A review by msdeecm
The Angel by Tiffany Reisz
4.0
This review was also published on Brazen Reads.
WARNING: The novel references several controversial themes including religion, domestic violence, child abuse, sex with minors, murder, abortion, BDSM (including blood-play) and a very rude butler. If you find reading any of the above offensive, please skip this book. I almost didn't read it because I can’t stand rude butlers.
The Angel is the much awaited sequel to Tiffany Reisz’s The Siren, which I've read and enjoyed immensely this summer. I liked The Siren because of the characters. Nora, the series’ protagonist, is an exuberant woman, aptly described by another character as “the most erotic woman in the world”. Her male entourage is charming and charismatic. They leap off the page and I, as a reader, was utterly captivated.
A well written erotic book is hard to come buy. The book is full of literary and cultural references, ranging from the Bible to Hamlet, to Diogenes and to Alexander Skarsgård, yet it isn't pretentious. Every single chapter ends on a cliffhanger which pushes the reader forward. The pacing is well thought off. Information is given in stages so as not to overwhelm the reader.
We learn of Søren’s past at more or less the same time that the journalist investigating him, Suzanne Kanter, unravels it. Søren has a traumatic past, most of the warnings above have to do with his personal history. I particularly liked this writing trope of delayed gratification. Though I wanted to know everything right this minute, getting things in batches does make them easier to swallow.
The secondary characters, Griffin in particular, offer levity in a novel that is admittedly dark. Michael’s journey from a scared teen that routinely curls in a ball trying to take up the least space possible to a self-assured young man is possibly the thing I loved the most in The Angel. I hope we see more of both Michael and Griffin in the next novels.
People blossoming when given love and acceptance seems to be a theme in the entire series. Another theme is selfless love and letting those you love go and find their own way even if you don’t like the directions they ultimately choose. But for me the major theme was that nothing is as it seems. I am expecting even more secrets to be revealed in the next instalment in the series, The Prince, out in November.
Finally a word for those who read erotica for the sex and not the plot. This book has more plot than sex. Nevertheless, buy it. Then read Chapters 3, 11, 17 and 23. Worth each and every penny.
WARNING: The novel references several controversial themes including religion, domestic violence, child abuse, sex with minors, murder, abortion, BDSM (including blood-play) and a very rude butler. If you find reading any of the above offensive, please skip this book. I almost didn't read it because I can’t stand rude butlers.
The Angel is the much awaited sequel to Tiffany Reisz’s The Siren, which I've read and enjoyed immensely this summer. I liked The Siren because of the characters. Nora, the series’ protagonist, is an exuberant woman, aptly described by another character as “the most erotic woman in the world”. Her male entourage is charming and charismatic. They leap off the page and I, as a reader, was utterly captivated.
A well written erotic book is hard to come buy. The book is full of literary and cultural references, ranging from the Bible to Hamlet, to Diogenes and to Alexander Skarsgård, yet it isn't pretentious. Every single chapter ends on a cliffhanger which pushes the reader forward. The pacing is well thought off. Information is given in stages so as not to overwhelm the reader.
We learn of Søren’s past at more or less the same time that the journalist investigating him, Suzanne Kanter, unravels it. Søren has a traumatic past, most of the warnings above have to do with his personal history. I particularly liked this writing trope of delayed gratification. Though I wanted to know everything right this minute, getting things in batches does make them easier to swallow.
The secondary characters, Griffin in particular, offer levity in a novel that is admittedly dark. Michael’s journey from a scared teen that routinely curls in a ball trying to take up the least space possible to a self-assured young man is possibly the thing I loved the most in The Angel. I hope we see more of both Michael and Griffin in the next novels.
People blossoming when given love and acceptance seems to be a theme in the entire series. Another theme is selfless love and letting those you love go and find their own way even if you don’t like the directions they ultimately choose. But for me the major theme was that nothing is as it seems. I am expecting even more secrets to be revealed in the next instalment in the series, The Prince, out in November.
Finally a word for those who read erotica for the sex and not the plot. This book has more plot than sex. Nevertheless, buy it. Then read Chapters 3, 11, 17 and 23. Worth each and every penny.