Rodrigo Morales từ Mar'yanivka, Zaporiz'ka oblast, Ukraine

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2018-05-16 23:31

Mộng Đổi Đời Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Đông Tây

This second in DePaul's Para-Ops series features Otherborns - weres, vamps, dharmires, felines, shapeshifters, mages and wraiths; a shaman; a special FBI mixed species team; a prophecy; a Quorum of humans who want to "strip [the Otherborn] of their civil rights"; a goddess who wants to wipe all species from the earth to start over again and a very unlikely romance. She adds some inventive differences to the mythos for several of her paranormal characters. This was a new author and new series for me but DePaul did a good job of writing a story that can stand alone. I didn't feel lost not having read the first in the series. This story takes place several weeks after Caleb is recruited by the FBI for the first team of its kind, humans and Otherborn working together. Caleb, half-Indian and half-Irish, is a shaman, former army medic, human lie detector and healer. He is also able "to communicate with his ancestors, hear the Great Song, and occasionally walk the Otherworld". He thinks Wraith is "a heinous bitch, yes, but one whose attitude and mouth was designed to hide something textured and complex" and he loved it when she returned his kiss. When he first met her he’d felt a sizzling arc of connection that had only intensified with time. She seems to have no use for him and pushes him away all the time. Wraith knows she has less than a year to "live" even though she is a "dead human", a wraith — "No pulse. No blood. No body heat or need to eat... Female—and a whole lot of angry going on. Oh, and immortality". She has "bluish-hued skin [and] stark white hair". She only sees in black and white. She's also the "the oldest known wraith in America". She feels pain much more than when she was a live human. And now "a simple touch from someone else was painful". She can touch animals and shifters in animal form without pain and kids without much pain. And she changing... and changing much more quickly than she thought she would when the end was coming close. She knows Caleb wants her and she wants him as well but refuses to give into the desire. She's begun to crave his touch. There is a lot of good chemistry between Caleb and Wraith. DePaul know hows to write a steamy hot sex scene some of which are not very graphic but still have impact. I laughed a little, I cried a little. That's when I knew DePaul had me. Up until about three quarters through the book, the story was good, but a lot was going on and the story nor the characters had drawn me in. Then when I cried in the latter part of the book, I realized the characters had pulled me in, made me care about them. I ended up enjoying the story and now want to go back and read the first book book in the series and the sequel to this one when it comes out. I think both paranormal romance and urban fantasy fans will like this book. A free prequel novella to the first book in the series, Chosen By Blood: Wraith's Awakening can be found here Warning Spoiler Alert!!! This has an HEA ending.

2018-05-17 01:31

Hào Kiệt Đất Phương Nam - Nguyễn Phúc Tần - Đánh Tàu Chiến Hà Lan Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Hoài Anh

There are those exciting moments in life when you hit it off with someone right off the bat. You’re cracking up, you love the way their mind works, and time flies by in conversation. Reading BLOOD OF EDEN gave me one of those great moments with the heroine, Sloan Skye. Sloan's mix of enthusiasm and nerdiness clicked with me right from the get go, but instead of telling anecdotes over finger foods I had the excitement of riding along with her first days as an FBI intern. It was more than just Sloan’s quirks that hooked me into BLOOD OF EDEN, Tami Dane did a great job building in atypical plot points that made this urban fantasy police procedural fresh and fun. Rather than experiencing the usual "new job angst" or having a hard time with her co-workers, Sloan is a natural fit for the FBI. But as adept as she is at organizing information for a case, she also has obvious blind spots in her romantic history. Dane also did a wonderful job writing the reversal of roles between Sloan and her schizophrenic mother. Sloan’s brilliance in the office and her personal challenges collide when she deals with the men at work. In particular, I loved her attraction to her “off limits” co-worker, Special Agent Jordan Thomas. Their office flirtation was both sexy and believable. As much as I enjoyed the main characters in BLOOD OF EDEN,outside of Sloan's family and friends everyone else seemed to faded into nothingness. Also, the balance of action and believability was uneven, and despite a strong start, the plot felt choppy and unbelievable by books end. Those shortcomings may have dropped my rating of this book down to three bats, but they won’t keep me from coming back to the series. I’ll be sure to check out book two, if only for more time hanging out with Sloan. Sexual Content: Kissing, references to sex.

Người đọc Rodrigo Morales từ Mar'yanivka, Zaporiz'ka oblast, Ukraine

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.