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鈥淭he longer you live, the more mistakes you make. And the more sorrows you carry.

Nalini Singh (NS) has given us an unusual world with Angels, Vampires and maybe some new big bad coming our way. It is interesting and unusual. Most of this story I like Elena has her new life as an Angel and the Consort to an Archangle but there is so much to learn. One does not simple get wings and learn to fly in a day.

What I Enjoyed:

Elena is a little more timid that she was in the last book but I appreciate that she has to grow into this new role. Just because she is changed into an Angel it doesn鈥檛 mean that she knows how to be an angel and just walking around with Wings is harder than one would think. Plus just because you have those wings doesn鈥檛 mean that you automatically get the muscles that make them work. A lot of this book is Elena learning how to deal with a very aggressive Raphael and how to be an Angel If that means going to school with the other young angels so be it.

Illium was also a character I really enjoyed. He is freaking adorable and might even have a little crush on Elena. But do not worry it isn鈥檛 in a love triangle kind of way. It is simply that he will take care of her if Raphael is unable to accomplish the dead. However Elena is learning that there are some certain etiquettes that shouldn鈥檛 be overstepped if you are an angel.

鈥淗e wanted to give me a blade? What's wrong with that?鈥�
鈥淏lades,鈥� he whispered, 鈥渁nd sheaths go together. And your sheath will only ever hold my blade.鈥�

I also liked the plot line for this book and how someone is trying to mess with Elena. They are working really hard in the background to create dissention be different Archangels and trying to break apart long standing peace. If Elena doesn鈥檛 find the culprit fast it looks like more and more people will be hurt or killed.

I like the building relationship between Raphael and Elena. It is a growing thing and doesn鈥檛 happen all at once. But even though they are so far apart in age each has had an experience in their childhoods that shaped them and maybe is one reason that they found something within the other.

鈥淔athers and mothers,鈥� she found herself saying, 鈥渓eave their mark, no matter if we鈥檝e known them a lifetime or only a day.鈥�

What Annoyed Me:

It isn鈥檛 much but there are some issues. There is a lot of repetition of the 鈥機ome here little hunter...Taste鈥�. Which is finally revealed but it takes multiple flashbacks to get there and that line runs through the story A LOT.

Also a ton of characters are introduced. Yes I get that they will be important later and some even get their own stories but man did I really need to meet them all in this book. I can鈥檛 even count the number of characters that were introduced with just a sentence or two to let you know that they have some deep seated past haunting them and I鈥檓 sure eventually will get a story of their own. It would have worked better if just one or two were focused on a little more so I could care about them. As is it is all a blur.

And the last nitpicky thing I have is how many times Elena mentioned any of her girl parts tingling or something like that. Even when they weren鈥檛 getting hot and heavy her parts were wet, tingling, heating up etc鈥�.etc鈥� I could have done with less of that too.

Still overall the world, characters and story are interesting enough that even though I liked the first one a little more I see good things for this series.