up as partners on the force for the next month, she is starting to find it very hard to stick to that rule.
I really liked this and I loved Veck and Reilly. It's hard for me to say since it's been so long since I've read Covet, but I might like them just as much (if not more than) Vin/Marie-Terese. I thought their relationship was written really well. It felt pretty gradual but at the same time you could feel the sexual tension between them all the time. As with a lot of PNRs though, I felt like maybe the love word was used a little too quick. But, besides that I really liked them as a couple. There were times when I felt absolutely horrible for Veck at the end there, but mostly their relationship was all good.
Now some things I didn't like were mostly that it was kind of slow at times. This is a tough series because it sort of has a paranormal romance (with Veck/Reilly) going on at the same time as an urban fantasy (with Jim/Devinia/the angels). So because of this, there tends to be a lot of point-of-views going on and sometimes that can just feel like it's dragging the book out. So that was a bit of a downer. However, in the same respect, I do like that this is a totally different PNR than I've ever read. It has a lot of interesting crossover and continual storylines going on with Jim/Devinia, Nigel/Colin, Sissy, etc. But all of that can be good an bad at the same time. It takes away from the main couple's story, but it does add dimension to the books.
A couple other things I didn't like...There were no BDB sightings! I know some people are saying the whole Escalade thing and the Grim Reaper thing at the end. But boo, that's hardly anything! I want more brother sightings! I also do not like that the sins the characters are committing are not clear. I know this one is titled "Envy", but I really wasn't seeing how that was Veck's sin. I mean, these seven souls that are chosen are supposed to be committing these sins to the nth degree, right? But to me, they're just average humans and not any real extremes. Oh well, that's one thing that kind of bugs me about these. I wish the sins were more clear-cut and defined.
Overall though, I really do like these books. I definitely don't love them as much as BDB. but, they're still really good, unique, and dynamic. Loved the characters in this one. I'm loving the whole Jim/Devinia completely twisted relationship, and I'm loving the little side relationships we get with the other angels too, that's kind of fun. So I'm definitely looking forward to the next one. I'm kind of excited that we know who's next and I'm actually kind of happy about who it is. We'll see how it goes!
I really liked this and I loved Veck and Reilly. It's hard for me to say since it's been so long since I've read Covet, but I might like them just as much (if not more than) Vin/Marie-Terese. I thought their relationship was written really well. It felt pretty gradual but at the same time you could feel the sexual tension between them all the time. As with a lot of PNRs though, I felt like maybe the love word was used a little too quick. But, besides that I really liked them as a couple. There were times when I felt absolutely horrible for Veck at the end there, but mostly their relationship was all good.
Now some things I didn't like were mostly that it was kind of slow at times. This is a tough series because it sort of has a paranormal romance (with Veck/Reilly) going on at the same time as an urban fantasy (with Jim/Devinia/the angels). So because of this, there tends to be a lot of point-of-views going on and sometimes that can just feel like it's dragging the book out. So that was a bit of a downer. However, in the same respect, I do like that this is a totally different PNR than I've ever read. It has a lot of interesting crossover and continual storylines going on with Jim/Devinia, Nigel/Colin, Sissy, etc. But all of that can be good an bad at the same time. It takes away from the main couple's story, but it does add dimension to the books.
A couple other things I didn't like...There were no BDB sightings! I know some people are saying the whole Escalade thing and the Grim Reaper thing at the end. But boo, that's hardly anything! I want more brother sightings! I also do not like that the sins the characters are committing are not clear. I know this one is titled "Envy", but I really wasn't seeing how that was Veck's sin. I mean, these seven souls that are chosen are supposed to be committing these sins to the nth degree, right? But to me, they're just average humans and not any real extremes. Oh well, that's one thing that kind of bugs me about these. I wish the sins were more clear-cut and defined.
Overall though, I really do like these books. I definitely don't love them as much as BDB. but, they're still really good, unique, and dynamic. Loved the characters in this one. I'm loving the whole Jim/Devinia completely twisted relationship, and I'm loving the little side relationships we get with the other angels too, that's kind of fun. So I'm definitely looking forward to the next one. I'm kind of excited that we know who's next and I'm actually kind of happy about who it is. We'll see how it goes!
beckyreadmorebooks's review against another edition
5.0
This was really good! It kept your interest the entire time :)
iceninjette's review against another edition
2.0
I would have given this book a better rating, but Reilly, the heroine, ruined it for me. I don't think I ever wanted to slap a character so bad and by the end, I didn't even want Veck to be with her. It was all good until past half of the book when she listened to Bails and believed everything the guy said about Veck. For an IA officer, I expected a more suspicious nature and not take everything black for black.
Before that episode, she fancied herself in love with him and kept reassuring him that he wasn't like his father, etc. That his parentage didn't define him and she was an example of that. What pissed me off the most was the fact that after Bails framed Veck, she didn't even bother to go to Veck and demand explanations but rather, she was eager to find evidence against him to prove his guilt so that he would be thrown in jail.
What knocked her silly head on the right track had to be a video of Bails among Veck's father's fans. And she chose that moment to remember their moments together, how he was with her... Seriously? Even when he passed the polygraph test, to her, he had tricked it.
I've come across annoying heroines throughout books I've read, but I have to say, I'm putting Reilly at the top for stupid b*tches I want to slap silly. For now.
Before that episode, she fancied herself in love with him and kept reassuring him that he wasn't like his father, etc. That his parentage didn't define him and she was an example of that. What pissed me off the most was the fact that after Bails framed Veck, she didn't even bother to go to Veck and demand explanations but rather, she was eager to find evidence against him to prove his guilt so that he would be thrown in jail.
What knocked her silly head on the right track had to be a video of Bails among Veck's father's fans. And she chose that moment to remember their moments together, how he was with her... Seriously? Even when he passed the polygraph test, to her, he had tricked it.
I've come across annoying heroines throughout books I've read, but I have to say, I'm putting Reilly at the top for stupid b*tches I want to slap silly. For now.
hixxup79's review against another edition
4.0
While I think that Ms. Ward is losing her flare in her Black Dagger Brotherhood series, I feel that she's just getting warmed up on the Fallen angels series. Covet I felt was a really good book as well as Crave. Envy I think that not that the series has its feet wet, it's going in a good direction. I also like how coming from Crave where the good guys had lost I think that sets the series on a whole different level. Where it has a story within the story, and though the angels lost a soul, another had gotten their HEA.
In envy Veck, is the son of a mass serial killer, He constantly lives in the shadow of his father, always haunted by the potential of becoming just like him. He knows there is an evil residing within him, but he doesn't realize that it is an actual demon inside him. Heron and his buddies have to try to sway him from going to the side of evil, thus giving Devina another win, and basically closer to hell on earth. Veck at the beginning of the book believes he harmed another serial killer, but he didn't he is then partnered to the IA's office Sophie Reilly, during the book Weck falls for Reilly and her him, but things get shaky when someone betrays him, costing him almost his lover and his sanity.
End results- the good guys won though one of them is lost and another takes more action in the game, an another can't fully pull his head out of his ass to figure out that more is needed to win this war instead of sitting on their tufts sipping tea and playing crochet.
What I love about Wards books, is that she isn't afraid to tip the bar. Using her graphiic wording to make the sexual scene more drool worthy, whether it be a man/woman couple, same sex couple, or a multiple partner in one time scene. She doesn't discriminate on her characters, and her characters aren't discriminative unless they are meant to be that way.
The action in this one was a sub-par compared to other books, I like her books not only because of the uber super hot guys, and that omg that got my panties wet sex scenes. But I enjoy the action as well. But all in all Ward had succeeded in making me hot and bothered and made me crave for more also making me root for the good guys even more.
Sorry this review is so long.
In envy Veck, is the son of a mass serial killer, He constantly lives in the shadow of his father, always haunted by the potential of becoming just like him. He knows there is an evil residing within him, but he doesn't realize that it is an actual demon inside him. Heron and his buddies have to try to sway him from going to the side of evil, thus giving Devina another win, and basically closer to hell on earth. Veck at the beginning of the book believes he harmed another serial killer, but he didn't he is then partnered to the IA's office Sophie Reilly, during the book Weck falls for Reilly and her him, but things get shaky when someone betrays him, costing him almost his lover and his sanity.
End results- the good guys won though one of them is lost and another takes more action in the game, an another can't fully pull his head out of his ass to figure out that more is needed to win this war instead of sitting on their tufts sipping tea and playing crochet.
What I love about Wards books, is that she isn't afraid to tip the bar. Using her graphiic wording to make the sexual scene more drool worthy, whether it be a man/woman couple, same sex couple, or a multiple partner in one time scene. She doesn't discriminate on her characters, and her characters aren't discriminative unless they are meant to be that way.
The action in this one was a sub-par compared to other books, I like her books not only because of the uber super hot guys, and that omg that got my panties wet sex scenes. But I enjoy the action as well. But all in all Ward had succeeded in making me hot and bothered and made me crave for more also making me root for the good guys even more.
Sorry this review is so long.
plurabelle's review against another edition
3.0
Police Detective Thomas DelVecchio has been living in the shadow of his infamous serial killer father for his entire life and is considered something of a loose cannon at his new job in Caldwell NY. Finding himself alone at the scene of a vicious attack on a suspected murderer, "Veck" has no memory of what happened and finds himself beginning to lose his precarious grip on reality. One of the only people who believes in Veck's innocence is Internal Affairs officer Reilly, the person ordered to keep tabs on him.
This series started out so promising with the first book, [b:Covet|6289920|Covet (The Fallen Angels, #1)|J.R. Ward|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1308971686s/6289920.jpg|6474277] which I absolutely loved, but then fell apart in spectacular fashion with the second book [b:Crave|7828882|Crave (The Fallen Angels, #2)|J.R. Ward|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1271490956s/7828882.jpg|7156794]. This third book sort of falls somewhere in the middle.
The character of Thomas DelVecchio was first introduced in Ward's other (and far superior) series The Black Dagger Brotherhood, when he showed up in [b:Lover Unleashed|8492319|Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #9)|J.R. Ward|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1289343390s/8492319.jpg|12784133]. To be honest, I was not a fan of him there. He came off as cocky and snide, and when i found out he was due to be the focus of this book, I was less than thrilled. However, I found myself being surprisingly drawn to his character in this setting. Although you could argue he was just another one of Ward's signature tortured heroes, I found myself liking him more and more as I read the book.
Reilly was another story altogether. She came across as very two dimensional and her constant flip-flop decision making was totally unbelievable especially given her profession working in Internal Affairs. Ward usually writes her heroines as strong no-nonsense woman, but with Reilly (as with the heroine in Crave, Grier) she has delivered a very forgettable wishy-washy female.
The main reason I keep sticking with this series is because of the character of Jim, the Fallen Angel and the heart of each story. His passion and determination to make things right has kept me coming back to these books even when I feel like walking away for good. I honestly wish that the focus of the series would be more on Jim and his band of Rebel Fallen Angels, than on the sometimes boring humans he spends so much time trying to save.
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This series started out so promising with the first book, [b:Covet|6289920|Covet (The Fallen Angels, #1)|J.R. Ward|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1308971686s/6289920.jpg|6474277] which I absolutely loved, but then fell apart in spectacular fashion with the second book [b:Crave|7828882|Crave (The Fallen Angels, #2)|J.R. Ward|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1271490956s/7828882.jpg|7156794]. This third book sort of falls somewhere in the middle.
The character of Thomas DelVecchio was first introduced in Ward's other (and far superior) series The Black Dagger Brotherhood, when he showed up in [b:Lover Unleashed|8492319|Lover Unleashed (Black Dagger Brotherhood, #9)|J.R. Ward|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1289343390s/8492319.jpg|12784133]. To be honest, I was not a fan of him there. He came off as cocky and snide, and when i found out he was due to be the focus of this book, I was less than thrilled. However, I found myself being surprisingly drawn to his character in this setting. Although you could argue he was just another one of Ward's signature tortured heroes, I found myself liking him more and more as I read the book.
Reilly was another story altogether. She came across as very two dimensional and her constant flip-flop decision making was totally unbelievable especially given her profession working in Internal Affairs. Ward usually writes her heroines as strong no-nonsense woman, but with Reilly (as with the heroine in Crave, Grier) she has delivered a very forgettable wishy-washy female.
The main reason I keep sticking with this series is because of the character of Jim, the Fallen Angel and the heart of each story. His passion and determination to make things right has kept me coming back to these books even when I feel like walking away for good. I honestly wish that the focus of the series would be more on Jim and his band of Rebel Fallen Angels, than on the sometimes boring humans he spends so much time trying to save.
My YT Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/Bookgasmic
My blog: http://ravingbookaddict.blogspot.com/
allingoodtime's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This is the third book in the Fallen Angels series, and so far I hold to my belief that you can read this series without reading the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. A peripheral character is shared in both, but there’s nothing you need to know about his role in the BDB series that pertains to his role in these books. This story is the first time vampires are referenced, and it’s so brief it’s barely a blip.
As for this story, the continued saga of Jim Heron and his angel helpers to save the souls of more people than their adversary condemns (to put it in simple terms) continues at a fast clip. These guys go from one shitstorm to another with nary a breath between. This time they are back in Caldwell, at first because of Jim’s obsession with helping Sissy and ultimately to save the soul of Thomas VelVecchio, Jr. aka Veck. (Yes, if you have read the BDB books you have seen this character before, but you don’t need to know anything about his appearance in Lover Unleashed to follow this story.)
I really enjoyed the love story in this one. Veck and Reilly have a great push/pull going on. They both know that getting involved with each other is a recipe for disaster, yet they cannot seem to keep things professional. My heart aches for Veck as his story unfolds. Reilly is compassionate and patient, exactly what he needs. I was rooting for them and beyond disturbed when things went off the rails.
There is a lot of heartbreak in this book. I’m not sure where it’s going to lead and can only hope for a miracle. For the most part, I felt this story moved faster than the previous two. There were some parts with Nigel and his friends that dragged for me. I’m not sure if the details given will serve the overall story arc or not so I barreled through. I’m intrigued and a bit dismayed about what is to come next, but it definitely is keeping me reading.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Murder
Moderate: Rape, Torture, Kidnapping, Grief, and Death of parent
beckyreadmorebooks's review against another edition
5.0
This was really good! It kept your interest the entire time :)
chelsfoust's review against another edition
5.0
Still my fav author!!! I love my boys! (brothers and angels) Can't wait for the next book! :)