Archangel's Lineage (Guild Hunter #16) by Nalini Singh
Publication Date: April 23rd 2024 by Berkley
Pages: 378
Source: Publisher & Purchased Audiobook
Rating: ★★★★
My
Thoughts:
Archangel’s Lineage takes place ten years after the war
with Lijuan that nearly ended the world. They’ve been living in relative peace
for the last twelve months, so the Cadre decide to throw a post-war ball at the
Refuge. Before the celebrations can commence a violent earthquake strikes, injuring
and killing many and severely damaging the Refuge.
Natural disasters are happening around the globe with increasing
frequency and intensity, and the Refuge’s camouflage is fading with no
knowledge of how to repair it. The Cadre band together to find out how to stop
all this before the world is destroyed.
Meanwhile, Elena’s father, Jeffrey has a heart attack and is
unresponsive. Elena is terrified he’ll die before they mend all the past hurts
between them. My heart ached for Elena. Jeffery’s situation brought home the reality
of her immortality, living on long after her mortal family is gone. I really
enjoyed seeing Elena grow closer to her extended family. It was cathartic and
healing!
This is book sixteen in the Guild Hunter series. That sounds
a bit intimidating, but several books can be read as standalones, IMO, because
they focus on other couples besides Raphael and Elena, and only touch a little
on the continuing story ARC.
The Raphael/Elena books should be read in order. The history
of their romance is not to be missed! There are eight, including this
installment. I have a more detailed review explaining their history HERE.
It’s a little spoilery, but not anymore than you’d get from reading the book
descriptions. I binge read the
Raphael/Elena books in a month, back in 2018, and have been reading every new
installment since.
The Guild Hunter series is addictive and exciting! One I wholeheartedly
recommend! The audios narrated by
Justine Eyre are fantastic!
4 Stars
Book Description:
New York Times bestselling author Nalini
Singh’s dangerous and beautiful world of archangels, vampires, and
mortals has never faced a threat this cataclysmic…
Raphael and Elena are experiencing their first ever year of true peace. No war. No horrors of archangelic power. No nightmares given flesh. Until…the earth beneath the Refuge begins to tremble, endangering not only angelkind’s precious and fragile young, but the very place that has held their most innocent safe for eons.
Amid the chaos, Elena’s father suffers a violent heart attack that threatens to extinguish their last chance to heal the bonds between them and make sense of the ruins of their agonizing shared history.
Even as Elena battles grief, Raphael is torn from her side by the sudden disappearance of an archangel. But worse yet is to come. An Ancestor, an angel unlike any other, stirs from his Sleep to warn the Cadre of a darkness so terrible that it causes empires to fall and civilizations to vanish.
This time, even the Cadre itself may not be able to stop a ticking clock that is counting down at frightening speed…
Raphael and Elena are experiencing their first ever year of true peace. No war. No horrors of archangelic power. No nightmares given flesh. Until…the earth beneath the Refuge begins to tremble, endangering not only angelkind’s precious and fragile young, but the very place that has held their most innocent safe for eons.
Amid the chaos, Elena’s father suffers a violent heart attack that threatens to extinguish their last chance to heal the bonds between them and make sense of the ruins of their agonizing shared history.
Even as Elena battles grief, Raphael is torn from her side by the sudden disappearance of an archangel. But worse yet is to come. An Ancestor, an angel unlike any other, stirs from his Sleep to warn the Cadre of a darkness so terrible that it causes empires to fall and civilizations to vanish.
This time, even the Cadre itself may not be able to stop a ticking clock that is counting down at frightening speed…
