KISS OF PRIDE
April 24, 2012 ARC
SOME MEN ARE TOO BAD TO BE TRUE...
Is he really a Viking with a vampire’s bit[e]? An angel with the body of a thunder god? A lone wolf with love on his mind? Alexandra Kelly, his prey, thinks Vikar Sigurdsson is either flat-out crazy or he’s trying to maneuver her into his bed--which is hardly where a professional reporter should conduct an interview, tempting as that prospect might be.
SOME MEN ARE TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE...
Until Vikar does something a teensy bit unexpected, and Alex begins to wonder whether her mystery man could really be everything he says he is: a Viking Vampire Angel on a thousand-year-long mission with his pack of sinful brothers—and a man who’s finally found the woman of his dreams. By then, Vikar is already wrapping his chiseled arms around Alex’s body...and sinking his wicked fangs right into her neck. If this is sin, why does it feel so good?
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I find this title and cover hard to accept Since the "Kiss of Pride" made think of werelions, and now I know it's about the Sin of Pride so other than some major smooching I don't get it. Plus the main male character is described as having long hair with beads in it.
There was a lot about God and archangels in the first fifty pages which, with my aversion to religion almost closed the book for me. Not to mention the rather ridiculous premise of God turning a bunch of marauding Vikings into Vampire angels who have to save the souls of others. But I stuck it out and started to enjoy the story as the couple gets together and have some heated encounters. Even then, once in a while the "R" word would rear it's head.
There were some great anecdotal plot arcs that really didn't advance the story but that The whole thing is a bit shallow and I was never sure if it was religious or if the religion was tongue in cheek. The female love interest Alex lost her child to murder and while perturbed doesn't seem to have taken it in entirely. If it was actually intended to push religion then the amount of almost sex and its descriptive nature would be a shock. The hell realm was a bit comical. I felt the characters were a troupe fro a graphic novel.
Vampire angels taking up residence in a renamed town in Pennsylvania. I've seen weirder things, and it adds to the carnival atmosphere. The phrase "more money than God" came to mind when Vikar gives a triple bonus to a contractor who can redo a castle in seven-days. They're in tight with God, how about a few miracles? And the vampire angel combo is a bit like someone threw dice with types of supernatural creatures and one came up vampire and the other angel.
All this aside, Hill somehow combines the entirety into a charming, often humorous novel with a lovely HEA.
I am doing an experiment on my site with text color and size. The red is pretty much my signature but I wonder if a lighter color text is preferable and if I can get away with this size text in a lighter color. What do you think??
From publisher via Edelweiss in expectation of a fair review based on my opinions. No remuneration was exchanged and uless otherwise noted all opinions are my own.
From publisher via Edelweiss in expectation of a fair review based on my opinions. No remuneration was exchanged and uless otherwise noted all opinions are my own.
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