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A review by steph01924
Firelight by Kristen Callihan
3.0
It was intriguing and fun for about half the book and better written than most historical romances. But then it started to drag a bit when all the romantic tension was gone...I guess I like my book couples to be in love but not so gushy about it. I'm not into the guy suddenly turning into a fountain of 'oh my, you're so beautiful my sweet and utterly wonderful darling honey pie'.
The other part that started to get frustrating was the big mystery of why Archer was masked and what his little club had done. Too much 'but I CAN'T tell you, it's too horrible, it's too gross, I'm too ugly' and when it was finally explained I was still a bit confused as to what a
The last thing that bothered me, and I'm not sure why I was squicked out more by this in this book than some other things is the fact that
My only theory is because we met peers of Archer's, all whom are clearly old, old men, so I began to imagine a creepy, old-man Archer leering at Miranda (which some of Archer's friends DID do, and we had to be inside their heads listening to them do it, EW, Leland) instead of the hot and appropriately younger-aged Archer. Sigh. Way to ruin it.
So yeah. I'll check out the next book and see how it is, because at least the parts surrounding the overly-gushy couple were ok.
The other part that started to get frustrating was the big mystery of why Archer was masked and what his little club had done. Too much 'but I CAN'T tell you, it's too horrible, it's too gross, I'm too ugly' and when it was finally explained I was still a bit confused as to what a
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light demon who eats souls actually was. Meh.The last thing that bothered me, and I'm not sure why I was squicked out more by this in this book than some other things is the fact that
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Archer was secretly like 90-years-old. I've shipped Buffy and Angel, which was infinitely more twisted a relationship, so I don't know why this part made me go 'whoa now. Pump the brakes.'My only theory is because we met peers of Archer's, all whom are clearly old, old men, so I began to imagine a creepy, old-man Archer leering at Miranda (which some of Archer's friends DID do, and we had to be inside their heads listening to them do it, EW, Leland) instead of the hot and appropriately younger-aged Archer. Sigh. Way to ruin it.
So yeah. I'll check out the next book and see how it is, because at least the parts surrounding the overly-gushy couple were ok.