ARC Review: Wicked Kiss

Title:  Wicked Kiss
Author: Michelle Rowen
Series: Nightwatchers #2
Release Date: Feb 26, 2013
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Format:  eARC
Source: Publisher via NetGalley


Summary:

MY KISS CAN KILL.

I used to be ordinary Samantha Day, but that's changed. Now, after one dark kiss from a dangerous boy, I can steal someone's soul...or their life. If I give in to the constant hunger inside me, I hurt anyone I kiss. If I don't...I hurt myself.

Bishop is the one whose kiss I crave most, but if I kiss him, I'll kill him. Then there's another boy, one I can't hurt. One whose kiss seems to miraculously quell my hunger. They're both part of a team of angels and demons that's joined forces in my city to fight a mysterious rising darkness, an evil that threatens everyone I know and love. I just wonder if I'll be able to help Bishop-or if I'm just another part of the darkness he's sworn to destroy....

NIGHTWATCHERS

When angels and demons must work together, something beyond evil is rising...


Review:

Wicked Kiss is the second installment in the mystical tale of the Nightwatcher series.  This is one series that you wont soon forget.  Wicked Kiss offers a variety of mystery, love and jealousy that will keep you guessing.  It is one of the best Fallen Angel series on the market.

Michelle Rowen makes her world of Fallen Angels and Demons come alive!  She writes her books with a beautiful and heartfelt imagination.  Its the kind of story that I want to read again and again.

Samantha has had a really hard time.  She still cares for Bishop but when she kisses him she hurts him.  However when she kisses his brother her hunger is sated.  This makes for an interesting beginning to a possible love triangle. 

Samantha learns more and more about what she is up against.  She takes a lot of turns while figuring out the truth about what is plaguing the city, but once discovered she knows that she has to make the ultimate sacrifice to save the ones she loves. 

Wicked Kiss is an emotional rollercoster that just keeps going.  I don't ever want this ride to stop.  While the end of this book cleans up nicely, I'm still hoping for an encore!! 

About the Author:

National bestselling author Michelle Rowen writes paranormal romance, urban fantasy, and young adult fantasy. She was the winner of the 2007 Holt Medallion for Best First Book and the 2009 Romantic Times Reviewers Choice award for Vampire Romance. Michelle also writes YA high fantasy as Morgan Rhodes.






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Review: Dark Kiss

Title:  Dark Kiss
Author:  Michelle Rowen
Series:  Nightwatchers #1
Release Date: May 22, 2012
Publisher:  Harlequin Teen
Format:  Paperback
Pages:  352
Source:  Purchased


Summary:

I don't do dangerous.

Smart, über-careful, ordinary Samantha-that's me. But I just couldn't pass up a surprise kiss from my number-one unattainable crush. A kiss that did something to me...something strange. Now I feel hungry all the time, but not for food. It's like part of me is missing-and I don't know if I can get it back.

Then there's Bishop. At first I thought he was just a street kid, but the secrets he's keeping are as intense as his unearthly blue eyes. If he's what I think he is, he may be the only one who can help me. But something terrifying is closing in, and the one chance Bishop and I have to stop it means losing everything I ever wanted and embracing the darkness inside me....

NIGHTWATCHERS

When angels and demons must work together, something beyond evil is rising...

Review:

This is the first book by Michelle Rowen that I have read and I am impressed.  The world building was completely unique.  I dont think I have ever read anything quite like it. 

Samantha is an anomaly in the world she just doesnt know it.  She gets her soul sucked out when she is kissed by her long time crush.  Now she is a gray.  She is overwhelmed by all of this but when she meets the dark and sexy if not a little crazy Bishop things start to make a little bit of sense. 

Bishop is an angel that is on a mission from heaven to stop the problem of the grays but when he fell from heaven something went wrong.  His mind is not quite right.  The only time he is himself is when Samantha touches him.   

They work together in this exhillartating tale of heroism and forbidden love.  Samantha helps him find the other angels and demons to help witht the mission.

My favorite character in this book is Kraven.  He is not only Bishops brother but also a demon.  He has secrets but seems to be a part of the team.

Overall I really enjoyed this book!  I cant wait for the next in the series because there is a bit of a cliffhanger.