Lord of the Abyss / Desert Warrior (Harlequin Nocturne)
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Genre: Romance
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Author:
Genre: Romance
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Yvonne L. reviewed on + 929 more book reviews
This book consisted of two novels by Singh: Lord of the Abyss and Desert Warrior. Lord of the Abyss is the last book of the House of Royals.
I didnt give very high ratings for the last two books of the House of Royal series. The only book I enjoyed was the first one by Gena Showalter and even that wasnt as good her regular work. I was thoroughly impressed with Singhs Lord of the Abyss. Micah was sweet in a clueless kind of way and the fact that he was the gatekeeper of the Abyss only added to the danger / sexy element. I also loved Lilianas attitude towards life in general. She knew when to fight and went to hold back. She was smart and knew what to do. I thought Singh also did a great job of incorporating fairytales without beatingn it with a dead horse. There were remnants of beauty and the beast, bluebeard, Cinderella, and probably a dozen more she used. My only problem was that I expected more out of the last battle. I was hoping we got to see what the other siblings had to do to breach the castle. Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
Ironically I have never been a fan of Singhs Desert Warrior type series. She has a few of them I think and like the other ones I had to force myself to finish it. I did but with a lot of skim reading. The problems I have with them are that generally the characters are really stupid. It also written in a way where the scenes and dialogue did not blend well together. It was very choppy. I didn't find the males sexy at all just ridiculous. I mean who marries a women knowing he is never going to forgive her for a past sin and never going to love her? Its not like she had power or money. There was nothing to be gained. And the scenes werent playful or fun. I found the book painful to read. It is so different from the writing Singh does for her shifter series that I wonder if she really wrote them. Not worth the time.
So I loved the first book but the "Desert Warrior" definitely can be skipped.
I didnt give very high ratings for the last two books of the House of Royal series. The only book I enjoyed was the first one by Gena Showalter and even that wasnt as good her regular work. I was thoroughly impressed with Singhs Lord of the Abyss. Micah was sweet in a clueless kind of way and the fact that he was the gatekeeper of the Abyss only added to the danger / sexy element. I also loved Lilianas attitude towards life in general. She knew when to fight and went to hold back. She was smart and knew what to do. I thought Singh also did a great job of incorporating fairytales without beatingn it with a dead horse. There were remnants of beauty and the beast, bluebeard, Cinderella, and probably a dozen more she used. My only problem was that I expected more out of the last battle. I was hoping we got to see what the other siblings had to do to breach the castle. Other than that, I thoroughly enjoyed the book.
Ironically I have never been a fan of Singhs Desert Warrior type series. She has a few of them I think and like the other ones I had to force myself to finish it. I did but with a lot of skim reading. The problems I have with them are that generally the characters are really stupid. It also written in a way where the scenes and dialogue did not blend well together. It was very choppy. I didn't find the males sexy at all just ridiculous. I mean who marries a women knowing he is never going to forgive her for a past sin and never going to love her? Its not like she had power or money. There was nothing to be gained. And the scenes werent playful or fun. I found the book painful to read. It is so different from the writing Singh does for her shifter series that I wonder if she really wrote them. Not worth the time.
So I loved the first book but the "Desert Warrior" definitely can be skipped.
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