Review: Great read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
This book had a bit of everything that I like – action, romance, angst, tension, supernatural creatures, sexy alpha males, kick-ass heroines…yep, a bit of everything! Even though I haven’t read the first two books in this series, it was easy to follow the story and I don’t feel that I missed anything at all. I really liked the world that Nina Croft has created and liked how all the different supernatural creatures interacted with one another.Faith’s character was great - her black & white view of things and her belief in good guys vs. bad guys was so key to her actions and personality and really drove her loyalty and commitment to those she was friends with and those she was protecting. It was awful all the pain in her life, starting with her mother being murdered and then finding out she had a terminal illness. I loved her reaction to Ash – although she had a lust-at-first-sight reaction to him, there was no way she was going to go for the bad boy type – and Ash was as bad boy as they come, right down to his leather pants…“For one thing, he wasn’t her type. Not that she had a type. She hadn’t dated in over two years. No wonder she was feeling horny. But if she did have a type, he wouldn’t be it. She liked nice men who wore smart suits and worked in offices. She was a sucker for a man in a tie and she was betting Ash had never worn one in his life.”Faith also does not believe in monsters – no way do they exist in her world! But when her investigation ends up landing her working for a secret government organization who is investigating the existence of these monsters, she ends up coming face to face with everything she doesn’t believe in…and also with the realization that perhaps lines aren’t always so clearly drawn between good and bad.Ash was quite the character, sexy as sin in his human form. As a demon he pretty much takes what he wants and uses his demon wiles to get whatever he sets his sights on – and he sets his sights on Faith from the first moment he sees her. Even though all he can think about is getting her into his bed, he really ends up being quite the gentleman and even a bit over-protective of Faith at times – and I loved it! And when they finally do get together…wow, lots of sparks!Although the story started off a little slow for me, it didn’t take more than a few chapters for the pace to pick up and for me to get totally engrossed in the story. I loved the banter between Ash and Faith, and I absolutely loved Faith’s ex-partner Ryan. The rest of the secondary characters were great and I can’t wait to go back and read the first two books to read more about them. A great overall read!I received an eARC from the Publisher in exchange for an honest review.