The characters are attractive. Savi is smart, curious and refuses to brood. I appreciate that. Colin is complex, insecure and arrogant, with a heart of gold that he'd rather hide. Also, handsome, very handsome. Their attraction is interesting. Brook's worldbuidling is also interesting, and complex. I like books or series' with big story arcs, this is a part of the epic - though, in this case the complexity is often confusing. Not just the world building , but even in the action from scene to scene.
A good story - and with some adjustments it could have been really really good. ( )

Colin's book in the Guardian's series. After reading Demon Angel I wasn't very excited about picking this one up. Colin was an interesting character in the first novel, but I wasn't very keen on reading his story. However, I've been told a lot that this series needs to be read in order, so I resisted the temptation to skip it. Surprisingly, I ended up loving Colin. He starts off a bit annoying because he's narcissistic and cocky, but over the course of the story you really begin to see how much he values the few friendships he has. Those friendships are quite old though and Colin hasn't really tried to form new ones a long time. This made watching him try to cultivate a relationship with Savi really fascinating to see. Brook has a knack for writing characters who stand a little outside of human society because of their age or what they are. That gap between him and human society really came across in some scenes. But Savi was the character who really stole the show. She's a computer genius who relies on her intelligence to get her out of the situations she finds herself in. When the book opens, she's having a very James Bond-ish moment in an airplane that made me love her almost instantly. However, she has her limitations and she's fairly aware of what they are. All in all, I really loved this installment of the series. ( )

Comecei a ler este livro, sem grandes expectativas e com o desejo de querer "despachá-lo". Tinha tido grandes dificuldades na compreensão do Damon Angel e sabia que, quanto mais depressa ultrapassasse este livro (considerado por alguns fãs da saga e mesmo por indicação da autora, difícil), mais depressa poderia apreciar o resto da saga. Isto pode parecer um pouco cruel mas, quando temos uma estante que parece crescer de dia-para-dia, em vez de diminuir, há alturas do ano em que não o interessa o que lemos, desde que ajude a passar o tempo. Era romance e era de um autor que eu conhecia e gostava: para mim era o suficiente.
Damon Angel tinha sido uma leitura difícil e longa e esperava deste livro algo semelhante mas, estranhamente, não foi isso que aconteceu. Sim, ainda é um universo complexo e difícil. Sim, ainda tive problemas para compreender tudo o que se estava a passar. Neste universo há mesmo muito para absorver mas mesmo assim adorei a aventura e o romance de ambos. Acho que teve momentos muito bons!
Não é segredo que Meljean Brook é uma das minhas escritoras favoritas e esta é uma das razões: ela é excelente quando escreve sobre casais interraciais. É muito fácil cair no erro de mencionar a diferença entre os elementos do casal, como admiração ou temor, nos romances românticos. Muitas escritoras até usam isso como tema do romance, o que é perfeitamente plausível. No caso de Savitri e Colin foi apenas um detalhe.
Colin é simplesmente delicioso. Sim, ele é bonito, vaidoso e orgulha-se disso. Savitri tem muitas restrições: a sua etnia e cultura, a sua mortalidade, a sua independência. Colin é quase como um oposto demasiado oposto para que um relacionamento entre ambos seja credível: ele parece acabado de sair de um livro de Oscar Wilde, ela do filme Blade Runner. ( )

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Interesting, intelligent characters; even when they did stupid things, it made sense. Complex world building -- less overwhelming than in Demon Angel, but covers enough that I think newcomers to the series would be able to start here. The storyline was engaging, although I agree with other reviewers that there were a few too many redundancies and it seemed a bit overly-long (although at nearly 500 pages, I think my attention span would find almost anything overly-long). The romance was hot and angsty, but there was enough humor to balance the angst. Even though you know there's going to be an HEA, the "how" remains a mystery until the last few pages.

I feel like I'm complaining a lot, but I did really enjoy this book. It's moving to my keeper shelf and I'm looking forward to reading the next in the series. ( )