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seeinghowitgoes's review against another edition
3.0
I kept wondering how Meljean Brook was going to make me want to read Michael's story, and finally in the last few novels she's really kicking it up to the next notch. I know that the main focus in Demon Blood should be Rosalia and Deacon, and once I got over the squeemishness that Rosalia's "situation" had just been brushed over I was on board.
However, my main running complaint... SO LONG. It felt as though the conflict was being prolonged just to increase the page count, these two could have been together within a third of the novel without me blinking and it just kept going.
However, my main running complaint... SO LONG. It felt as though the conflict was being prolonged just to increase the page count, these two could have been together within a third of the novel without me blinking and it just kept going.
elusivity's review against another edition
3.0
Well-written characters, as always, set in a well-written world. The plot, though, seriously tested my ability to suspend belief. This woman--the heroine--is written as a beautiful, sexy, ultra-giving door mat, with the mind of a super-computer and a strong whiff of the submissive to her sexuality. The hero, made cynical by a recent trauma, rejects her again and again and again. And again.
I typically like how Ms. Brook's characters usually fall in love with the goodness in each other's souls (despite them all possessing super amazing beauty, which is great for MY imagination). The level of GOODNESS as possessed by this herone, however, rises to melodrama. I gritted my teeth to finish this one.
Nevertheless: still head-and-shoulders above most paranormal romance. Recommended, albeit without enthusiasm.
I typically like how Ms. Brook's characters usually fall in love with the goodness in each other's souls (despite them all possessing super amazing beauty, which is great for MY imagination). The level of GOODNESS as possessed by this herone, however, rises to melodrama. I gritted my teeth to finish this one.
Nevertheless: still head-and-shoulders above most paranormal romance. Recommended, albeit without enthusiasm.
emreadswhatshewants's review against another edition
5.0
Rosalia is everything that is bright and beautiful and brilliant
laurla's review against another edition
"his particular brand of arrogance bordered on stupidity. no, not bordering stupidity. he'd flung himself over that line."
"what other pleasures do you have?"
"gardening, swimming, slaying demons-"
"those are solace, they aren't pleasures."
"i don't care what the big guy above was thinking. but if you're about to argue that it all has a purpose my response is that i don't give a fuck what he plans." she understood why. his community had been slaughtered. thinking that their deaths had a purpose didn't offer any comfort. the opposite, in fact.
"what other pleasures do you have?"
"gardening, swimming, slaying demons-"
"those are solace, they aren't pleasures."
"i don't care what the big guy above was thinking. but if you're about to argue that it all has a purpose my response is that i don't give a fuck what he plans." she understood why. his community had been slaughtered. thinking that their deaths had a purpose didn't offer any comfort. the opposite, in fact.
mcummings's review
4.0
Again, really a 4 1/2 star book, but I need to save the 5 stars for the best. This story centers on Rosalia and Deacon who were introduced in the previous book, and at least for Deacon, not necessarily in a good way. It's amazing to me how an author can take a character that you might not be too fond of, and rehabilitate them in such a way that you are really rooting for them.
elusivity's review
3.0
Well-written characters, as always, set in a well-written world. The plot, though, seriously tested my ability to suspend belief. This woman--the heroine--is written as a beautiful, sexy, ultra-giving door mat, with the mind of a super-computer and a strong whiff of the submissive to her sexuality. The hero, made cynical by a recent trauma, rejects her again and again and again. And again.
I typically like how Ms. Brook's characters usually fall in love with the goodness in each other's souls (despite them all possessing super amazing beauty, which is great for MY imagination). The level of GOODNESS as possessed by this herone, however, rises to melodrama. I gritted my teeth to finish this one.
Nevertheless: still head-and-shoulders above most paranormal romance. Recommended, albeit without enthusiasm.
I typically like how Ms. Brook's characters usually fall in love with the goodness in each other's souls (despite them all possessing super amazing beauty, which is great for MY imagination). The level of GOODNESS as possessed by this herone, however, rises to melodrama. I gritted my teeth to finish this one.
Nevertheless: still head-and-shoulders above most paranormal romance. Recommended, albeit without enthusiasm.
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