Post by Samantha K on Sept 12, 2017 8:11:16 GMT -7
Reaping Angels by Laura Thalassa - 3.75 Stars - No triggers!
Cassandra Gannon fans will LOVE this. ( FYI - I like some of Gannon's books (usually) but don't love them. Treasure of the Fire Kingdom is a favorite though.)
******Spoilers will be in this review***********
This seemed very different from other books that I've read by Ms. Thalassa. In this world Ms. Thalassa created, there are heroes and villians. The h, Angel, is a hero. She has the ability to heal others and also herself. The H is, of course, is a villain. He's the prerequisite "bad guy" but like Gannon's H's, he had a very good reason for being bad. Therefore, he wasn't truly a "bad" guy. They meet in the beginning of the book when the H set a trap to catch the h. Once he realized that she can withstand his touch, he wants her baaaaaad. You see, no one can touch him without burning from the inside out. That the h can touch him and not burn, is a source of wonder for him. He decides he's keeping her. She's his! So he kidnaps her.
The H is a j/p H and he's immediately that way. He's also in many ways a good guy. He never abuses the h, though he does lock her in his bedroom all day and forgot to leave food for her. He never forces the h and seems patient with her in all regards except letting her go. Reaping Angels was not overly filled with erotic scenes. It relied more upon the story itself and the relationship building between the H and the h. The relationship didn't feel intense to me at all, like in other books Ms. Thalassa has written, though it was somewhat believeable. I'm sure the lack of intensity in the relationship was due to this H himself being much less intense and certainly not an anti-hero. As far as the sex goes, it felt like it took forever for them to finally have sex. This is typical of Laura Thalassa as she's not a "hop into bed 5 minutes after meeting each other" type of author. I enjoy this style when an author builds the relationship first and it feels intense. This is done by good dialogue and intense, sexual charged, interactions between the H and the h. Ms. Thalassa is great at doing this but it felt like less in Reaping Angels than say Rhapsodic or Queen Of All That Dies.
So while I enjoyed this book, I didn't love it and won't reread it but I think Cassandra Gannon fans should definitely give it a try.
Cassandra Gannon fans will LOVE this. ( FYI - I like some of Gannon's books (usually) but don't love them. Treasure of the Fire Kingdom is a favorite though.)
******Spoilers will be in this review***********
This seemed very different from other books that I've read by Ms. Thalassa. In this world Ms. Thalassa created, there are heroes and villians. The h, Angel, is a hero. She has the ability to heal others and also herself. The H is, of course, is a villain. He's the prerequisite "bad guy" but like Gannon's H's, he had a very good reason for being bad. Therefore, he wasn't truly a "bad" guy. They meet in the beginning of the book when the H set a trap to catch the h. Once he realized that she can withstand his touch, he wants her baaaaaad. You see, no one can touch him without burning from the inside out. That the h can touch him and not burn, is a source of wonder for him. He decides he's keeping her. She's his! So he kidnaps her.
The H is a j/p H and he's immediately that way. He's also in many ways a good guy. He never abuses the h, though he does lock her in his bedroom all day and forgot to leave food for her. He never forces the h and seems patient with her in all regards except letting her go. Reaping Angels was not overly filled with erotic scenes. It relied more upon the story itself and the relationship building between the H and the h. The relationship didn't feel intense to me at all, like in other books Ms. Thalassa has written, though it was somewhat believeable. I'm sure the lack of intensity in the relationship was due to this H himself being much less intense and certainly not an anti-hero. As far as the sex goes, it felt like it took forever for them to finally have sex. This is typical of Laura Thalassa as she's not a "hop into bed 5 minutes after meeting each other" type of author. I enjoy this style when an author builds the relationship first and it feels intense. This is done by good dialogue and intense, sexual charged, interactions between the H and the h. Ms. Thalassa is great at doing this but it felt like less in Reaping Angels than say Rhapsodic or Queen Of All That Dies.
So while I enjoyed this book, I didn't love it and won't reread it but I think Cassandra Gannon fans should definitely give it a try.