Elena finds herself rocketed from comfortable predictability to supernatural insanity courtesy of her own private angel of death who happens to have the sexiest accent on earth and a body to match. Her death angel is convinced she’s some kind of freaky half vampire thing and that her deceased dad was the real deal: a blood sucking monster.
Yeah, right. She’ll play along, but then she doesn’t have much choice seeing how as the guy claims to be some immortal law enforcer and has taken her prisoner.
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Nikolai Itzov had expected to fight the urge to torture the progeny of his father’s murderer, but he’d never anticipated battling the urge to kiss her her.
As a Slayer, an elite law enforcer descended from Azrael himself, his charge from the Underveil General is clear: Kill her or die. He has been told she is one of them--an Undead. Nothing but a parasite to be destroyed. But he has been told wrong.
Nikolai and Elena find themselves in a life and death battle to stop a plot designed to lift the Underveil and enslave humans.
With her analytical mind and his centuries of training and experience, they might be able to foil the plot with their lives and maybe their hearts intact. But in order to succeed, he must help her become the very thing he hates the most: an Undead.
MY THOUGHTS:
4 out of 5 stars
I used to read PNR's like they were air I needed to breathe. For every title I started, I had at least four waiting for me to finish. Have you seen the book igloo on Pinterest...yeah, I could probably build it with the books I've accumulated.
And then, just like that, I dropped the genre completely. Because sometimes you just need to read something different...and then you discover all the books in your new favorite genre and the cycle starts over again. Hence my stack of YA and NA and Fantasy books that I can use to build neighboring igloos.
There was something about this book though, that made me want to read it NOW. Even though I wasn't looking for a PNR, I NEEDED to read it. (And ok, yes I'll admit it...the cover wasn't hard to look at). So when I was flying to attend a conference a couple of weeks ago, I had it all set on my Kindle ready to go -- 2 flights and a 3 hour layover in between...perfect!
Thrown headfirst into a world she didn't know existed, Elena Arcos has quite the situation on her hands. Vampires, hunters, elves, shifters, new powers...welcome to life underneath the veil. Oh, and Nikolai - can't forget him. Especially once they are joined together by magic that doesn't break easily.
Oh, and there is the tiny little bit about a prophecy. So that also complicates things a bit.
I have to confess that I was a bit confused with the story at the beginning -- granted my PNR wheels were a bit rusty, but it took me a few chapters to visualize the different worlds and beings that exist "beneath the veil". But once I did, I was hooked. I found the story to be funny, attention-grabbing, and...well, lets just say that all the elements that I look for in a paranormal romance book were there.
As a reader with an overwhelming number of books on my to-read list, I sometimes feel like starting a new unknown series can be a bit of a risk - especially when it is an genre that has been off my radar for a while. No risk, no reward though, right? While this book is primarily the story of Elena and Nikolai, the world that has been built and the other characters introduced are intriguing and I look forward to reading more in this series and more from Marissa Clarke.
Thank you to Entangled Publishing for allowing me a chance to read this book in exchange for an honest review.
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