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Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh

10 reviews

fulper's review

dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Violence, and Gore

Moderate: Murder, Kidnapping, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death of parent

now_booking's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful fast-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? It's complicated

5.0

This was amazingly brilliant. I’m no stranger to this author’s work being a fan of the Psy-Changeling series. But even that took me a couple of years to get into. Bookish friends on Bookstagram have been trying to get me to try this series for years but when I saw that the first 2-3 books featured the same main characters, I didn’t think I would like it. I was wrong! I definitely need more of Elena and Raphael! The chemistry is fantastic, the banter entertaining, the world building fabulous, the action explosive, the secondary characters compelling, the lead characters, well-developped and intriguing and leaving you wanting to know more about them. For such a well-developed world, the story never felt draggy as first books in these sorts of fantasy series can be. I can’t wait to start the next book- this was an unexpected delight!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Body horror, Murder, Kidnapping, Violence, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Gore, Death of parent, Grief, and Gaslighting

Minor: Physical abuse and Sexual violence

jcoonzie's review against another edition

adventurous dark fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Kidnapping, Torture, Blood, Gore, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, Violence, and Death

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Angels' Blood is a story about a guild hunter named Elena who is hired by an archangel, named Raphael. Elena's task is to to hunt down a rouge and murderous archangel, named Uram. This is an adult paranormal romance, so there's violence and sex and I enjoyed most of it. 

There was one line that was misogynistic and I didn't really like that. The main character constantly made poor decisions that put herself in danger and that was really tiresome. Other than those two things, I enjoyed everything else in this book. 

This book has action, spicy scenes, and funny banter between the main character and her love interest. 

I'm giving this book a 4 out of 5 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Death of parent, Murder, Rape, Violence, Cursing, Sexual content, Torture, Blood, Body horror, and Death

vivivi's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny tense 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

5.0

I mean... I keep relistening to this book. It's probably my third time by now. The Guild Hunter world is fascinating. It's so interesting to have angels, vampires, and vampire hunters have the kind of connections that they do in this world.

The first book does a good job in introducing the world and the characters, and shows us the dynamics between immortals and mortals. Elena and Raphael are an awesome pair. It's fun to go back to the beginning to the series after knowing what they're like together later on in the series. 

The plot was creepy. There are a few side plots woven through this, and it makes you keep wanting to read to find out what Elena will face next. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Murder, Sexual content, Violence, Body horror, and Death

Moderate: Toxic relationship and Death of parent

Minor: Abandonment and Suicide

jkilmer's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

So much attention to “maleness”. So many ripped our hearts. So much weird, consent breaking telepathic intrusions and threats of bodily harm. Paranormal romance of the early 2000s hits different and I mean this in both the best and worst ways possible. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Violence, Torture, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Death, Toxic relationship, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

josefiend's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Unfortunately, while the cast of this book is diverse, this book is full of racist/fetishizing language. A lot using food to describe skin color as well as flagrant use of the word “exotic.” There was also groundwork for some racist character archetypes, though I’m assuming you’d have to keep reading this series to see if those come to their typical end. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Blood, Body horror, Murder, and Gore

casualreader98's review

adventurous dark mysterious fast-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? No

4.5

My first urban fantasy series and so far the only one I really keep on reading. I really enjoy the world and it’s angels without the religious background. I love flying or imagining to fly. 
The romance is kind of insta-lovey but then again Elena and Raphael‘s relationship grows in the other books. 
This series has many flaws and I wouldn’t recommend continuing if you don’t like the first one but if you liked it prepare for a series full of emotion and action. It’s a good series to read on the side if you need something not that complicated or are crazy for anything angel-related that’s not necessarily religious (like I am. I’m always up for recommendations in that area) then this book (series will provide you with an amazing read!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Grief, Murder, Kidnapping, Blood, Injury/Injury detail, Gore, Death, Violence, and Sexual content

Moderate: Child death and Death of parent

Minor: Cannibalism and Sexual assault

efratmaor's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

4.25

Loved the world building and plot. Way too much gore for me, and the sex scenes were also too many and too detailed for my preference. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gore, Murder, Blood, Body horror, Physical abuse, Injury/Injury detail, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Sexual content, Vomit, and Torture

bookwyrmknits's review

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

4.0

This is an enjoyable book (I stayed up waaaay past my bedtime to binge-read most of it) but it got a bit more gory than I was ready for in places. I guess "angel serial killer" should have been a clue about that. Still, the characters—especially the side characters—were fun to read about

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Gore, Murder, and Sexual content

Minor: Death of parent, Gun violence, and Vomit