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128 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 1, 2012
“I’ll love you until my dying breath, give you anything and everything you want.”
Galen is a weapons-master, a warrior who understands violence. He’s rough around the edges, and blunt in his honesty. And when he decided to join Raphael’s ranks he never expected to fall for a gentle teacher, one who couldn’t be more different than him. But Galen is determined to claim angel Jessamy, he just needs to convince her to give him a chance.
Jessamy is a broken angel. With her disfigured wing she will never have the ability to fly, and so has spent thousands of years trapped on the mountains of the Refuge. But despite the pain in her heart, she has made a life for herself, teaching the angelic young, and being the keeper of the angels’ histories. But loneliness continues to be her best companion. Until a warrior angel from another court threatens her safe little life.
“I can carry you anywhere you want to go.” That was why he was so strong, so big—he’d been born for her.
Galen definitely stole the show for me in this novella. I loved this gruff and honest warrior, and the way he noticed Jessamy as a woman, when most just saw her as a teacher. How he was able to see and understand the pain she felt because she couldn’t fly, and how he would take her in his arms and fly her around for hours, was amazing!! And I loved how possessive and protective he was over her, he had me swooning all the way.
No matter what she’d argued, what she knew to be the safe choice, she was a woman who ached for something that might well break her forever… and he was a beautiful man.
I did like Jessamy and how sweet she was with all the angel babies. But for a woman who was several thousands of years old, she seemed a bit too naïve to me. I didn’t like how she had to have time to sort out her feelings for Galen, not knowing if it was only because of gratefulness. But I did like how once decided, she was all in.
His selfishness was only a small one—he wanted her to need him, want him, for himself. No one in his life had ever cared for him just because he was Galen.
The romance was really sweet, and I love how hard Galen pursued Jessamy. And that angel dance – so hot!!!
Galen looked the angel up and down. “Bluebell, you couldn’t take me if I was blindfolded and had both hands tied behind my back.”
“Bluebell?” Illium narrowed his eyes. “That’s it, Barbarian.” Throwing two of the knives to Galen, he picked up two of his own.
I loved that this novella played off a few hundred years before Angel’s Blood. It was so interesting to see all my favorite characters, and how they were back then. And we saw how Illium got the nickname of Bluebell :-D And meet beautiful Aodhan before he was broken. He was so sweet and it’s so sad to see him like this knowing how broken he is now :-(
A very interesting novella, with a lot of insightful moments. Highly recommended to all fans of this series.