Angels' Blood by Nalini Singh

Nalini Singh introduces readers to a world of beauty and bloodlust, where angels hold sway over vampires.

Vampire hunter Elena Deveraux is hired by the dangerously beautiful Archangel Raphael. But this time, it’s not a wayward vamp she has to track. It’s an archangel gone bad.

The job will put Elena in the midst of a killing spree like no other—and pull her to the razor’s edge of passion. Even if the hunt doesn’t destroy her, succumbing to Raphael’s seductive touch just may. For when archangels play, mortals break.

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Think I might have urban fantasy, strong female MC, somewhat annoying love interest/psycho burnout. I just feel like I'm reading interesting plots, but with very similar characters a lot of the time.

Badass female MC – ✔

Annoying Love Interest – ✔. Admittedly, why they're annoying varies. This one is a won't take no for an answer sort, but there's a weird reason for that I won't spoil.

The third male, who isn't a love interest at all, but wants in the MC's pants too – ✔

However, some were flipped on their head, and for that, I'm super happy. It's what redeemed it for me. I definitely can't go into detail without major spoilers, but let's just say, something I've wanted to happen in all these paranormal romance books, finally happened!

I enjoyed the world that has been built here too. Angels, archangels and vampires are all common knowledge. The unique thing, or at least new to me, is that only angels turn vampires.

The thing is, whilst I do want to read on, I also don't. The book had a happy ending, where I can make up some, they lived happily ever after bs. I really liked the ending, but it's not encouraging me to read on, so I also don't know how to feel about it.

Overall, I'm giving this a 4.5/5. I think my issues with it are because I've read about 10 books along the same lines recently. This might've been the best of the lot of them.

To be honest, I don't even get why Raphael falls in love with Elena because she hasn't done anything by that point except pique his interest just because she doesn't immediately fall on her knees and does everything he says. I mean, come on, dude – if you go around killing/torturing anyone who disagrees with you, no shit you'll be surrounded by ‘yes men' all the time (except for the oh-so-special Seven, of course) so you kind of put yourself into the situation of everyone around you now being boring. I guess I just don't see how she's so special (besides smelling vampires) that an immortal, who has experienced so many interesting people through the centuries, would somehow find her compelling. Not that Raphael himself is a prize, mind you. He's the typical alphahole that is too prevalent in Urban Fantasy / Paranormal Romance / Romances.

I'd loved to buy it in English, but eventually I ended up to borrow it from the library, just to see if I like the whole idea of the novel, since my relationship with UF is difficult..

Last update: 3.5 - 3.75 stars