Reviews tagging 'Gore'

Archangel's Kiss by Nalini Singh

6 reviews

bibliorama's review

adventurous dark fast-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? No

3.75

Enjoyment - 4
Start - 3.5
Characters - 3.75
Atmosphere - 3.75
 Plot - 4
 Ending - 3.5
 Style - 3.5 

Overall - 3.7

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child death, Death, Gore, Murder, Blood, Violence, Sexual content, Child abuse, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide

now_booking's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional slow-paced

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

4.25

This was an action-backed continuation to Elena and Raphael’s love story in which interest in Elena’s new existence puts her in danger from all corners. I didn’t love this as much as I did the first book perhaps because it was more action-packed than character-based. I think there was still a good amount of romance but it was very much action around a specific event- everything felt very much like it was leading up to Lijuan’s gathering and so it for that reason at times felt a bit slow and slightly less compelling than book 1, even though it was still super interesting and did keep my attention. This series is fire. I don’t know what’s coming next with the Lijuan angle if anything- that resolution came so fast that I can’t believe it is over. Super excited to read the next book and glad that I’m only just starting the series so I can have a good binge catching up.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief, Gore, Emotional abuse, Abandonment, Violence, Torture, Panic attacks/disorders, Murder, Gun violence, Death of parent, Death, Child death, and Blood

Moderate: Ableism, Stalking, Slavery, Physical abuse, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

Minor: Toxic relationship, Adult/minor relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Pedophilia

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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

4.5

"Archangel's Kiss" is a direct sequel to the first book in the Guild Hunter's series, "Angels' Blood". I think I liked this as much, if not more than Angels' Blood. I really enjoyed the banter between Elena and Raphael and

the bits we get about Elena becoming an angel and learning how to do angelic things, like fly, end up being really interesting.

Overall it was a good book, it ends on a light cliffhanger but I don't mind because the rest of the series has already been released. 

A few of the scenes were a bit too gruesome for me, which is why I'm knocking half of a star off. 

I give this book a 4.5 out of 5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Stalking, Torture, Body horror, Child abuse, Blood, Gore, Death, Death of parent, Kidnapping, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, and Violence

citymouse's review against another edition

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence and Sexual content

Moderate: Sexual assault, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Gore

katarinamartita's review against another edition

adventurous tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Blood, and Gore

mloza's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark tense slow-paced

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Child abuse, Gore, Kidnapping, Sexual assault, and Violence

Don't read these if you are sensitive to violence and/or gore.