| Title | : | Elven Blood (Imp, #3) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | 8800880088 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 332 |
| Publication | : | First published March 29, 2013 |
9781484001356.
Sam may be the Iblis, but she is also an imp with a price on her head. The powerful demon, Haagenti, won’t rest until she’s dragged back to Hel for “punishment”. Sam knows she can’t face Haagenti and win, so when an Elf Lord offers to eliminate the demon in return for her help, Sam accepts. It’s a simple job – find and retrieve a half-breed monster dead or alive. But finding this demon/elf hybrid isn’t proving easy and time is running out.
Elven Blood (Imp, #3) Reviews
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After reading three of these in a row - loving the first, liking the second, but not getting into this one quite as much - I will still continue the series but it's not as urgent of a series addiction right now. The book is good, but there were things that became small turn-offs and dampered my enjoyment a bit.
Sam is funny at times - especially when teasing the elves with her singing - but she does have a vicious side. Her sidekick visitors kept me laughing, and I'm amazed Wyatt is so entranced still considering their differences and how the relationship seems to be leading into a love triangle zone. Wyatt is a great guy but perhaps should move to friend zone by this point since it's pretty obvious the angel is stealing the scene and I'm not sure how much longer Wyatt can stay onboard with the supernatural love-drama. I'm curious on the sister and those developments. Meanwhile Gregory isn't endearing himself to me half the time with the punishment stuff, arrogance and smugness either.
The best things the book and series have going for it is the humor that's so fun it leaves me laughing aloud, how unique the main character, the dark worldbuilding blended in with delightfully morbid fun stuff, and that the pacing is pretty evenly applied with all the action sequences.
The series is well recommended to Urban Fantasy fans and is a hidden discovery for me - I will definitely be reading the rest of the series, unless something happens to completely sour it for me, but the slightly uneven pacing with this one and some annoyances with Sam cooled some of my fire and enthusiasm for a bit. -
3.5/ 4
This chick is positively crazy!
I still like her and I love how you can see her evolve from book to book. It'd definitely a series worth trying out! -
Elven Blood (Imp #3) by Debra Dunbar is my favorite book in the series so far! It had me in giggles the first page and a half. This book is a hoot! It bounced between fighting demons, avoiding angels, letting her hell-hound eat evil heads, fighting elves, and avoiding hit men from hell. All the while trying to keep a relationship with her human boyfriend, retrieve her demon hybrid horse, hide a succubus sister that arrived unexpectedly. She also has to accomplish a few impossible tasks to keep everyone alive, including herself. It is so funny and action packed that I had a blast reading this! Super fun read!
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★★★★★★ STARS
Oh, how I love this relatively unknown series. It’s a gem that intend to re-read several times.
Sam is a minor imp, used to flying under the demon and angel radar, leaving her free to enjoy her extended (40 year) vacation Earth.
By becoming the Iblis, (unwillingly) there are no more rocks to hide under. What’s worse, both heaven and Hel(l) resent her new status as much as she does. As a bound demon, angelic bureaucracy, with 200 pages long kill reports with strict deadlines and hellish punishments. (Well, to a demon; Aaruish/heavenly punishments) has become part of her life.
Back home, old demons with serious grudges are messing up her private life as well. And on top of it all; she is now practically running a safe house for demons hiding from angelic and elven wrath. All these demands are putting a strain on her relationship with Wyatt, her human boyfriend. A crying shame for Sam, an absolute delight for the readers;-)
I found myself laughing, absolutely delighted throughout most of this book.
I was as amused as Gregory when Sam used a danish to express a difference of opinion at the Aaru council meeting, inciting a fight with a millions of years older Gabriel. Practically every scene between Gregory and a real succubus was hilarious. Readers of the first book will remember that Gregory mistook Sam for one when they first met, so his reaction to the real deal; delightful:-)
There are a lot of endearing scenes here as well. Wyatt’s insecurities laid bare to Sam when he confronts Sam with her attraction to Gregory. Sam: developing a guilty conscience - unheard of for a demon. And then there is Gregory: Struggling with old wounds, slowly discovering a fondness for humanity, acting as Sam’s owner, big brother, tough mentor… And non-corporeal lover… ;-) Hmm, yes, he might want to take her to Aaru for “rehabilitation” but it is clear that Sam, and maybe Gregory, are exactly where they need to be. (On Earth, learning from eons-old mistakes.
Oh; and I really want Gregory to call in his many favours in the next novel, preferably in the for of angel fucking. After all, 2.5 mill years is a hell of a dry spell. Yes, I want Gregory to NOT mind his “vibration patterns” for a while. Guess Sam is right: Demons and humans have a lot in common. Because I want angel-boy to (temporarily) fall. Fall, I tell you, fall! ;-) -
I'm calling it a day on this one. Can't bring myself to care enough about finishing it. Having a very un-human character is both bad and good. There are times I connect with her and other time's I'm horrified. But overall I just don't dig the dichotomy.
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3,50 Transition stars
This is clearly a transition book. Once again the pacing was really odd, alternating between impossibly complicated dangers and character's internal turmoil reflections. The plot revolves around the threat from Haagenti and the Elf mission to retrieve a possible elf-demon hybrid baby.
The blood feud and the constant attacks from Haagenti were really too long drawn and the fighting scene felt like way too late and too short to release the tension of such a procrastinated smackdown. Sam might be free from this danger now, but has acquired two Lord Elves as enemies in return. I wasn't convinced by the solution of the hybrid-baby hunt either. Hybrid are always a very interesting subject to me, I like in-between things, fluid, full of unknown possibilities, so I was really eager to see how the author would play that out, but I guessed pretty quickly who would that turn out to be. Ms Dunbar, you really need to work on Sam's overall intuitivity, it can be annoying for a reader to have to wait so long for the unfolding of something we had known all along. I didn't like Amber, her introduction was too short and superficial. It felt a bit like more of a plot device to create more couple problems between Wyatt and Sam than anything else. She literally had that one scene.
I still liked the book, some parts of it very very much so. Every scene with Gregory is such a pleasure, I usually read them twice straight away. I am dying to know what's up with all the favours he's asking from Sam. There was some very significant moments...I just can't get enough of him and them together! I can really feel his strong, burning, imposing energy...sigh...The scene of the Ruling Council went as I had hoped, I would have cheered for even more mayhem. Come on, who can refuse the impulse to be a Imp when surrounded by super uptight people? It reminded me of every time we have auditors visting us, with their predicatble blue suits, blue ties and leather shoes and perfectly parted hair...I honestly don't know how I manage, every time, to stop myself from walking up to them and loosen all their ties and mess mercilessly with their hair...I probably should do it next time instead, yes...He's also a bit in the backburner in this instalment, so whenever he showed up it was even more interesting.
It really mostly revolves about all the changes Sam is going through and the decicions she comes to make. She has to be almost forced to take his new position and duties seriously, she doubts herself, her morals, her actions in respect to other people, she craves the approval of the people she loves, Wyatt most of all. She gets fear of failure, more guilt, a little self-pity and self-doubt. She is certainly no longer just an imp. She's not just a demon and not the demon she was used to be. I am sure that Gregory, with his omniscience, has seen already a glimpse of what she could actually be if she quit the non-chalant demon attitude. As repetitive as certain thoughts were, I really don't mind, never mind, characters' growth. It was due and inevitable. As long as she does get to the other side, I will follow the transformation patiently. She made some pretty important choices about human lives in this story, her empathy level is growing exponentially.
While I loved everything that showed how together and in love Sam and Wyatt were, and there were some incredibly tender and touching moments, not just hot ones, I think Wyatt is suffering from lack of...deeper characterization. His behaviour seemed a bit bipolar at times, he obviously had his own changes going on that brought him to a different attitude, but we only got his explosions. Sometimes they fell a bit out of the blue. For someone who hardly blinked after learning Sam is a demon, his sudden show of ethical doubts felt a bit odd, his whole emotional and thinking processes are missing from the page. One thing is clear, he's more and more aware of the disturbing sides of being a demon and he's no more willing to just close his eyes about the icky factors. Sam is a devouring demon, the souls she keeps inside her live in constant terror, she draws from their emotions. No, it's not a delicate trait for sure. He guilt-trips her about it. On one side it's good she comes to question things and give more value to life, on the other she is a demon, he knew it already. It could all have been managed better I think, it would have been more powerful than just painful fights for this couple. Their bond, nonetheless, seems pretty strong still at the end of the story.
I absolutely will follow on with this serie, but I need a little pause before going on, I gulped the first three parts at once. Hopefully, faster action, more Gregory and less repetitions in the next one. -
So good! I'm addicted.
RTC
(The scene with Sam and the angels in the conference room has to be one of the most hilarious scenes I've ever had the pleasure of reading!) -
I liked this one better than the second. It's nice to watch this anti-hero grow.
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This is the third book in the series and possibly my favorite so far. Not many authors could pull off making a fun and enjoyable character you can actually relate to when they are a demon, but Debra Dunbar does it extremely well with her series. Oh, sure, Sam does some rotten things as we’ve seen from previous books like make a whole bar full of people crave hot wings for a week or toss gum on the ground with the hope someone will step on it. Let’s not even get into the time she made a human play Angry Birds for his soul. The list goes on, but she is an imp and it’s in her nature to wreak havoc.
Having said that, she’s been living with humans for decades and that has slowly changed her. She’s a bit more sympathetic than she once was and she’s made a lot of non-demon friends over the years. It doesn’t stop her from being naughty, especially to aggravate a certain sexy angel she is bound to, but she isn’t as quick to do truly horrible things like she once was.
The action and fight scenes for this one are awesome too. One thing about having an imp as a main character is she fights dirty. Morals and ethics have no bearing, yet you find yourself rooting for her because most of the guys she’s fighting deserve what they get. Not to mention Sam has an awesome sense of humor. I think I must be either smiling or laughing through half the book even when something bloody or gruesome is going on. She has an amazing way of making such things as amusing to the reader as they are to her.
At the same time, I could really feel her inner conflict this time as she tried to get her latest job done and keep from getting killed by a more powerful demon. Everyone, including those who care about her, were making demands that were nearly impossible to fulfill. There were a few emotional moments that endeared her to me further than even before because she has that human element where she feels loneliness and pain in ways most of her kind don’t. This was not an easy book to put down and I was definitely kept in suspense the whole time.
For those who like urban fantasy, this is a must read—especially if you have a naughty side and a good sense of humor. The world-building for the Imp Series is original and well thought out. All the characters come to life on the page and there is never a dull moment. I’m super excited to see how things go with the next book and hope the wait isn’t long.
Five whips for Elven Blood! -
I'm torn between 4 and 5
1st read 9/29/16
re-read 6/9/2017- One of my favorite humorous UF series.
I really, really like this series. One thing I have noticed is that the books always start with several things going on in Sam life and you never are sure which way the story is going to go. Some of it is just seeing how Sam's life is, like figuring out the ruling council. But this isn't the main plot, neither is the elves and politics though I'm sure those will come back to mean a lot. The demon that is after her, is a big part and one of the main plots, which was a side plot in the last book. But I think the half breed might be the biggest plot going on. Still both the half breed and demon that is after her get resolved though there are definitely things that are going to be started by how Sam went about it. Taking a while to figure out what is the main point of the book is my biggest complaint, yet... it is not bad because there is humor and character building during the build up to the main plot lines. The plot moves slowly at first but the low is filled with the daily and changing life of Sam and her friends.
So why the 4, the humor was a little less here as every thing seemed a little more serious. I still laughed quite a bit but not as much as the first two. Since these books attract me mostly because of the humor, I decided to bump down. The plot starts too slowly to give 5 for the plot, though the characters are still great.
When I say that the humor wasn't as fun as book one and two, that doesn't mean that it is not humorous, it is just more serious. There are many laugh out loud moments, like the council's first meeting, where she has to sit with the other angels on the council. It was a hoot.
I am still enjoying it greatly and will be starting the spin off of the half breed probably after the next book. Definitely a favorite series of mine at this point, but it is not for everyone. -
No more hiding
I do believe that Sam has turned a corner in this book. She is still the chaotic imp we love, but she has started thinking more of others at times, not only herself. She also makes some difficult choices on whether or not she wants to take control of her own future instead of coasting and avoiding conflict because it is easier.
I will still admit to not warming up to Wyatt. I think that so far his actions could be seen as total support of Sam, but I don't necessarily see him that way. I see him as more apathetic about her actions as a demon until he isn't. In this novel, that is no longer the case. Suddenly, he is no longer letting things slide like he did before. I think the novelty has worn off, however, and he is now wondering if this is really the relationship he wants.
I'm excited to read the next novel. Now that Sam is growing as a character and she is interacting with the angels, things are going to be a lot more interesting. -
There was a lot of repetition in this book, but the plot was good, and this kind of evil...
GIFSoup -
My book binge is complete for today, looking forward to tomorrow when I read book 4 & 5.
Love this series :D -
I think this is probably the first time I've tagged a book as twisted and meant it as a compliment.
Not only is this book filled with laugh out loud moments but Sam still manages to retain the moral ambiguousness that so entertained in the first book. -
Having been chosen by an ancient artifact, Sam is now the Iblis, or in other words Ha-satan. This is a role that no one in hell wants, including Sam, causing her to wonder if her infamous lucky streak is now at an end. Unfortunately for Sam, this means that she now has to meet with angels as a member of the angel counsel and as luck or in her case bad luck would have it, this means copious amounts of paperwork, something the trouble loving imp is not the least bit fond of. To make matters worse, there is a demon who has placed a bounty on her head and the elves want her to track down an elf/demon hybrid. With all of the juggling Sam has to do, will Sam ever manage to finish the requisite forms before Gregory has to punish her?
If you haven't guessed it by now, I am a huge fan of this series. It's laugh out loud funny and the characters feel extremely real to me. I love that Sam tortures her Elf escorts by singing sappy love songs, saving Air Supply for her ultimate weapon of choice, after hearing that their music would cause people to void their bowels. Sam has grown so much from the first book in the series from an Imp who makes everyone claim hot wings and throws gum on the floor hoping that it will stick to people shoes, to a demon who has begun to pick up on human morality. At one time, Sam would have thought nothing about killing and Owning another being but after considering how she would feel if one of her humans were to meet the same fate, Sam actively starts to rethink her position. Being an Imp, some of her change of heart is still about avoiding the paperwork that comes with each kill.
As an imp, Sam's typical modus operandi is to duck and run. Being the Iblis, she is quickly learning that this is not a tactic that she can take any longer. Just as Wyatt challenges Sam to think about morality in a more human way, Gregory pushes Sam to accept her role as the Iblis, grow her power and throw up a mighty defense against those who seek to kill her. It is only when Sam faces Haagenti, instead of running that she gets a true sense of herself. Demons, Elves, and Angels, most certainly don't respect Sam or her potential, so the only way for Sam to survive is to beat them all at their own game. For Sam that mean beating Haagenti, using angel logic against Gregory and displaying her power while threatening the Elves.
The Sam/Wyatt/ Gregory love triangle is continuing to grow. Gone is the hesitant Sam who struggled to label how she felt about Wyatt. Sam now acknowledges that she is probably the only demon to experience love and is desperate to hold onto to it no matter what. Then there is the issue of Gregory. Sure, angel fucking feels great, and Gregory is a wonderful mentor but her feelings for him are starting to become confusing. Clearly there is something building between Sam and Gregory and unfortunately, Gregory and Wyatt cannot stand each other. So far Sam hasn't had to choose but clearly the day is coming. I particularly loved the scene with Sam leaving to do battle in hell and her bittersweet goodbye to Wyatt in case she is killed. It is a moment of great tenderness.
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Team Gregory. At this point, like another reviewer said, Wyatt is useless. He mattered a little in this book, but I feel like he and Sam don't fit. I mean, one, he's human and fragile and stuff. Two, he doesn't accept her for who she is - a demon. A bloodthirsty, inhuman, awesome as hel demon. So while I like that he helped Sam become more human, in terms of some emotions, Gregory is one, hotter - I enjoy the love-hate kinda thing that's going on, two, cooler - he's an angel, and three, is struggling with having a relationship with Sam. Which sounds bad, but what I mean is that he has a character that we get to see moments of vulnerability from, and who struggles not only with Sam related stuff, but also other morally questioning things. Anyway, this book was, as usual, amazing. I stayed up until 2 am reading it, even though I had to go somewhere the next day. 5 stars.
Reread May 20th, 2020
Stayed up until like 1 a.m. to finish this, because it really does get good. Sam owns the Iblis thing, finally Anyway, Gregory is freaking awesome in this one, and my ship is wonderful, and I will have no argument! They're just so great together, y'know? My (long) list of progress updates can attest to their awesomeness. Also, Wyatt starts to draw a line in this book, finally admitting his discomfort with Sam's demonity, which hurt me for Sam, but which I also rather enjoyed, seeing as I don't think they fit well together, and also he's irritating, especially in the next book (which I went straight to and have already read 50 pages of. Sam and Gregory have some amazing moments in it!) 5 stars. Even though the thing with is slightly annoying, oh well. Not as bad as I remembered. -
I like the series more and more with each book. Sam is awesome character - she is fun, sexy, so hilariously evil in a cute trickster sort of way, totally bad-ass. I love how unapologetic Dunbar wrote her. And she is becoming Good. This is such an entertaining thing – a demon with developing consciousness, sense of loyalty and devotion to her friends, and beginning of compassion.
The mystery in the book was nice, thought the twist was a bit forced, almost deus ex machina sort of resolution. But, as if has it potential for the future stories, it was forgivable.
I love the Big Romance, even if it a bit too slow burn for me. And I feel that the other guy (it is not really love triangle, I have to admit) sort of outlived his purpose. I understand he was there to teach Sam to love, care and express friendship, but his presence started to feel tired and anticlimactic. Anyway, the book was fun and I can’t wait to read more. -
3.5 stars. I'm enjoying this series very much. Imp Samantha is really coming into her Iblis role, and her sense of right and wrong is getting stronger, thanks to Wyatt. She has several tasks ahead of her in this one - elude Haagenti, find an Elven-demon hybrid, and assume her Iblis responsibilities. There's not a dull moment for her!
My only issue with Elven Blood was with the numerous punctuation and grammatical mistakes. The author definitely needs to find a better editor, because the errors were very distracting. Regardless, I plan to continue reading this series and hope that there are fewer mistakes in the next book. -
Excellent book!
This series just keeps getting better and better as I keep reading. This imp is a weird blend of lovable imp and yet hilariously psycho at times. If you want a good story, this is one you need to read. -
Good read
I really liked this book three in the series and am ready to start the next. Funny and touching book. -
Sam takes a stand
I love that Sam stopped being on the defensive and went to offensive. She can really kick butt when she wants to. -
The story of ‘Sam the Imp’ continues . . ..
I started the review for the previous book in the series noting stuff about Demons and family and stuff. And how the book found Sam helping her brother Dar. Well this time we meet sister . . . um, Lethesru . . okay, I can’t recall how her name is spelled but it started with an L. L is a succubus and she’s currently also needing Sam’s help. And/or refuge. Sam allows her sister to stay in her house.
Wise decision or not, but that puts an interesting complication into Sam’s life. Specifically the part where L is a succubus. The kind who naturally, though there is also control involved, inject arousal pheromones everywhere around them. The kind that causes Wyatt to lose his ability to think coherently and wish to hump L, Sam, both, or maybe just the sofa. The kind that has Sam herself desiring to hump L (and before ‘eww, incest’, one of the things I hadn’t mentioned before now is that these demons children in group homes aren’t actually necessarily related to each other). See, I’d noted in the previous or the review before that one that this series isn’t a heterosexual series.
Right, so. Recall how there was this powerful demon who wanted an object, Dar was helping him, Sam was helping Dar, and the powerful demon liked ‘punishing’ those who annoy him? Well, Sam now has a steady stream of demons arriving trying to assassinate her. So, constantly horny with succubus in the house, demons constantly attacking, and lover boy can’t keep it in his pants when in Sam’s house (see, again, succubus).
And so Sam decides to do something about this issue. One of the Elf kings (more of the Orlando Bloom type elf than Keebler elf) has offered a deal to Sam – do him a solid, and he’ll take care of Sam’s demon problems. That ‘solid’? Find either: a) a living demon/elf hybrid (the mere thought of an elf with a parent who isn’t an elf is deeply disturbing to elves) – well, dead or alive, just get the 19/20 year old; b) find the dead baby that had been left on earth. Complicated? Well, I worded it that way. Unwrapping it – one of the joys of demon kind is to try to get an elf to mate with them. Well, appears it has actually happened. An Incubus has mated with an elf, the elf became pregnant. That same elf said that she’d then immediately killed the baby upon delivery (birth), and then sent the baby off to do one of those elf swaps (swapping dead elf baby with life human baby). That’s the story she’s told. She’s sticking to it. But rumors have come out that she’s lying. And the king believes those who say she is lying – or, at the very least, can’t keep it at the rumor level. Needs prove one way or another, then ‘solving’ the problem (killing the living elf/demon; finding dead elf baby). And Sam’s on the case. While dodging demons trying to kill her, interacting with that Gregory angel, interacting with Wyatt, living with a succubus in her house, she’s going to track down this baby and/or living hybrid.
1) Quite fun book;
2) Its good Sam is a demon because, if she were human? There’s no way I’d be able to keep reading this series. Gregory is a really abusive asshole. The kind who thinks the thing to do to stop Sam from talking, is to choke her out. Oh, and he’s verbally abusive (various people have various names for Sam, Gregory’s name for Sam is ‘cockroach’). Complicated situation, though. Wyatt is actually Sam’s boyfriend, not Gregory. And Sam just loves pushing Gregory’s buttons, pushing him into reacting and doing the things he does (she’s a demon, to her pain is pleasure (and pleasure is pleasure)).
Right, where was I? hmmm. Well, that’s probably all I have to say. Another good book in the series.
Rating: 4.43
July 10 2017 -
Rating 4.0 stars
A good addition to the series. This one had elves involved as the title explains. Sam is now the Iblis which is making her life miserable. Not only is the demon after her and Wyatt because she did not return the sword, but now she has to deal with Angels and has to do the worst thing any demon can imagine.... She has to go to meetings and fill out boring paperwork! I think things are coming to a head with Sam and Wyatt. I am not sure Wyatt can handle being with Sam. He keeps saying that he understands she is a demon and she has changed a lot. He keeps pushing his own morality on her and not understanding her nature. He finally found out what Owning someone really entailed and he kept telling her how wrong that was. She wasn't owning anyone else or planning on it, he was just trying to make her feel shitty for the things she did in the past. He told her multiple times in this story that she could not kill someone because it wasn't right. She's a freaking demon! That's what they do. It wasn't random, she had a reason for wanting to kill someone. There was one part that was both obvious and unrealistic at the same time.
I am enjoying this series and I am looking forward to the next book. -
Imp Series Books 1-3 Debra Dunbar
First, I’m not too fond of books, TV series, or movies that manipulate me into thinking a protagonist is justified in killing because his victim is a bad person. Now we’re not talking self-defense. We are talking stalking and killing.
So, having said that, I was reluctant to start a series where the protagonist is a demon. I have been conditioned through my addiction to fantasy to believe that Demons are most certainly the antagonist. But I clicked the Look Inside button, and after reading a few pages, I decided to take a chance.
Now, I’m not particularly eager to spoil the plot by regurgitating it in its entirety in a review. So I’m going to tiptoe around the plot subtleties.
Suffice it to say our protagonist does like to kill, gets great joy from it. She craves it. After all, she is a demon. And because of this lust for killing, I was very close to abandoning it several times.
But…and this is a very big but, I enjoyed this series for the most part. Well, except for those points mentioned above.
I found myself chuckling over Sam’s antics and, at times, even her alien morality. Did I like Sam? Not particularly. But I did find she could be entertaining at times.
Debra Dunbar is just plain funny. Not in a ridiculous or slapstick way, mind you, but her characters are well developed and have explicit attributes.
Thus, if you decide to take a chance and dive into this series, just be aware, if you’re anything like me, there will be times that you may find yourself both unsettled and perhaps tempted to abandon ship. However, I did finish all three, and I intend to move on to volume four.
Shelley Lee Riley - Author of Casual Lies - A Triple Crown Adventure and the debut fantasy novel - Into Madness. -
I really enjoyed this book. I’m enjoying the series so far.
Sam is hilarious. She has me cracking up over all the shit she says as a demon trying to make it in a human body/ world. Gregory also had some funny/ dickhead moments. He’s such an ass but I love him. I love how he fucks with Wyatt every chance he gets.
The story was good. The only negative was that I already figured out the main plot twist within the first 20% of the book. And the twist didn’t actually reveal itself till about 70% in the story. So that kinda sucked. The author did a very poor job hiding the twist. It was hella obvious. But the story as a whole was good.
I’m liking the angel council and her being the Iblis. Lots of cool stuff to come I hope.
Another thing I really didn’t like was Wyatt’s super sudden and dramatic change. He went from being her ride or die, Clyde to her Bonnie, wingman, loyal and super understanding boyfriend. To all of a sudden a very put off and resentful and untrustworthy boyfriend. It was very weird and not cool.
Like he was always cool and understanding with everything. And now out of the blue he’s the moral police?!?! I just don’t get it. I don’t like it. He’s on my shit list. -
3.5 stars
I think it was maybe a bad idea to read two books from this series back-to-back because it feels a little repetitive even when it really isn't. The only reason I read this one immediately afterwards was because it was a two pack book thing. Anyways, the first part was kind of slow and boring to me. But the last third or so made up for it. We learn a little more about what 'Owning' means for Samantha and that personally kind of disturbed me, and for once it disturbed Wyatt too who so far in this series has been a little too accepting of Samantha's demon ways (granted, she is one of the better demons, but still). I'm interested in reading some more of this series, I just think I'll take a small break first though before picking it up. -
Elven Blood is book 3 of the Imp series and so far it is my favorite. The stories have gotten increasingly better with each book. There is a bit of a love triangle forming between Sam, her human boyfriend, Wyatt, and Angel, Gregory. I'm really interested in seeing how that develops. Even though I adore Wyatt, I'm hoping that Sam and Gregory will end up together but in such a way where Wyatt is okay.
I'm looking forward to continuing this series. I'm devouring them at this point.
I added the wispersync audible narration to this book but the same narrator does this whole series and I really dislike her performance more with each book. Her voices and accents don't work for these characters and this story. I don't think I can tolerate more at this point so I'll just stick to reading and find something else to occupy my work commute. -
Kindle Unlimited.
We learn about Owning and Elf culture, and get to see more of Hel. -
Much more Gregory in this book, but still not nearly enough :)
Sam is on quite a few missions, she has reluctantly signed on to be of some assistance to several elves in return for a favor. The favor is supposed to be their aid in killing Haagenti, who has been making her earth life, as well as Wyatt's, hell (haha). Demons come pretty much every other day to both her and Wyatt's homes trying to kill them, so the situation is in desperate need of a final solution. Which is why Sam decides to help the elves.
One is the best parts of this book is how Sam is fumbling around in her new role as the Iblis. She now has to sit in on "board meetings" with the angelic council, and not only does she not really understand what they are talking about, she also doesn't get along with certain members of the council. Well, just one member, and that would be Gabriel. The scene she had with him involving a danish, a coffee mug, and the boardroom table was hilarious. She may be the Iblis, but she's still an imp in every way. I am also very curious as to what Gregory is going to request in regards to his favors. Sam currently owes him 3 (I think), and he hasn't used one yet. He better make it good!
One thing I have to point out, as it was kind of distracting since it was a recurring thing, is the lack of commas. "I don't know Wyatt" reads quite differently than "I don't know, Wyatt". It wouldn't be a bothersome thing if it was only a random happening, but most of the book was like that. When you have to read something twice because it doesn't make sense, that really takes you out of the story. Another distraction was the overuse of "xxx and I". As an example, "The rain pelted down on Wyatt and I". If you take Wyatt out of the equation, you are basically saying "The rain pelted down on I", which doesn't make sense.
Despite the errors, I like the story. I like the characters, some of them I absolutely adore. I just hope the next books in the series are as polished as the first two were, and this particular one is the "middle child" which may have just been overlooked.
