791 reviews for:

Archangel's Kiss

Nalini Singh

3.93 AVERAGE

slow-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
adventurous challenging dark reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Foi uma ótima sequência, não perdeu a qualidade do primeiro livro.

Com o aprofundamento de personagens e uma imersão maior dos problemas apresentados antes, me deixou animada com a série.

Amei que a autora não tirou os problemas que o casal principal tem, ainda deixou ambos com tudo o que apresenta um risco para o relacionamento e está montando um caminho para eles onde eles ficam juntos sem perderem a si mesmos mas também mudando quando e o que precisam, adorei ♡
adventurous dark mysterious tense
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
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: Yes

i zoned out for like half of the audiobook but i'll be sticking around for the rest of the series to see what lijuan's up to! i love an evil girlboss!

So much better than the first book.
While she was physically weak because of her one year coma and suddenly having wings she doesn't know how to use yet, her tracking ability has proved more useful. Aside from that, we finally got some glimpse of her combat skills (first with Michaela, and then with Anoushka). Even though Raphael still had to save her in the end both times, I'm glad she held her own against the other powerful angels. The power difference between her and Raphael still feels uncomfortable for me but it's good she's becoming an asset and not just a terrible weakness for him.
The "Drip. Drip. Drip. Little hunter" was getting annoying so I'm glad we finally got some answers about what happened. In my opinion, she should have faced her nightmares about what happened to her family early on instead of keeping it buried since it has the power to blank her mind for precious moments - a deadly weakness especially now that she has become quite a target.
Relationship wise, Elena and Raphael has started trusting each other with their secrets/nightmares and that's good. I just thought it ridiculous when Raphael wouldn't give her some lovin' at first because he didn't think she was strong enough to take it (LOL!) and that time he brought her to merciful oblivion

2.5⭐️

nickylovesbooks's review

5.0

I love this series.  I first started reading this series back in 2010 or 2011.  I read the first 7 books (book7 came out in 2014), and then lost track (so many new books and series I started reading).

My husband bought me the books 1-14 for Christmas in 2021.  I have now bought book 15 & 16 and decided to re-read from the beginning and catch up on the world of Archangels, Angels and Vampires.

I’m loving these books just as much the second time around.

Archangel Raphael has made Elena into an Angel.  The first ever “made” Angel.
Elena has to learn how to fly and how to control her new wings.

I loved the way Raphael teaches her;


"The only way to learn to fly, is to fly." He pushed her off the edge of the cliff.

"That's your idea of teaching? I could've been splattered from here to Manhattan!"

"You were never in any danger." His eyes gleamed with laughter. "That's how young angels learn to fly..."

"You push babies out into thin air?"

"How do you think birds learn to fly?"

"Okay, push me again."
 

One of the oldest of the Archangels, Lijuan, wants to meet Elena, so invites her and Raphael to a party.  This will allow Lijuan to meet Elena, but also test her and find out what she is made of, how strong she is, and why Raphael is so enamoured with her.

The only thing is, Lijuan is raising a Zombie army.  As yet, she is only keeping her army as pets.

I love some of the side characters that are part of Raphael's seven – Dmitri, Illium, Jason, Venom.  I can’t wait for some of these characters to get their own books and get their stories.