elusivity's review against another edition
2.0
In light of previous novels, 2.5 STARS
Much ado about nothing. Bare-bones plot, two-dimensional characters. The romance possessed little of the zing abundant in previous novels, unfortunate in this addition which was romance-heavy and light on magic. The main villain was primarily written as excuse for the main couple to spend time together--for fugitive, they were amazingly cavalier about hiding their trail--long solitary drives in the night where they dropped sweet dribbles of their inmost thoughts & gorgeous smiles for each other, peeking at unabashedly naked bodies until suddenly, soul-defining LOVE!! Saccharine ending. The demon-like man becomes angelic; the demon-woman proves herself pure and loving. No surprises here.
Well-written as usual, brisk and pleasant, forgettable. Read for the slight increment to the over-arching story line, but generally, fluffy and faintly disappointing..
Much ado about nothing. Bare-bones plot, two-dimensional characters. The romance possessed little of the zing abundant in previous novels, unfortunate in this addition which was romance-heavy and light on magic. The main villain was primarily written as excuse for the main couple to spend time together--for fugitive, they were amazingly cavalier about hiding their trail--long solitary drives in the night where they dropped sweet dribbles of their inmost thoughts & gorgeous smiles for each other, peeking at unabashedly naked bodies until suddenly, soul-defining LOVE!! Saccharine ending. The demon-like man becomes angelic; the demon-woman proves herself pure and loving. No surprises here.
Well-written as usual, brisk and pleasant, forgettable. Read for the slight increment to the over-arching story line, but generally, fluffy and faintly disappointing..
emreadswhatshewants's review against another edition
4.0
How is it that I love every heroine Meljean throws our way?it feels impossible to love fictional characters like this. I did think the couple went from hatred/indifference to love rather quickly but it worked
laurla's review against another edition
"he'd recognized exactly why he'd wanted revenge so badly: he'd wanted her to feel sorry, dammit. he'd wanted her to notice her son, to acknowledge the pain she'd caused him."
"i want to see whether you lied about your not-monstrous genitals. for all i know, the truth is that you really only have one leg, but you prop yourself up with a dragon sized penis."
"within a few seconds after she'd teleported him, he was on his knees with his eyes closed, covering his ears, certain that he was on the verge of vomiting a rainbow."
"are you taking me to have sex? because if your answer is no, i want you to put me down - so that i can pick you up, and take you to have sex."
"i've hurt you. i cant take that back. and you might have forgiven me, but it's not yours to give. not this one. it has to be me doing my damn best to be the man i think might deserve you."
"it's awkward masturbating to my fantasies of you in a warehouse full of guardians with super hearing."
"i want to see whether you lied about your not-monstrous genitals. for all i know, the truth is that you really only have one leg, but you prop yourself up with a dragon sized penis."
"within a few seconds after she'd teleported him, he was on his knees with his eyes closed, covering his ears, certain that he was on the verge of vomiting a rainbow."
"are you taking me to have sex? because if your answer is no, i want you to put me down - so that i can pick you up, and take you to have sex."
"i've hurt you. i cant take that back. and you might have forgiven me, but it's not yours to give. not this one. it has to be me doing my damn best to be the man i think might deserve you."
"it's awkward masturbating to my fantasies of you in a warehouse full of guardians with super hearing."
mcummings's review
4.0
I really enjoyed this next installment in the Guardians series, but I wish I had gone on Meljean's website and read the primer first, because it's been awhile since I read the series, and I couldn't remember much about Nicholas St. Croix, and his backstory. It wasn't hard to piece together from the way the story was written, but it would still have helped me keep everyone straight!
elusivity's review
2.0
In light of previous novels, 2.5 STARS
Much ado about nothing. Bare-bones plot, two-dimensional characters. The romance possessed little of the zing abundant in previous novels, unfortunate in this addition which was romance-heavy and light on magic. The main villain was primarily written as excuse for the main couple to spend time together--for fugitive, they were amazingly cavalier about hiding their trail--long solitary drives in the night where they dropped sweet dribbles of their inmost thoughts & gorgeous smiles for each other, peeking at unabashedly naked bodies until suddenly, soul-defining LOVE!! Saccharine ending. The demon-like man becomes angelic; the demon-woman proves herself pure and loving. No surprises here.
Well-written as usual, brisk and pleasant, forgettable. Read for the slight increment to the over-arching story line, but generally, fluffy and faintly disappointing..
Much ado about nothing. Bare-bones plot, two-dimensional characters. The romance possessed little of the zing abundant in previous novels, unfortunate in this addition which was romance-heavy and light on magic. The main villain was primarily written as excuse for the main couple to spend time together--for fugitive, they were amazingly cavalier about hiding their trail--long solitary drives in the night where they dropped sweet dribbles of their inmost thoughts & gorgeous smiles for each other, peeking at unabashedly naked bodies until suddenly, soul-defining LOVE!! Saccharine ending. The demon-like man becomes angelic; the demon-woman proves herself pure and loving. No surprises here.
Well-written as usual, brisk and pleasant, forgettable. Read for the slight increment to the over-arching story line, but generally, fluffy and faintly disappointing..
threadpanda's review
3.0
This was the first, maybe only, I can't remember, book in Meljean Brook's Demon series that my library had. What I didn't realize was that it's the seventh book in the series. While the main plot stood alone fairly well, the subplot and some of the characters would have had more impact if I'd read the first six books, and this impacted my reading experience a bit.
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