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bpacker22's review against another edition
4.0
Read this book years ago and remembered loving it. Just reread it to decided if I wanted the second one or not and as much as I enjoyed this book I don't feel the second one is really needed and I have no real interest in reading it. Yes this novel ended on a sad note but a second book won't bring back the dead. spoiler alert!!!
breezy610's review
4.0
Very good. A different Twist on the Templars. It's very interesting to read about a girl in the templars.
sirensaria's review against another edition
5.0
Oh wow, where do I begin with this book. There was very little about this book that I didn't absolutely love. The main character, Bilqis SanGreal, is really amazing. I feel like she's a real person, and you really understand her character. You get to see her grow through the story line. It's gradual enough that it doesn't come out of left field, but it's not too gradual so that you completely miss it, and through her change she still remains the same character.
I was a little hesitant to read this because of the whole Knights Templar thing, but that part was awesome. Even with all of that, it's not really a religious book, and I honestly still can't tell for sure if Billi really believes in the Christian God. In all honesty, there really wasn't a whole religious aspect of the book. It was there to some extent, but it wasn't the focal point.
I loved how the action didn't encompass the story line. You would get some action, then get a little break, and then back to action, and then another break. You got just enough action to get into it, and then things would slow down so you wouldn't get overwhelmed, or feel like the book was moving too fast. It was nicely paced with information coming gradually so you could digest it. You find out who the bad guy is about half way to two-thirds of the way through the book, and I had gotten a little concerned, because there had still been a lot of the book left. Usually you find out who the bad person is, have this nice chase scene, and then the end. Well, this was a little different. You find out who the bad guy is, there's a plot to try and stop him, it doesn't QUITE work, and then some other things happen. In this story, the climax wasn't finding out who the bad guy was, it was finding out who was supposed to take the bad guy out. I found that rather refreshing that it was slightly different. In all, the story line was very nicely balanced, and really moved both the characters along and the plot as a whole.
I truly have to thank my friend for cleaning out her bookshelves, otherwise I would have NEVER found this amazing book! So thank you again! I seriously recommend this book to just about everyone. Honestly, I just can't say enough about how awesome this book was.
I was a little hesitant to read this because of the whole Knights Templar thing, but that part was awesome. Even with all of that, it's not really a religious book, and I honestly still can't tell for sure if Billi really believes in the Christian God. In all honesty, there really wasn't a whole religious aspect of the book. It was there to some extent, but it wasn't the focal point.
I loved how the action didn't encompass the story line. You would get some action, then get a little break, and then back to action, and then another break. You got just enough action to get into it, and then things would slow down so you wouldn't get overwhelmed, or feel like the book was moving too fast. It was nicely paced with information coming gradually so you could digest it. You find out who the bad guy is about half way to two-thirds of the way through the book, and I had gotten a little concerned, because there had still been a lot of the book left. Usually you find out who the bad person is, have this nice chase scene, and then the end. Well, this was a little different. You find out who the bad guy is, there's a plot to try and stop him, it doesn't QUITE work, and then some other things happen. In this story, the climax wasn't finding out who the bad guy was, it was finding out who was supposed to take the bad guy out. I found that rather refreshing that it was slightly different. In all, the story line was very nicely balanced, and really moved both the characters along and the plot as a whole.
I truly have to thank my friend for cleaning out her bookshelves, otherwise I would have NEVER found this amazing book! So thank you again! I seriously recommend this book to just about everyone. Honestly, I just can't say enough about how awesome this book was.
alyssaindira's review against another edition
4.0
Hey guys, so I just finished Devil's Kiss by Sarwat Chadda, and well...it definitely wasnt what I expected. After getting over my initial shock, I came to see that the novel was filled with heartbreaking betrayals, earth shattering lies, stunning action, and several villains bound within the pages. Honestly, I dunno which one I hate more. I think it's a tie between her father Michael. But to tell you the truth, the entire thing just felt like a freaking episode from Supernatural, I was just waiting for Sam and Dean to come in, salt ablazing. But it also felt darker somehow? Like, this novel had so much death and destruction, it was like people were dying left and right. I learned more about supernatural creatures than I particularly cared to. Also, I aint sure what kind of mythology or folk lore the author involved. Is there like christian myths or something? With all the tales of dark angels and twisted Biblical history, along with the usual, werewolves, vampires, ghuls, demons, etc. Seriously, I really wonder if this author got his inspiration from Supernatural, especially when the devil came to play. One, I kept picturing Lucifer from Supernatural, two, I thought about Crowley and how he was normally the ones that made deals with people. ANyway....umm....it did have a touch of romance, but that quickly ended when she found out who her "boyfriend" was. Then the second person she kissed....yeah...BIllie seems to have bad luck with men, lets put it that way. Ha, kinda like how Sam has bad luck with women. I probably wont be reading the second book in this series, Dark Goddess.
audryt's review against another edition
4.0
There were bits that were not so good, mostly in the beginning when the character went to school, but the good parts were so good, and the climax so killer, that in the end, I had to give this book a high rating. It's a dark, merciless coming-of-age story, full of love and hate and immaturity, and -- at the very end -- agonizing sacrifice. Go and be devoured by it, just as I was.
oreolover15's review against another edition
3.0
http://brookejeansbooks.blogspot.com/2011/07/devils-kiss.html
kraley's review against another edition
2.0
Reading the reviews of others, I feel guilty giving this book 2 stars, but it just didn't do it for me. I wasn't invested in any of the characters. Even when a main character dies it was like Meh. I usually cry at stuff like that. The action scenes are well written, but I cared so little that it was easy to overlook good writing.