Rachael*Caribbean*girl*bibliophile's Reviews > Archangel's Sun

Spoilers ahead







We begin in the aftermath of the war that led to such devastation and loss, the focus shifts from Raphael's area of NY to Africa and the horrors wrought there by Lujuan's partner in crime the Archangel Charisemnon. Titus is now in charge of the whole of Africa after he killed the previous Archangel. Rebuilding the country has been put on the backburner as Titus and his people battle packs of the reborn daily....in the midst of this fight when Titus desperately needs warriors he's not pleased that the cadre are sending the fragile Lady Hummingbird to him, but the angel who comes to his territory s not the broken and delicate Hummingbird of his memory....instead he's faced with Sharine a woman of strength and sharp tongue who's unafraid to stand up to Titus even with his booming voice. Sharine proves to be exactly what Titus needs as more horrors are unearthed ....it seems Charisemnon wasn't content with infecting mortals and vampires with his disease....he experimented on his own kind too. Exhausted and devastated Titus soon finds himself doing the one thing he never expected....falling for a woman and hoping for a forever



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Had this been any other series I'd have DNF this book pretty early on, it took quite a while to pick up
Unfortunately I was bored a lot of the time and I struggled to finish this evidenced by the fact that it took me the entire weekend to finish this
However there were brilliant moments in here, amidst the tedium, that reminded me of why I love this series
Sharine was a highlight for me, in all honesty even "knowing" her throughout this series I never expected her story. She has been a fractured and delicate creature for so long I never expected differently and that would've been a disgrace because the absolute best part of this book was seeing Sharine come out of the shadows of her past as Hummingbird and becoming Lady Sharine..... Not quite a warrior but a woman of strength who could more than hold her own. I really enjoyed seeing this side of her, her relationship with Illium and even Aodhan were also beautiful and their interactions brought a smile to my face. Sharine made mistakes with her son but her love for him was absolute! I'd have liked to see the cadre react to this new version of Sharine as all of angelkind had viewed her as delicate for so long
Titus we know as the brash and loudmouthed warrior archangel, he's also very well known for being a lover of women and quite arrogant so imagine my surprise when I fell a little in love with Titus. He was exactly what Sharine needed just as she was what he needed. Their moments together were hilarious as Titus is forced to adjust his perception of Sharine and later sexy and compelling as they gave in to the connection between them....... Plus a chocolate mmc and many chocolate secondary characters!!! Yassssssssssssss
Given my love above why not five stars? I'm sorry but way too much of the book was dedicated to the aftermath of the war and fighting the reborn .....I really struggled through those chapters as they felt so tedious. I wanted much more time with Titus and his Shari, given their long lives lived even though the connection is clear between them the development of the relationship took an unfortunate back burner to the other events in the book... The fact that it ended settled but not concrete didn't help with my dissatisfaction on the relationship front
All in all this wasn't the win I'd hoped for but this is a series I'll be reading until the very end!


***I really really really hope Illium or Aodhan get their books soon.....maybe a mmf?? Lol time will tell