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Review: Stained (Stained, #1) by Ella James

24 Friday May 2013

Posted by Elisabeth in review

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angels and demons, ella james, paranormal romance, stained, young adult

Stained (Stained, #1)

Seventeen-year-old Julia is finally living the good life. She’s traded a hard cot in a Memphis orphanage for her very own room in a perfect little house, on a perfect little street, with a perfect set of parents who picked her to be their daughter.

But Julia is hiding a secret – and one fall night, she returns home from a friend’s house to find that her secret has found her. Her ‘forever home’ is ashes. Her parents are dead. And, in the sky above the flames, a winged creature hunts her.

The Nephilim King, Samyaza, has taken everything from Cayne. After struggling in the darkness for years to piece together his shattered life, Cayne is finally ready to confront his past and avenge the loss of everything he loved. He tracks Samyaza to a Memphis warehouse, where he winds up flat on his back, in the healing hands of a beautiful, dark-haired girl he doesn’t need to know.

Unbeknownst to either of them, they are already bound. Cayne’s past holds the answers to Julia’s future. But what will pose the greatest threat to her? The bounty placed on her head by the leaders of two Celestial realms, or giving her heart to a man who is bound, by birth, to break it?

Blurb and cover from Goodreads

5 out of 5 stars

This is the first time I’ve read Ella James and I. Am. Hooked. I thought the premise of the story was original and compelling and while the romance was completely, totally, head-over-heels incredible, it was clean, which seems to be becoming increasingly rare these days.

The plot:

The plot was fairly simple, but with a few surprises and twists along the way. There was some sarcastic humor, some swoon-worthy romantic scenes, and action-packed fight scenes. This was not a long story, but I greatly enjoyed it and plan to download the next book. The cliffhanger at the end elicits a compulsive desire to find out how things will turn out and…I might go download the next one after I finish this review…anyway…

The characters:

I loved Julia! She had spent most her life in foster care, but wasn’t rebellious and headstrong like a lot of character who come from foster care backgrounds are. She’s suffered a lot of tragedy and hardship in her life, but still has a good heart and tries to help people.

Cayne is a ship without an anchor. With no memory of who he is or what he is, he knows only one thing—that the Nephilim Samyaza is his enemy and took everything Cayne loved. Cayne and Julia’s paths cross when Samyaza fails to kill Julia, then Cayne, and Julia heals Cayne from his wounds. Cayne has done a lot of bad in his 200 years of life and clearly has more than a few regrets and demons.

There were a few other characters, but the story definitely focuses on Cayne and Julia and the mysteries surrounding them both. The supporting characters were more there for just that, support, but I really didn’t feel they needed to be developed more or anything, because this story was so clearly focused on Cayne and Julia and the obstacles and trials they face together.

I really liked the “loving all of someone” element of this story. There is talk of accepting a person you love completely and wholly, no matter what darkness or evil might lurk inside them. I think that is an underrated topic and hope to see more of it in the future books.

I highly recommend this (it’s free on Amazon!) and look forward to the rest of the series!

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Review: The Triplex (Guardians, #4) by Lola St. Vil

09 Tuesday Apr 2013

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angels, angels and demons, demons, indie author, lola st vil, paranormal romance

The Triplex (Guardians, #4)

Love, torture, betrayal
And a twist that will change EVERYTHING!

The Guardians discover where the Triplex is located. Unfortunately, In order to retrieve it, a terrible sacrifice has to be made. Can Marcus summon up the courage required to save humanity? Will Marcus and Emmy’s love survive the brutal reality of the Angel world?

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5 out of 5 stars

WARNING: Contains unavoidable spoilers for the earlier books in the series.

Okay, this whole series is awesome. There’s just the problem that I read all the books back-to-back (they were that awesome) and it got hard to remember where one book stopped and another began. Still, I remember what happened at the end of The Turn and it was another titanic cliffhanger!

In this book, Emmy has accepted that she must die for the Triplex to be retrieved, but Marcus has not. He spends every moment reading everything from angel fairytales to history books attempting to find a way to remove the di without killing her. I really, really got ticked off at Amaena and everyone else for not being more supportive of his efforts to save her. When they find a way that they might be able to save her, Marcus jumps at it and drags the rest of the team with him.

And I now hate Julian’s guts. I hated him before, but I hate his guts now, too. It would also be nice to hit Marcus with a really heavy book. I wanted to scream at him that what he was doing at the end was wrong and he should respect Emmy enough to let her have a say in her own path instead of choosing it for her. The whole “it’s for her own good” mantra is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me, no matter what character or person it’s talking about. (“For the greater good” is another one that rankles me. UGH!!! Sickening. When people say that, it always ends badly.)

Nonetheless, I ADORED this book! But it ended in another flipping cliffhanger and now I need the next book. I need the next book YESTERDAY.

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Review: The Girl (Guardians, #1) by Lola St.Vil

10 Sunday Feb 2013

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angels and demons, guardians, lola st vil, paranormal romance, review, the girl, ya

The Girl (Guardians #1)

After his death, Marcus found the love of his life…

Unfortunately it’s not his sexy, telekinetic angel girlfriend — it’s Emmy Baxter… a human.

Between torture, demon attacks, and midterms, Marcus and Emily must fight their feelings for a devastating prophecy has predicted:

“Should Angel and Human unite, humanity will perish.”

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5 out of 5 stars

So I have heard some really good things about this author and this series from Stephanie over at REVIEWING WHAT I’M READING, but I figured “angels aren’t my thing.” Then I took part in the cover reveal for the fourth book in the series and then, well, I couldn’t read them out of order! And this is one of those times when my mild OCD worked for good because otherwise, I would’ve missed out on this awesome story! This is one of those books that make me think “darn, I wish I could make people obsess over fictional characters like I’m doing now.”

Did Lola St. Vil write something original? No. She took the whole “guardian angel” idea, turned it on its head, spun it around, shook it up, and flipped it inside out. I have never even heard of a twist on angels that is this unique. You’re going to have to read the book yourself to find out what I’m talking about, but I’ll just say that you’re in for a treat!

Emmy is a normal girl until guys with automatic weapons turn up at her school and she is rescued/kidnapped by a team of unearthly gorgeous teenagers who drag her into the world of ancient pacts and the eternal battle for lost souls. The leader of her rescuers/kidnappers is Marcus, an angel tasked with heading the team that is to keep the devil from a precious map that good and evil have fought over for centuries. The attraction between Emmy and Marcus is immediate and mutual, but Marcus is already taken, by his telekinetic, possessive, utterly beautiful second in command at that. Not to mention that if Marcus and his team fail in their mission, everyone will die, but if they succeed, he and his team will be taken into paradise, never to return to earth. Sucks, right?

This book had some typos, I admit. And I did get a bit frustrated with Emmy, particularly in one scene when she appeared to be attempting to steal Marcus. But for the most part, I enjoyed the story immensely. And I’m not sure if it was deliberate on the author’s part or not, but I especially liked the subtle pro-life story surrounding Emmy’s birth.

I definitely recommend it to anyone interested in a good YA PNR!

Note: GUARDIANS: THE GIRL, is always free on Amazon!

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