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Reaver by Larissa Ione
Date Read: 2014
Genre: PNR, Romance
More Information:WARRIOR OF HEAVEN
Reaver is an angel with a past, a record, and a less-than-heavenly attitude. Powerful enough to fight alongside the fiercest battle angels-and crazy enough to risk his wings on a one-way mission to hell-he's agreed to go where no angel has ever gone before...to steal the most seductive and dangerous prize of Satan himself.
ANGEL OF HELL
Harvester is one of the Fallen, a once-heroic angel who sacrificed her wings to work as an undercover agent in hell. But now her cover has been blown, and she's been doomed to an eternity of agonizing torture. Even if Reaver can snatch her away from Satan's lair, even if they can fight their way out of the underworld's darkest depths, there is one thing Harvester can never escape-her newfound thirst for an angel's blood...
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Series: Lords of Deliverance #5
Also by this author: Eternal Rider, Immortal Rider, Lethal Rider, Rogue Rider, Bound by Night
Also in this series: Eternal Rider, Immortal Rider, Lethal Rider, Rogue Rider, Revenant
Read for fun (Physical Copy)
Overall Rating: 5.00
Story Rating: 5.00
Character Rating: 5.00
First Thought when Finished: Reaver was freaking Amazing and now begins the countdown to the next book!
Story Thoughts: Holy Kick Ass trip way down under (and I am not talking Australia)! I had so much “fun” (seems wrong after all the things Reaver/Harvester/and a few others went through) going on the “Rescue Harvester even though it is possibly the worst thought out plan EVER” journey! Seriously, remind me to always hire the assassins he did but never let Reaver do the planning. The best part of the story was how Larissa took me from “loving to hate” Harvester to “loving to root” for her. That character growth through the storyline arc was most impressive. I wanted a little “smack upside the head” to Reaver from her. Hey they guy deserved it even if he wasn’t the same person anymore. We all grow and change but in this case, a little bit of kick ass is sometimes needed to make the harmed feel better. I didn’t say I was rooting for a knock-down drag out just a few well placed “you ass” moments 🙂 I got that and some action, suspense, and story-arc that made me roar!
Character Thoughts: I should have never doubted that Larissa could make me love Harvester (though I did have my doubts). However, I never expected to love and root for Harvester more than Reaver. That’s right people, in the end I just had one hope for them: That Reaver would continue to prove that he was worthy of Harvester. That really floored me. However, let’s talk about Dr. Blaspheme: BEST.CHARACTER.EVER! I would have used her quote that ended with “toodles” for the quote jar but this is Reaver/Harvester’s story.
Final Thoughts: The wait for the next one is likely to kill me *sigh*
Quote Jar (everything above a 4.75 gets a quote):
Conversation between Wraith and Reaver:
“So,” he said, “you really think having archangels string you up by your halo is worth saving this Harvester chick?”
Yes. “Even if stopping Lucifer’s reincarnation isn’t a good enough reason to rescue her, she still deserves it,” he said. “She saved the world.”
Wraith shrugged. “So did I, but I don’t see you offering up your holy ass to save me.”
“Are you suffering unspeakable horrors at the hands of Satan?”
“No,” Wraith said, “but sometimes I have to eat hospital cafeteria food.”
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I loved it too,I just wish I’d had read it instead of listening 🙁
the narrator’s interpretation took away from an awesome story. I knew this was 5 stars reading experience.
Larissa is awesome!
Great review!
I tried to listen to the first one of these on audio and just couldn’t do it. These are definite read books for me!
What?! Did I hear you right? You didn’t like Harvester until, say, now? Like maybe at the end of the last book? I liked her way before that! She was like the bad guy I liked! She never really did anything bad along the way, unless I’m conveniently forgetting stuff! She was helping sometimes… Okay, blowing up the one castle was bad but (I think that was her!).
I have this one sitting and waiting for me but I thought it was the last one!!! What are you saying, who’s next????? Ahhhhh!!! Review books need to get read on their own 😉
Btw… NICE read reading Kresley!!! I own that one and still need to get caught up on that series!!! I think I’m 5 books in 😀
Nope! I didn’t even like her at the end of the last book though the ice was thawing. I just couldn’t get over how she treated Reaver even if she had a reason to do it. That being said, I loved to hate her. I thought she was the best written bad guy though now that goes to Remenant (spelling). She was fascinating!
You need to read this and I can’t tell you the next because it would spoilery. Other than you will love Blaspheme —she is a smart ass extraordinaire 🙂
I am loving the Cole series–I am back to it today 🙂
I’m feeling like I need to meet Dr. Blaspheme. Like, now.
She is a smart ass that verbally smacked down a big bad boy. In other words, she pretty much kicked ass!
5s across the board!!! WOWsers!
Yeppers and in your bag of awesome for the next time I see you 🙂
I haven’t read book 1 yet? Am I pathetic or what? So need to start. Loved the quotes. You know that is up my alley!
I haven’t read the Demonica series which ties in heavily with this one but you really should read these!
Already book five… sigh! How am I going to get this series read? I know it is a fav or yours. I love it when an author totally makes me change my mind about a character!
Eventually you will 🙂 It is such a good series and Larissa is one of my favorite authors. She just writes my kind of people 🙂
Great review Felicia, you are so tempting me to read another Larissa Ione book.
She is pretty smexy so I don’t know if they would be up your alley. She writes great stories but I would be on the fence recommending them to you (since I know your reading likes)
I really need to catch up, I have Thanatos book on my shelf… now I just need to get w/ the program to get to Reavers!
Oh Than! He was my favorite horseman *sigh*! Oh man, I feel a reread coming on 🙂
I may have to start this series based on that quote alone! Hilarious!
Oh this series is full of quotes like that. The one I didn’t use (that I wanted to) had a gal verbally smacking down someone and walking away while saying “Toodles”. It was fantastic 🙂
Awesome review..I love when a book gives you that thrill and high that only a stellar book and story can deliver!
It was that kind of book. She is one of my auto-buy authors 🙂