Seraphs

Seraphs (2007) Faith Hunter

Thorn St. Croix is now out of the closet as a neomage. Half the town wants to thank her for saving them, the other half wants to burn her at the stake. To make things worse, there are angels trapped under the mountain, and it looks like Thorn is the only one who has a chance of getting them out.

The things that bother me about the first book, still bother me about this one; the “forced heat” when seraphs and neomages are together (or anyone even related to a seraph) is the biggest one. Which of course happens repeatedly to Thorn. (And then there’s her ex-husband, but that’s something else entirely.)

However, the story continues to be fascinating, and even if I’m still a bit uncertain about the world, I really want to know what happens to Thorn–and more importantly I want to understand why the world is the way it is (though I have a feeling I’ll be denied on that last bit). I like Thorn and her friends, and although I still find her constantly going into heat annoying, it wasn’t completely distracting from the story.

I just don’t understand why all books that are supposed to appeal to women have to be filled with sex. I mean, really. Are we seen as being incapable of being interested in plot and character development?

Although the story arc is completed in this book, I wouldn’t have wanted to have finished this book if I hadn’t had the next in the series waiting.
Rating: 7/10

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