“Archangel’s Enigma” Book Review

October 16, 2015 / 0 comments

“Archangel’s Enigma” Book ReviewArchangel's Enigma by Nalini Singh
Series: Guild Hunter #8
Published by Berkley Trade on September 1st 2015 by
Genres: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy
Format: eARC
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Naasir is the most feral of the powerful group of vampires and angels known as the Seven, his loyalty pledged to the Archangel Raphael. When rumors surface of a plot to murder the former Archangel of Persia, now lost in the Sleep of the Ancients, Naasir is dispatched to find him. For only he possesses the tracking skills required—those more common to predatory animals than to man.

Enlisted to accompany Naasir, Andromeda, a young angelic scholar with dangerous secrets, is fascinated by his nature—at once playful and brilliant, sensual and brutal. As they race to find the Sleeping archangel before it’s too late, Naasir will force her to question all she knows...and tempt her to walk into the magnificent, feral darkness of his world. But first they must survive an enemy vicious enough to shatter the greatest taboo of the angelic race and plunge the world into a screaming nightmare…

Liezel’s Thoughts:

I’m going right in and  what I love most about this book… I loved how each and every one of the previous characters were included in the story. It was as if I was being reunited with old friends! Even if each of their stories has already been told it was still nice to see how the members of Rafael’s Seven were progressing. It was amazing to see just how close the relations were between them. I never considered them as Rafael’s underlings rather they can be defined more as a brotherhood. It is proven again and again the extent of what each would do for the other.

“Archangel’s Enigma” focuses more on Naasir. He is well-known to be a skilled tracker and this is why it is a given that he was chosen to find the sleeping ground of a powerful Ancient, Alexander. As a part of this mission, he is tasked to take the scholar Andromeda with him. At first, I was puzzled as to how she even fits in all this but as the story unfolds we find that she is the driving force for this important mission to become successful.

Another confusing factor was how the pairing between  Nasiir and Andromeda would even work. Nasiir isn’t like any creature that we have ever seen before. He is a ground being while she is an angel. He is wild and she is refined. He is a seasoned fighter and she is but  a scholar (or so we think). Nothing about them make sense at all, BUT yet again Nalini Singh completely convinces us that they were  created for each other. It was a trying journey for them to be with each other but one that was well worth it.

It wasn’t the romance that stole the show in this one, however. I would have to say that it was the narrow escapes, the nail-biting battles, and the tension brought on by the erratic Cascade that drove and will continue to drive this series.

Eight books later and I don’t foresee “The Guild Hunter Series” slowing down anytime soon. What makes it timeless is the fact that Nalini Singh not only continues to surprise us with the magnificent world that she created but the continuous evolution of her characters.

I immensely enjoyed this book and I wouldn’t doubt that the league of Guild Hunter fanatics would agree with me.

The Verdict:

rating-5

My Review At A Glance
Writing Style
Story Flow and Pacing
Overall Impact
Character Development
Heat/ Sexual Tension
Overall: 4.4 / 5

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About Nalini Singh

I’ve been writing as long as I can remember and all of my stories always held a thread of romance (even when I was writing about a prince who could shoot lasers out of his eyes). I love creating unique characters, love giving them happy endings and I even love the voices in my head. There’s no other job I would rather be doing. In September 2002, when I got the call that Silhouette Desire wanted to buy my first book, Desert Warrior, it was a dream come true. I hope to continue living the dream until I keel over of old age on my keyboard.

I was born in Fiji and raised in New Zealand. I also spent three years living and working in Japan, during which time I took the chance to travel around Asia. I’m back in New Zealand now, but I’m always plotting new trips. If you’d like to see some of my travel snapshots, have a look at the Travel Diary page (updated every month).

So far, I’ve worked as a lawyer, a librarian, a candy factory general hand, a bank temp and an English teacher and not necessarily in that order. Some might call that inconsistency but I call it grist for the writer’s mill.

My Review At A Glance
Writing Style
Story Flow and Pacing
Overall Impact
Character Development
Heat/ Sexual Tension
Overall: 4.4 / 5


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