toniobarton's review
5.0
I don't typically like these types of books, but I needed a distraction from the real world and I could not put this down. Looking forward to more.
bookwormreflections's review
5.0
What worked: I’ve been a huge fan of Amber’s writing since I read her Syrenka Series and Touching Evil did not disappoint! Leila is one of those characters where you just can’t help but like her. Normally, I shun any books with demons in them because to be honest, they scare the crap out of me. Even when I received a copy to review, I was still quite hesitant to give it a go, I cannot stress how much demons scare me!
Thankfully, I read Touching Evil and oh. my. goodness. It was great! You really get the urban fantasy
feel and every now and again it would remind me of Ilona Andrews or J.D Robb. That’s the kind of thing you should expect going into this book.
What I love most about Amber’s writing is that in the middle of those serious moments, she throws in a couple of witty comments that have me cracked up laughing! I would be frowning, completely caught in a scene and it would be like “Oh…oh no, this meeting isn’t going to go well….wait, did she just call them vigilante X-Men?”. Strong, female heroines and bringing out the inner geek in me are Amber’s forte.
What irked: I didn’t really feel much of a connection to Conner, I have to be honest. He just wasn’t my cup of tea, I prefer the nice guys :)
And I may have skipped over the summonings and medium stuff but that’s just because I’d end up afraid of my own home haha!
Recommended to: Fans of Urban Fantasy, Ilona Andrews and paranormal lovers. This is a totally original take on things that go bump in the night. I’d give this book …***4.5 Stars - It was really good, a definite re-reader!***
Thankfully, I read Touching Evil and oh. my. goodness. It was great! You really get the urban fantasy
feel and every now and again it would remind me of Ilona Andrews or J.D Robb. That’s the kind of thing you should expect going into this book.
What I love most about Amber’s writing is that in the middle of those serious moments, she throws in a couple of witty comments that have me cracked up laughing! I would be frowning, completely caught in a scene and it would be like “Oh…oh no, this meeting isn’t going to go well….wait, did she just call them vigilante X-Men?”. Strong, female heroines and bringing out the inner geek in me are Amber’s forte.
What irked: I didn’t really feel much of a connection to Conner, I have to be honest. He just wasn’t my cup of tea, I prefer the nice guys :)
And I may have skipped over the summonings and medium stuff but that’s just because I’d end up afraid of my own home haha!
Recommended to: Fans of Urban Fantasy, Ilona Andrews and paranormal lovers. This is a totally original take on things that go bump in the night. I’d give this book …***4.5 Stars - It was really good, a definite re-reader!***
bookbriefs's review
4.0
A murder mystery, a cambion and a gang of other paranormals. Sign me up. RIGHT AWAY! I loved the mixture of creatures present in Touching Evil. It was such a cool little group, I wanted to join in. I don't know what I liked more- getting to know the different characters in the scooby gang or trying to figure out the mystery. Either way, I am totally hooked on Touching Evil and I think Leila Marx may be my favorite new Urban Fantasy.
Leila is such an easy character to fall in love with. She has such a tough past, but she doesn't complain, she doesn't get all poor me over and over again. She has her sad moments (because HELLO she is human after all) but she has such admirable strength. I do wish I saw a little bit more development between her and Conner, but that is just me being curious about his cambion side. It seems like we saw the anger aspect to being half demon. Conner seemed to almost relish in torture and crime, but we didn't see too much of the more seductive, or should I say fun aspects of his cambion nature. I hope that is explored more in the next book. But I do know that what I saw of him I really liked. I just wish I got a little more insight from him. I feel like we got to know Garrick a little more, but maybe that is because he is an easier person to explain.
The rest of the gang of characters were cool, but they played a more secondary role so they didn't have nearly as much dialogue. They were still pretty well fleshed out though, which made them nice additions to the story. My favorite is King. I love the little protective streak he had towards Leila. It was too cute.
I really like the cover of the book and I think it fits the story so well. There is this darkness surrounding Leila a lot of the time. I really want her to be happy because she seems to be the center of a lot of very intense situations. I just want her to be able to smile once in a while. He sense of touch was delved into multiple times in the story but I want to explore Leila's reactions to it and see more of what she goes through in the next book. I am totally fascinated by everything in Touching Evil and I want more.
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