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Archangel's Blade by Nalini Singh

10 reviews

crownoflaurel's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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gattolinos_nerdy_nook's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Moving onto a new couple in the Guild Hunter's universe was a surprise after the first three books being about Elena and Raphael.

This time around we follow Honor who is a fellow guild hunter, and Dmitri who is Raphael's second in command. It was interesting to see these two work together, and watching as the two struggle with trauma and how they differ or not from each other. The trauma that both are facing keeps them from opening up to one another but by the end of the book they learn how it. It was nice to see that by the end of the book the trauma is not magically fixed.

These two were interesting to follow along and I enjoy having another couple in the series.

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jcoonzie's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense 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

4.5

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now_booking's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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? It's complicated

3.75

I liked this well enough. It was a little unusual reading Dmitri’s story and having it turn out the way it did. His past is immensely tragic and ties in well with Honor’s brutal experience in captivity with a vampire. This was part vengeance plot, part love story/second chance romance, part I’m not sure what was going on with the blast from Dmitri’s past . I found all the plot angles really interesting if a little disparate and thus making it feel like too much was going on in the book. I also wish it had tied in more with the overarching plot built in Books 1-3. This is the first book since Book 1 that I felt could be read out of order as a standalone. It was very good, but in the scheme of the series, felt a bit like a “by the way” as it did not maintain the momentum of the rest of the series. That said, I enjoyed this- the romance was well put together and really healing considering the two main characters had histories of experiencing sexual abuse and torture. It was sort of a slow burn but there was some spice.

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illiumbluebell's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional 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

5.0

Where Dmitri was a side character in the series before in this book he is front and center.

We learn more about him and the things that made him into the cold and often cruel vampire he now is.

Enter Honor...a Guild Hunter who survived something horrific but is a shell of who she was. After a kick in the ass from her Director she has to investigate vampire deaths with Dmitri...if only she wasn't so drawn to him.

Loved the plot and the characters. Where before I disliked Dmitri I now understand and yes even like him.

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laureljeanreads's review against another edition

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adventurous dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Definitely my most liked from the series so far I really appreciated stepping outside the main relationship and showing new characters. I liked both characters separately and how they worked together. I am still unsure about a certain element that was brought to light at the ending.

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diecryread's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional 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? No

3.0

Heavy CW for rape, abuse, and child death.

One of the darker Singh books I've read. It definitely had potential, but I felt like she focused too much on the main characters and their relationship, which made the plot feel inconsistent and confusing. The plot was mostly getting revenge on past abusers, but there were other little bits thrown in with the rather obvious intention of teasing future novels in this series. The romance seemed to jump from 0 to 100 in a very jarring manner. I specifically remember when the fmc was like "i can't deny this thing between us" and I was like "wait what??" it just came out of nowhere.

Justine Eyre did okay. I liked her accents for Dmitri and Illium, but a lot of her inflections threw me off. For example, sometimes she would make a demand sound like a plea.

Overall, a bit lacking compared to other books I've read of hers, but definitely still interesting.

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