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pause_theframe's review against another edition
5.0
What I Thought:
I loved every moment of this book. It had steam, passion, excitement and a very believable set of emotions pouring out of each of the characters.
I found the take on heaven, hell demons and ht like to be a new look at the topic. It was refreshing, fun and very easy to become highly addicted to reading about! The settings were given an excellent amount of description. I also loved that Cross did not give away all the details about the world, the places of the different levels/types of character and our main character's place away first thing. With each page we gained a little more knowledge and twice as much interest.
With the level of detail and personality each character was given, I found myself loving and hating certain ones. I became so close to them that, when a particular scene with our protector, our main character and the slimy Dante took place, I was oozing with hatred at the betrayal and wrong doing. I almost felt that though I had, personally, been the one scorned. The passionate more moments were also given enough thought, speed and detail to make them so realistic you wanted in!
I loved the characters, good and bad. Cross has included loads of the biggest players, in all sorts of legends, tales, mythology to give everyone a portion of their personal beliefs/stories they've heard to refer to, and it also was like name dropping at a party. When you heard a character you knew mentioned, it was as if you thought ' oh yeh, it's about time, X entered the party,' and Cross made sure not to leave out any of the fun ones. I thought that each character was given enough personality to feel as if you personally knew them, as if you have Sunday tea with them each with.
The pace was brilliant, keeping the action flowing, but pausing just enough to give us a fun or steamy moment, with our fingers still on thumping pulses, or a bit of important detail. There were twists, turns and unexpected moments that made you sit on the edge of your seat.
Overall, this book is exceedingly addicting and one of the best reads of 2015 so far! I loved every moment and cannot wait to read more...or at least read this again!
I loved every moment of this book. It had steam, passion, excitement and a very believable set of emotions pouring out of each of the characters.
I found the take on heaven, hell demons and ht like to be a new look at the topic. It was refreshing, fun and very easy to become highly addicted to reading about! The settings were given an excellent amount of description. I also loved that Cross did not give away all the details about the world, the places of the different levels/types of character and our main character's place away first thing. With each page we gained a little more knowledge and twice as much interest.
With the level of detail and personality each character was given, I found myself loving and hating certain ones. I became so close to them that, when a particular scene with our protector, our main character and the slimy Dante took place, I was oozing with hatred at the betrayal and wrong doing. I almost felt that though I had, personally, been the one scorned. The passionate more moments were also given enough thought, speed and detail to make them so realistic you wanted in!
I loved the characters, good and bad. Cross has included loads of the biggest players, in all sorts of legends, tales, mythology to give everyone a portion of their personal beliefs/stories they've heard to refer to, and it also was like name dropping at a party. When you heard a character you knew mentioned, it was as if you thought ' oh yeh, it's about time, X entered the party,' and Cross made sure not to leave out any of the fun ones. I thought that each character was given enough personality to feel as if you personally knew them, as if you have Sunday tea with them each with.
The pace was brilliant, keeping the action flowing, but pausing just enough to give us a fun or steamy moment, with our fingers still on thumping pulses, or a bit of important detail. There were twists, turns and unexpected moments that made you sit on the edge of your seat.
Overall, this book is exceedingly addicting and one of the best reads of 2015 so far! I loved every moment and cannot wait to read more...or at least read this again!
curls's review
3.0
I bought this book forever ago and picked it as a jam jar read. So I didn’t remember that it was about demons. It’s not my favorite branch of paranormal/fantasy but it was highly recommended by some Goodreads friends so I thought I would give it a try.
It was an ok read. My favorite part was the setting. I love New Orleans. I would go visit my family there every year. I drink coffee and chickory every morning. I’m even eating a king cake right now. I read that the author was from Louisiana and it shows. The setting was well written.
Genevieve was the main character and she’s a little immature for her age. This is a new adult book with the character in college in her 20s, but she seemed young. Jude was a good love interest, if a bit stereotypical. But I’m a sucker for a bodyguard falls for their charge.
Even though I didn’t care for this one, I think that if you like urban fantasy, this one with demons and angels might interest you.
It was an ok read. My favorite part was the setting. I love New Orleans. I would go visit my family there every year. I drink coffee and chickory every morning. I’m even eating a king cake right now. I read that the author was from Louisiana and it shows. The setting was well written.
Genevieve was the main character and she’s a little immature for her age. This is a new adult book with the character in college in her 20s, but she seemed young. Jude was a good love interest, if a bit stereotypical. But I’m a sucker for a bodyguard falls for their charge.
Even though I didn’t care for this one, I think that if you like urban fantasy, this one with demons and angels might interest you.
angels_gp17's review against another edition
1.0
I really love [a:Juliette Cross|7795664|Juliette Cross|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1448509244p2/7795664.jpg]. She fast became a favorite author to read and reread. I feel in love with her writing when she came out with her Dragons aka Morgan’s (Nightwing & Vale of Stars) and then she came out with her Vampire’s (Vampire Blood) and I feel even more. So, when you pick up a favorite authors work you don’t expect to not like it or end up DNFing.
I ended up stopping at 82%. I know I only had a little more to go, but I wasn’t enjoying. I wanted to know what was going to happen and to continue onto book two, but then again I didn’t. It was not a great feeling.
Forged in Fire is dark fantasy, paranormal romance, and new adult. The story was just to dark, deep, and heavy for my liking. I did like Jude, but our heroine and lead Genevieve wasn’t winning me over.
The last thing and this one was the one that really bothered me. The author was very specific in pointing out that their are rules that both good and bad must follow. They can’t be broken. So, one such rule is free will. We all have it. Yet, their is this thing with Genevieve’s soul and The Evil Demon Lord, where he can pull it into another world and compel her do anything and everything he wants. She can’t resist. It felt wrong on so many levels. She should be able to fight; wither it’s just her soul or her soul and body together.
Unfortunately, Forged in Fire was not the book for me. If the blurb intrigues you, I urge you to give it a shot. Just because it did not work for me does not mean it won’t for you.
I ended up stopping at 82%. I know I only had a little more to go, but I wasn’t enjoying. I wanted to know what was going to happen and to continue onto book two, but then again I didn’t. It was not a great feeling.
Forged in Fire is dark fantasy, paranormal romance, and new adult. The story was just to dark, deep, and heavy for my liking. I did like Jude, but our heroine and lead Genevieve wasn’t winning me over.
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As for the Vessel aspect I still don’t understand everything that a Vessel is and can do. Most give into either death or let a Demon Lord have them. Their has never been one to stay in the light. Their was also too much cryptic stuff and some running around in the dark. Our cryptic prophecy we and the characters don’t have the full version, so they don’t know all. I was just not getting a good picture or understanding of the world and characters.The last thing and this one was the one that really bothered me. The author was very specific in pointing out that their are rules that both good and bad must follow. They can’t be broken. So, one such rule is free will. We all have it. Yet, their is this thing with Genevieve’s soul and The Evil Demon Lord, where he can pull it into another world and compel her do anything and everything he wants. She can’t resist. It felt wrong on so many levels. She should be able to fight; wither it’s just her soul or her soul and body together.
Unfortunately, Forged in Fire was not the book for me. If the blurb intrigues you, I urge you to give it a shot. Just because it did not work for me does not mean it won’t for you.
greylandreviews's review against another edition
3.0
3.25 stars
ARC provided by author for honest review
I think this was a good start to hopefully a great paranormal romance trilogy. I know Cross can write great scenes between characters and the chemistry she gives them is always amazing. I just wanted a little more back story for Jude and Genevieve's mom (because I think she's really important part to this whole vessel thing).
Trigger Warning: violence, death of parents, suicide(past), blood, graphic injuries, slight gore, and sexual assault
ARC provided by author for honest review
I think this was a good start to hopefully a great paranormal romance trilogy. I know Cross can write great scenes between characters and the chemistry she gives them is always amazing. I just wanted a little more back story for Jude and Genevieve's mom (because I think she's really important part to this whole vessel thing).
Trigger Warning: violence, death of parents, suicide(past), blood, graphic injuries, slight gore, and sexual assault
fadingkings's review against another edition
4.0
It was a little hard to get into at first and the main character left little to be desired but she grew on me just like the rest of the cast. Her powers growing and the questions left unanswered was just at the right pace. Eagar for more but not drowning in too much knowledge!
thindbooks's review against another edition
4.0
*this e-arc was sent to me by the publisher to give an honest review in return*
This was an enjoyable read. This book is about a once normal girl who is hunted by demons and finds out that she is a Vessel and has a hot guardian to protect her. I really enjoyed the concept of the story. It kind of gave me early 2010 vibes (which is a good thing) as it reminded me of City of Bones, The Hunger Games, etc. The author's writing is very well done and I loved how her writing style is flowy. Cross knows how to capture a reader's attention with her spectacular writing as I was never bored while reading this book. I enjoyed the new world which has amazing world building. I'm excited to see how the author goes more in depth in the other book. Also this book takes place in Louisiana which is the state I live in! YAY! The pacing is very well done with a well structured story line. The writing style of the book was very well done and I had no problems with it.
This book is written in Genevieve's pov. She is a college student who recently found out that she is a vessel and is being hunted by demons. Honestly I kind of found her annoying in the book. Her character development was very rushed and I wish it was more slow so you can properly see the development. It was like at one point she didn't know how to fight but the next after one training session she did. The side characters were amazing though. I really fell in love with Jude's character as one he is extremely hot but you can tell that he has something going on. There were many other side characters I enjoyed in the book. The romance is kind of like a grumpy/sunshine and guardian/protectee trope. The romance was honestly cute and a little steamy which I rate 2/5level of steaminess on the chart.
The ending was okay with the ending where you have more questions then answers. I still want to read the next book just because I fell in love with Jude so much that I need more of him. I hope he doesn't pull a Tamlin on us. This book was very action pack and was kind of like City of Bones. I really enjoyed the fact that this book took place in New Orleans as I live so close there. I can't want to read the second novel and I recommend this book to fans of Cassandra Clare and Becca Fitzpatrick.
This was an enjoyable read. This book is about a once normal girl who is hunted by demons and finds out that she is a Vessel and has a hot guardian to protect her. I really enjoyed the concept of the story. It kind of gave me early 2010 vibes (which is a good thing) as it reminded me of City of Bones, The Hunger Games, etc. The author's writing is very well done and I loved how her writing style is flowy. Cross knows how to capture a reader's attention with her spectacular writing as I was never bored while reading this book. I enjoyed the new world which has amazing world building. I'm excited to see how the author goes more in depth in the other book. Also this book takes place in Louisiana which is the state I live in! YAY! The pacing is very well done with a well structured story line. The writing style of the book was very well done and I had no problems with it.
This book is written in Genevieve's pov. She is a college student who recently found out that she is a vessel and is being hunted by demons. Honestly I kind of found her annoying in the book. Her character development was very rushed and I wish it was more slow so you can properly see the development. It was like at one point she didn't know how to fight but the next after one training session she did. The side characters were amazing though. I really fell in love with Jude's character as one he is extremely hot but you can tell that he has something going on. There were many other side characters I enjoyed in the book. The romance is kind of like a grumpy/sunshine and guardian/protectee trope. The romance was honestly cute and a little steamy which I rate 2/5level of steaminess on the chart.
The ending was okay with the ending where you have more questions then answers. I still want to read the next book just because I fell in love with Jude so much that I need more of him. I hope he doesn't pull a Tamlin on us. This book was very action pack and was kind of like City of Bones. I really enjoyed the fact that this book took place in New Orleans as I live so close there. I can't want to read the second novel and I recommend this book to fans of Cassandra Clare and Becca Fitzpatrick.
andireadsromance's review against another edition
4.0
Forged in Fire is the first book in the Vessel Trilogy and I will definitely be continuing after this first book. I was super glad there wasn't a cliffhanger, but you end it knowing there's more to come for Gen and Jude. I really enjoyed the story and Juliette has come to be one of my favorite paranormal romance authors. She writes well, but having read her previously, you can tell her writing has grown since this book, her first. The pace of Gen and Jude's relationship to lovers felt off a bit and forced for me, at times, but other than that a really great start to the series.
aharper07's review
4.0
In Forged in Fire Genevieve gets a crash course in Demons after being harassed by one and then being saved by Jude, Master of Demons, whom happens to be a total hunk. Her course continues after being wanted by Danté.
I haven't done paranomal/fantasy romance reads for a while and thought I'd try this one. It took me a few chapters to get invested in the characters and the story. But once I did, roughly when a motorcycle got involved, then I was hooked. I enjoyed the way Jude had to keep his distance in some ways, such a grump. There were some charactets that their stories or involvement didn't go anywhere, that I hope get concluded in the next books. I have my hunches about them. These hunches and the overall plot make me want to continue to read the series.
I haven't done paranomal/fantasy romance reads for a while and thought I'd try this one. It took me a few chapters to get invested in the characters and the story. But once I did, roughly when a motorcycle got involved, then I was hooked. I enjoyed the way Jude had to keep his distance in some ways, such a grump. There were some charactets that their stories or involvement didn't go anywhere, that I hope get concluded in the next books. I have my hunches about them. These hunches and the overall plot make me want to continue to read the series.