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kathydavie's review against another edition
3.0
*** SPOILER ALERT ****
Fifth in the Jill Kismet urban fantasy series featuring a woman who hunts Others in Santa Luz.
My Take
Kiss drives me nuts…she knows she should stop to think and she never does. And it always gets her into trouble. Heaven's Spite is certainly no exception.
Perry's pulling some new surprises, Hellbreeds are committing mass murder, and altars are springing up all over town. It all points to a ceremony that will unleash a high-level demon on Jill's town.
When Saul and then Gilberto are kidnapped, Jill goes into an emotion-laden rampage.
When Mikhail's murderer, the Sorrows witch, shows up and unwanted revelations about Mik's tangle with Perry come out, Jill tips over the edge and disaster is encompassed in an abandoned nuthouse that is full of evil etheric energy.
Stay tuned for Angel Town, 6, to see if the trigger gets pulled all the way…
The Story
When a new hellbreed comes calling, playing nice isn't an option. Jill Kismet has no choice but to seek treacherous allies — Perry, the devil she knows, and Melisande Belisa, the cunning Sorrows temptress whose true loyalties are unknown. — Kismet knows Perry and Belisa are likely playing for the same thing — her soul. It's just too bad, because she expects to beat them at their own game. Except their game is vengeance.
Nobody plays vengeance like Kismet. But if the revenge she seeks damns her, her enemies might get her soul after all…
The Characters
Jill Kismet is a hunter of who assists the police of Santa Luz. Mikhail "Mik" is the Russian who rescued Jill. Saul is a cat shifter and Jill's boyfriend. Gilberto is Jill's apprentice.
Perry, a.k.a., Hyperion, is a demon who runs the Monde, a demon bar which Jill must visit on a regular basis.
The police in Santa Luz include…
…Montaigne is Jill's police liaison while Badger and Sully are detectives who work frequently with Jill.
Melisande Belisa is a Sorrows with whom Mik is in love. Hellbreeds are demons.
Fifth in the Jill Kismet urban fantasy series featuring a woman who hunts Others in Santa Luz.
My Take
Kiss drives me nuts…she knows she should stop to think and she never does. And it always gets her into trouble. Heaven's Spite is certainly no exception.
Perry's pulling some new surprises, Hellbreeds are committing mass murder, and altars are springing up all over town. It all points to a ceremony that will unleash a high-level demon on Jill's town.
When Saul and then Gilberto are kidnapped, Jill goes into an emotion-laden rampage.
When Mikhail's murderer, the Sorrows witch, shows up and unwanted revelations about Mik's tangle with Perry come out, Jill tips over the edge and disaster is encompassed in an abandoned nuthouse that is full of evil etheric energy.
Stay tuned for Angel Town, 6, to see if the trigger gets pulled all the way…
The Story
When a new hellbreed comes calling, playing nice isn't an option. Jill Kismet has no choice but to seek treacherous allies — Perry, the devil she knows, and Melisande Belisa, the cunning Sorrows temptress whose true loyalties are unknown. — Kismet knows Perry and Belisa are likely playing for the same thing — her soul. It's just too bad, because she expects to beat them at their own game. Except their game is vengeance.
Nobody plays vengeance like Kismet. But if the revenge she seeks damns her, her enemies might get her soul after all…
The Characters
Jill Kismet is a hunter of who assists the police of Santa Luz. Mikhail "Mik" is the Russian who rescued Jill. Saul is a cat shifter and Jill's boyfriend. Gilberto is Jill's apprentice.
Perry, a.k.a., Hyperion, is a demon who runs the Monde, a demon bar which Jill must visit on a regular basis.
The police in Santa Luz include…
…Montaigne is Jill's police liaison while Badger and Sully are detectives who work frequently with Jill.
Melisande Belisa is a Sorrows with whom Mik is in love. Hellbreeds are demons.
justytoo's review against another edition
5.0
We are almost at the end of our journey with Kismet and the story still has my interest. Once again her city is in peril and she must solve the mystery while Perry yanks her chain and she searches for Saul.
The ending is a definite cliff hanger, one that makes me doubly happy that I waited to read this book as long as I did. Now I don't have to wonder for ages about what happens next, I can just jump right into the next book.
The ending is a definite cliff hanger, one that makes me doubly happy that I waited to read this book as long as I did. Now I don't have to wonder for ages about what happens next, I can just jump right into the next book.
see_sadie_read's review against another edition
3.0
Much like the rest. Jill goes around and gets beat up a lot in order to save those important to her. It is a SEVERE cliffhanger though.
audiobookmel's review against another edition
4.0
This one is much better than Flesh Circus. I really hate the ending. Cliffhangers piss me off. I have commented in the past about books that end in the middle of a paragraph or even sentence. This book ends in the middle of a word, no joke. That is really the only complaint about this book. It is what you have begun to expect from Jill and Lilith Saintcrow. Very fast paced and action packed. I will recommend to anyone else who hates cliffhangers to wait for the next book to come out so you don't have to wait to see what happens.
slc333's review
2.0
wasn't keen on this instalment. I like it much better when Saul is in the story rather than MIA and I didn't like how things worked out between Jill & Perry (as much as I can say without giving too much away).
paperbackstash's review
3.0
I can see now why so many reviewers said they disliked the ending. If I didn't have the next book ready, published, and nearby, I would have went mini-ballistic Erin. Cliffhangers just suck.
Again Saintcrow pumps up the action almost non-stop - this time the gloves are off and Perry has finally revealed his full deck. Twists around all sorts of corners, a plot that leads Jill around on a frantic leash as she tries to stop an incoming hellbreed and find her beloved before it's too late. The villains are even bigger and badder than before in this one.
Jill...well, I just don't like her. I'm convinced now that Saintcrow can't write likeable heroines. That's it. I hated Dante much more, but Jill I don't care for much either. At least she's a lot more passable. Her emotions are dragged through the ringer in this one as she finds out a startling revelation about her former teacher, and has to face the possibility of being without Saul for good, to now having to face the inevitable about herself. Honestly, as weird as this sounds, I don't see why she would deserve much redemption. I think she's been corrupting herself a long time, so much so that I find it hard to believe how she can care for random strangers like she claims to. I see her wanting to protect the city more like a territorial, pride dispute by this point.
I still find some of the major story confusing, but I guess that's just me. Overall I dig the world the author has built, it's multi-layered, realistic to fit this kind of Urban fantasy, dark, gritty, twisted. She writes action scenes well, although I shudder at some of the dialogue. I think she writes supporting characters well and makes them more fascinating and likeable than her mains. I also think she has really overdone the description and updates on the rubys, hair sparkles, and scar effects now. Every action scene - well, almost every other page - has them doing something.
The new apprentice is promising, although I don't care much about that side storyline at this point, as I keep looking forward to seeing the wrapups for the main players who have been here since book one. I'm guess his introduction may possibly give her the ability to take a well-deserved break after everything is resolved.
There is the return of most major players, although Saul has a very short scene only as he complains about them again. Perry is twisted and fascinating on page, definitely a true villain. I would have been curious about darker elements if not for the ending, which ruined that possibility. But then again, there's a final book to read, and I'm not sure where it will go from there. Having an instinctual feeling I'm not going to be crazy about it. Don't know why, but as Jill always thinks, instinct is important.
Again Saintcrow pumps up the action almost non-stop - this time the gloves are off and Perry has finally revealed his full deck. Twists around all sorts of corners, a plot that leads Jill around on a frantic leash as she tries to stop an incoming hellbreed and find her beloved before it's too late. The villains are even bigger and badder than before in this one.
Jill...well, I just don't like her. I'm convinced now that Saintcrow can't write likeable heroines. That's it. I hated Dante much more, but Jill I don't care for much either. At least she's a lot more passable. Her emotions are dragged through the ringer in this one as she finds out a startling revelation about her former teacher, and has to face the possibility of being without Saul for good, to now having to face the inevitable about herself. Honestly, as weird as this sounds, I don't see why she would deserve much redemption. I think she's been corrupting herself a long time, so much so that I find it hard to believe how she can care for random strangers like she claims to. I see her wanting to protect the city more like a territorial, pride dispute by this point.
I still find some of the major story confusing, but I guess that's just me. Overall I dig the world the author has built, it's multi-layered, realistic to fit this kind of Urban fantasy, dark, gritty, twisted. She writes action scenes well, although I shudder at some of the dialogue. I think she writes supporting characters well and makes them more fascinating and likeable than her mains. I also think she has really overdone the description and updates on the rubys, hair sparkles, and scar effects now. Every action scene - well, almost every other page - has them doing something.
The new apprentice is promising, although I don't care much about that side storyline at this point, as I keep looking forward to seeing the wrapups for the main players who have been here since book one. I'm guess his introduction may possibly give her the ability to take a well-deserved break after everything is resolved.
There is the return of most major players, although Saul has a very short scene only as he complains about them again. Perry is twisted and fascinating on page, definitely a true villain. I would have been curious about darker elements if not for the ending, which ruined that possibility. But then again, there's a final book to read, and I'm not sure where it will go from there. Having an instinctual feeling I'm not going to be crazy about it. Don't know why, but as Jill always thinks, instinct is important.
see_sadie_read's review
3.0
Much like the rest. Jill goes around and gets beat up a lot in order to save those important to her. It is a SEVERE cliffhanger though.
frankenbookie's review
5.0
Brilliant. The Jill Kismet books, are in my opinion, where the Anita Blake books should have headed. Jill is as tough as they come. She's a hunter who fight's the nasties to keep her city safe. She's so kick ass, she needs her own definition. This book had me on the edge of my seat the whole time. I was reading as fast as I could, I had to know what happened next! There's so much action in the pages you have to hold on tight or you might get thrown off your seat. I love the way Lilith Saintcrow writes. It's dark, gritty, no holds barred, and in your face. If you've read Jennifer Rardin's Jaz Parks series, Adrian Phoenix's Maker's Song series or even Lilith's Dante Valentine series you must, must pick this series up. You will not be disappointed.
fearlessfoxy's review
4.0
I gave this book an extra star for the cliffhanger alone. The rest of the book is jam packed full of action as all of the Jill Kismet series have been.
Not my most favourite of the series but the edge of the seat ending reminded me why I enjoy Lilith Saintcrow's writing so much.
Not my most favourite of the series but the edge of the seat ending reminded me why I enjoy Lilith Saintcrow's writing so much.
behindthepages's review against another edition
4.0
Disturbing creatures/situations and emotionally tortured characters are Lilith Saintcrow's staple and I love her for it. You want dark, gritty, gore and violence? Saintcrow is your gal. She's not afraid to go the extra mile with details and make Kismet go full out no holes barred on the enemy. The same can be said in reverse as well. I also enjoy that she uses a wide vocabulary and I actually have to look up definitions to some of her words.
Something I don't enjoy though is how powerful Kismet is. She needs to have a limit to her power. I mean the girl is torn apart in every book and bounces right back due to the mark. Sure this book starts talking about the effects the mark has on her, but I need more of a handicap than what is provided. If we had seen more effects earlier I think it would have made me enjoy the series more.
I do have to say though, the ending of this one...Saintcrow really leaves me craving to read the last book.
Something I don't enjoy though is how powerful Kismet is. She needs to have a limit to her power. I mean the girl is torn apart in every book and bounces right back due to the mark. Sure this book starts talking about the effects the mark has on her, but I need more of a handicap than what is provided. If we had seen more effects earlier I think it would have made me enjoy the series more.
I do have to say though, the ending of this one...Saintcrow really leaves me craving to read the last book.
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