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vivivi's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
This is the romance that spans lifetimes. I liked this one more than I expected I would, which is great. It feels like so much is covered in this book, even though it's about the same size as the other Guild Hunter books. It's packed to the brim with different events.
The characters, or rather the situation they are in, in terms of their relationship, tugged at my heartstrings and made me cheer them on. I love how we saw Alexander's POV of certain events that were mentioned in other books.
The characters, or rather the situation they are in, in terms of their relationship, tugged at my heartstrings and made me cheer them on. I love how we saw Alexander's POV of certain events that were mentioned in other books.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Sexual content, Torture, Violence, and War
Moderate: Toxic relationship
sophiesmallhands's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Violence, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Miscarriage and Toxic relationship
Minor: Animal death, Child death, and Death of parent
sabrinz's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
This starts with the Battle of New York, but goes back waaaaay back.
I liked that we got to see Alexander as a young angel (and also to see Caliane alongside him). This book was very much focused on the relationship of the main couple, while smaller or bigger things happened for the overarching plot. I am curious to see where the overaching plot is going.
But shout-out to Nalini Singh for becoming more and more inclusive in her writing. There was only a minor mention of an ace character, but it was a full paragraph. I really love her for not only being so open about her characters' heritages but now also becoming more and more inclusive regarding their relationships and sexualities.
I liked that we got to see Alexander as a young angel (and also to see Caliane alongside him). This book was very much focused on the relationship of the main couple, while smaller or bigger things happened for the overarching plot. I am curious to see where the overaching plot is going.
But shout-out to Nalini Singh for becoming more and more inclusive in her writing. There was only a minor mention of an ace character, but it was a full paragraph. I really love her for not only being so open about her characters' heritages but now also becoming more and more inclusive regarding their relationships and sexualities.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence, Blood, and Grief
adancewithbooks's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Thank you to Penguin Random House/Berkly, Kristin Cipolia and Netgalley for the review copy in exchange for an honest review and participation in this blog tour. This does not change my opinion in anyway.
Guild Hunter is a long running series that started in 2009 that focuses on the world of the archangels in our world that started out with main character Elena, vampire hunter. Archangel's Resurrection is already the 15th book set in this world. And I have not read any other before this book. I was reassured that I could read this without having read any of the others.
Archangel's Kiss is a standalone set in the world of the Guild Hunter that follows two side characters, Alexander and Zanaya. Their romance spans over many eons and is the focus of this story.
While I did not care for their instant attraction, I did absolutely appreciated that Alexander realized that Zanaya was still much more in her teens when they met and that a relationship at that moment was very inappropiate. He stayed away, and even she realized that at some point. And when their romance does start it is not without a hickup. They are not always good for each other, both strong willed, but they always gravitate towards each other. I liked the realism of their relationship in that.
I also loved seeing Alexanders family and the other (arch)angels around them. It was interesting to meet some characters and seeing the whole story of Alexander. I feel like they haven't been a huge part of the story of Elena so far as we saw Elena only briefly in this story.
I was not as invested in the plot of defeating the big bad. I feel like we only got such a little bit of that whole story as the story focused on the romance. And I think that this story would work better for those that have read the whole series up until this point.
Regardless, as the plot was such a small bit of the whole story, I did enjoy reading this story for the realistic relationship and the fun side characters.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content and Violence