sj9642's review against another edition
4.0
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beth_dawkins's review against another edition
3.0
Naomi West is a Missionary with the Holy Order. She has been sent by the order to a posh spa, to find Carson, a rouge Missionary, and kill him. She finds a lot more than a simple mission.
Naomi is sent on an undercover assassin mission to kill a bad agent. She doesn’t like giving up her many piercings and not so nice clothes, to go undercover as an heiress. The first thing that bothered me, but seems beside the point is her many piercings. I don’t have a problem with them personally. I just thought it was strange for a person whose job is to kill witches. Usually any kind of fighter won’t have a lot because they can be used against them. At the start of the story I was massively confused of why she was just so negative, but as her history is explained it makes sense, unlike the piercings. Naomi might be ass kicking, but she was very hard to get into.
Phin I liked. Unlike the previous male lead he didn’t do a lot of grunting. In fact he was a cute, rich, and sometimes a sensitive fellow. His mothers, Gemma and Lillian, own Timeless, the spa. They were my favorite characters next to Phin. The sexy scenes between Phin and Naomi are hot and heavy, and the strongest part of the novel. The only thing I didn’t like about Phin was how often he mentioned Naomi’s legs. I felt like ‘leggy’ was over used from the book before this one.
A lot of the plot is a little bit of a mystery for the reader, but it didn’t build a lot of suspense. Carson, the bad Missionary, is killing people, or trying to. The reader won’t know why towards the end. After reading it his choices at some points didn’t make sense to me. There is a nice deal of action, but it isn’t that strong. Things that seemed pretty important didn’t seem that important to Naomi. Instead of worrying about her mission she tends to start worrying more about her attraction to Phin. This might be because I didn’t feel deeply rooted in their relationship.
Altogether I was a little disappointed with this installment after the first one, Blood of the Wicked. The suspense was not as strong, and I had a real problem getting into the characters. Apart from that the sexy scenes are hot, and yes, very sexy. I, like Naomi, wanted to get out of the spa and see the chaos of the post-apocalyptic Seattle. Despite my misgivings I look forward to the next installment, which stars a character I didn’t expect.
Naomi is sent on an undercover assassin mission to kill a bad agent. She doesn’t like giving up her many piercings and not so nice clothes, to go undercover as an heiress. The first thing that bothered me, but seems beside the point is her many piercings. I don’t have a problem with them personally. I just thought it was strange for a person whose job is to kill witches. Usually any kind of fighter won’t have a lot because they can be used against them. At the start of the story I was massively confused of why she was just so negative, but as her history is explained it makes sense, unlike the piercings. Naomi might be ass kicking, but she was very hard to get into.
Phin I liked. Unlike the previous male lead he didn’t do a lot of grunting. In fact he was a cute, rich, and sometimes a sensitive fellow. His mothers, Gemma and Lillian, own Timeless, the spa. They were my favorite characters next to Phin. The sexy scenes between Phin and Naomi are hot and heavy, and the strongest part of the novel. The only thing I didn’t like about Phin was how often he mentioned Naomi’s legs. I felt like ‘leggy’ was over used from the book before this one.
A lot of the plot is a little bit of a mystery for the reader, but it didn’t build a lot of suspense. Carson, the bad Missionary, is killing people, or trying to. The reader won’t know why towards the end. After reading it his choices at some points didn’t make sense to me. There is a nice deal of action, but it isn’t that strong. Things that seemed pretty important didn’t seem that important to Naomi. Instead of worrying about her mission she tends to start worrying more about her attraction to Phin. This might be because I didn’t feel deeply rooted in their relationship.
Altogether I was a little disappointed with this installment after the first one, Blood of the Wicked. The suspense was not as strong, and I had a real problem getting into the characters. Apart from that the sexy scenes are hot, and yes, very sexy. I, like Naomi, wanted to get out of the spa and see the chaos of the post-apocalyptic Seattle. Despite my misgivings I look forward to the next installment, which stars a character I didn’t expect.
bananatricky's review against another edition
4.0
OK, I have totally read these books out of order but this is definitely my favourite.
I enjoyed the prequel, book 1 was quite good but I really couldn't see the connection - much preferred the prequel characters.
Close to detested the fourth book - the alpha male was a total tool and the female character's feelings and actions didn't gel with the way she was described.
So, why on earth did I go on to read this one? Well other people rated the series highly so I bit the bullet.
Whew what a relief, Phin was a male character I could admire. His metrosexuality (for want of a better word) is totally a product of his upbringing and he interacts well with Naomi. Naomi stays true to her introductory spiel, full of bile and anger.
Something I have found in the other books is that I sometimes get totally lost - its almost as if scenes or backstory is assumed but not provided - I only got nuances of that in this book, more like the reader needs to connect the dots rather than the usual WTF?
Glad I gave the series another chance, just about to start 2.5
I enjoyed the prequel, book 1 was quite good but I really couldn't see the connection - much preferred the prequel characters.
Close to detested the fourth book - the alpha male was a total tool and the female character's feelings and actions didn't gel with the way she was described.
So, why on earth did I go on to read this one? Well other people rated the series highly so I bit the bullet.
Whew what a relief, Phin was a male character I could admire. His metrosexuality (for want of a better word) is totally a product of his upbringing and he interacts well with Naomi. Naomi stays true to her introductory spiel, full of bile and anger.
Something I have found in the other books is that I sometimes get totally lost - its almost as if scenes or backstory is assumed but not provided - I only got nuances of that in this book, more like the reader needs to connect the dots rather than the usual WTF?
Glad I gave the series another chance, just about to start 2.5
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