Her Avenging Angel by Felicity Heaton
Series: Her Angel #7
Published by Indie
Published on: October 11, 2014
Genres: Paranormal Romance
Pages: 327
Format: eARC
Source: Author
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Once a proud angel of Heaven, Nevar is now a servant of Hell, bound to a new master—the King of Demons. Consumed by darkness and driven to seek revenge, he set in motion a series of events that awakened the Great Destroyer, a force that will bring about the apocalypse. Now, he is the creature’s master and the fate of our world rests in the hands of an angel with only darkness in his heart.
Lost in the mortal realm without any recollection of how she came to be there, Lysia is only aware that she has survived a great battle. When she stumbles into a demon bar, she finds more than a chance to discover what happened to her—she finds a dark and deadly angel warrior who stirs fire in her veins and awakens soul-searing passion she cannot deny.
With the mounting threat of the Great Destroyer, the forces of Heaven and Hell against him, and a band of dangerous angels intent on capturing Lysia on his heels, can Nevar protect the beautiful woman who is light to his darkness and find the strength to save the world?
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You don’t get much darker than the apocalypse, and HER AVENGING ANGEL nailed the end-of-the-world vibe by going all out with epic battles between Heaven & Hell, the convergence of the thirteen, and of course the Great Destroyer story line. However, this is Felicity Heaton a.k.a. the queen of Paranormal Romance which means that in spite of all of the doom and gloom, there’s still plenty of steam, and a HEA that’ll rock your world. I strongly recommend that you read all of the previous novels before adding this one to your to-be-read pile because it’s all protagonists on deck in this installment due to the climactic nature of the plot arc, plus you’ll want one-on-one time with all of this series’ heroes, trust me!
It’s no secret that angels are my least favourite supernatural on account of their tendency to spout Bible verses, and to assume the role of goodie-two-shoes, but Nevar is as far from the stereotypical holier-than-thou as you can get. He’s a fallen bad boy, with a chip on his shoulder, and nothing left to lose—that is, until he meets Lysia. I enjoyed watching his transformation from dark and brooding to the world’s best chance of survival; as a recovering Euphoria addict, and contracted to the King of Demons, Nevar had more than his fair share of challenges to overcome. Calling him a reluctant hero would be putting it mildly, but true love has a way of changing a person, or in this case, a demonic angel—mind blowing sex, and twelve unlikely allies certainly help too!
Lysia was the perfect example of how appearances can be deceiving; I’d expected her to surpass Nevar in all things evil, but instead she was the embodiment of everything that’s good in the HER ANGEL universe. Readers were first introduced to her character when she strolls into a bar buck naked, and kicks a vampire’s ass. Needless to say, I liked her immediately! Her abilities were mind boggling, yet she had a vulnerability to her that was magnetic to the fallen angel’s alpha protective nature. Heaton made sure that we got our nookie fix before the action started with scene-after-scene of beach sex; there was however one downside to this book’s romantic elements, and that was the v-card, but that’s a personal pet peeve of mine, and the author didn’t dwell on it, so don’t let it deter you.
I enjoyed the twist that the angels of the apocalypse brought to the plot line, and watching all of this series’ previous characters come together to back Nevar & Lysia was exciting. I especially liked when Asmodeus proved his servant wrong, and Erin’s snarky way of kicking butt and taking names always manages to leave me grinning from ear-to-ear. I loved how vividly the author described the final battle between Heaven, Hell, and the Great Destroyer; that scene leapt off of the pages, and exceeded my expectations in every way. Heaton left readers in suspense until the final chapter for the protagonists’ HEA, however it was heart-meltingly sweet, and so worth the wait! I’m not sure who’ll star in the next book, but the original fallen are loose in the mortal realm which means that the thirteen, now fourteen’s job is far from over.
I always thought that the world would end in fire, but according to HER AVENGING ANGEL it concludes with bow chicka wow wow!
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I need to read this series. I love the Eternal Mates series by Heaton. Great review. The series looks really interesting, even though, like you, I’m not big on Angels.
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This author is a writing MACHINE! It’s hard to keep up with all of her series, but you’ll be happy to know that she plans on releasing 4 new EM books next year. That should keep you busy!
Hey I’ll take the world ending with bow chicka wow wow than on fire any day of the week!
I’m not usually a big fan of angel books for the very same reason you aren’t, I’m not keen on how preachy those books tend to get (there are som exceptions, Angelfall being the first that comes to mind) and this one sounds like a great paranormal romance to read for those cold days ahead! The only issue I have is that recommended reading all the previous books and damn, I don’t know if I can add 7 new books to the wish list!!
Great review Carmel!!
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Playing catch-up sucks, especially when I series is already this far gone. You could probably skip the first 3, but books 4-5-6 are rather essential to this one’s story arc.
I love her Eternal Mates series and her VET series but for some reason I couldn’t get into this one. Maybe I’m just that big of a fan on Angels since I dropped a different series based on them.
At least I’m not the only one who has a hate-on for Angels, Heaton’s are different mind you. I haven’t read any of her VET books, so you have a leg up on me there.
“I always thought that the world would end in fire, but according to HER AVENGING ANGEL it concludes with bow chicka wow wow!”
I have to admit to preferring Felicity’s ending Carmel! Fire or sexy times? I choose sexy times 😉 Clearly I need to read this series as paranormal romance is my very favorite genre, and it looks like I have some serious catching up to do so I better get moving:)
This author’s version of the apocalypse is 100 times better than the usual end-of-the-world angle. There’s no need to rush, Heaton’s angels should be savoured!
I have a tough time with angel books but I think I might like this one.
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Read in order huh? Well, that means you are adding more than one book to my wishlist! LOL I do love a good plot arc and so need to start checking these out.
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I’ve heard great things about this series and just haven’t gotten around to reading it yet. But I want a life size posted of that cover to stick on my bedroom wall. lol
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*poster, not posted dang it. lol
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And, what would you do with that poster pray tell? Lick it perhaps? 😉
Oh I just want to look at it as I fall to sleep and perhaps my dreams will be filled with shirtless, winged men. 😉
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There’s nothing wrong with that!
i dio get difficulties with some books about angels not really sure why.
i haven’t started this series yet though bu i’veread ” heart of darkness” from this author and i loved it so since you tell me the end of thisseries is not too dark i could be tempted to try it
thanks
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There are some darker elements in this series, but you can always count on Heaton for a satisfying HEA at the end of each book.
Yay – glad you loved Her Avenging Angel, Carmel! I know I’m going to go through withdrawals now that I’m caught up with the Eternal Mates series which I LOVE (thanks for the recommendation.) So I can’t wait to check her Angels series as well. Felicity can write battle scenes as well as steamy scenes, giving her paranormal romances lovers the best of both worlds.
Happy Friday & Have a Great Weekend 🙂
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Yay for being caught up! I think I missed a couple of your reviews though; I only remember seeing the one for Kissed by a Dark Prince. Thanks, you too! It’s Thanksgiving here, so I’ll be pigging out. Hehe!
So I had to oogle the covers since this is #7 and have to say they’ve improved a lot cause hey the first three essentially have the same cover. Angel looks smoking hot….
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Ha! Yes, the eye-candy has definitely gotten better as this series progressed. The first 3 are only 100-ish pages each, so maybe that’s why she didn’t go all out with the earlier artwork.
You’ve reminded me that I downloaded the first book of this series as an Amazon Kindle Freebie! It sounds like a great series! I’m a sucker for the HEAs!!
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You had me at ‘walks into a bard and kicks a vampire’s ass.’ I don’t know why I haven’t heard of this author before.
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Oh yeah! I’ve seriously loved the ones I’ve read so far in this series. I’m a good clip behind at this point but will get them all in at some point 😀
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I heard great things about her books, so couple of days ago I started to read Kissed by a Dark Prince and sadly I couldn’t pass the 25% mark. I think it was one of those “it’s me, not you” cases. I think I’d have the same problem if I’d give this one a go… I guess I’m not in the mood for PNR.
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Aww, that’s too bad. Yeah, I saw your Top off Tuesday post for Tempted by a Rogue Prince. Oh well, at least your tried; they aren’t for everyone.
Sounds like a kick ass read. Im really starting to dig F Heaton’s writing and worlds….they’re all dark and sexxy 🙂
Great review Carmel.
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I am so with you on the angels thing. They’re just not that exciting to me. But I totally respect your opinion, so if you say this series is good, it’s definitely worth a shot. I do so love apocalypse (although it sounds like I’ll have to put aside my knowledge of the book of Revelation), so that’s a plus. And steamy is always good.
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There’s no book of Revelation going on here, which like you said, is a good thing.
Angels are not my favorite either. But this series sound yummy!!
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