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He in turn uses fallen angels and demons to carry out his orders. When Raziel is to escort another soul to the bowls of hell, he does his duty as usual only to do something completely out of the ordinary.

At the last minute he questions his orders. Allegra "Allie" Watson is a writer of religious mystery novels; very tongue in cheek. It's a busy day in New York when a handsome stranger, a sudden downpour, too high heels and a city bus make an impact on her life. A new and exciting story surrounding fallen angels. I loved the main characters, Raziel and Allie. They fought like cats and dogs throughout the entire story, but mostly it was the equivalent of a boy tugging on a girl's pigtails.

Allie is nothing like the meek females the warriors are used to. Her presence among them is a source of distrust, anger and resentment. She deals with it quite well; much better than with her feelings for the handsome angel who seems to hate her.

Any author who isn't afraid to detail the horror, blood and gore of a battle amongst immortals gets high points in my book. If you loved Gena Showalter's Lords of the Underworld , then you'll enjoy this story as well. Douglas does an excellent job at creating her world of fallen angels and demons in the first book in her Fallen series, Raziel.

The book begins with Allie beginning a typical work day only for it to end in her death. Raziel is the fallen angel sent to guide her to her afterlife of hellfire only to save her at the last minute putting not only himself at risk but the rest of the Fallen as well.

Douglas uses the first person narrative to tell her tale giving the reader the points of view of not just Allie but Raziel as well.

She also gives a glimpse into the life of Sarah and Azazel giving the reader an outside perspective on the book's two leads. I wasn't sure that I would like this style at first but found that I enjoyed getting the inside thoughts of both Allie and Raziel about certain events.

The book's mystery of why Allie was so important and who was betraying the Fallen was well done. Overall this was a great read that I would recommend.

I do have the next book in this series and plan on reading it as soon as I get the chance. StoryThis is the first book in a new PNR series so there's a fair bit of world building to do which means that the romance doesn't take up as much page time as in say, a straight contemporary or an historical. I still have some questions which hopefully will be answered in the next book - eg what happens to the angel's wings?

The concept is interesting and I'm interested in continuing the series but it took some time for me to connect with the romance aspect of this one. This was my first experience with both narrators. Karen White reads with great expression and I thought she conveyed the Her male voices are more by way of tone rather than a deepening of pitch but it was easy to tell the difference between Ally and Raziel.

Differences between the other Fallen were harder to pick and I relied dialogue tags and sometimes there weren't any so I had to guess in those circumstances. Overall, I was quite happy with Karen White's narration and I probably would have enjoyed the book better if she had done all of it. Because, I didn't think all that much of Paul Costanza's frankly. This was a first person book, when Raziel is talking about strong emotions, I expect to hear that emotion in the voice, but Mr.

Costanzo's narration was very removed and mostly, for me, emotionless. Funnily enough, the emotion he did manage to convey came mainly when he was doing Ally's voice, which was a bit "draggy" but not too bad it's really hard for men to do a good female voice I think.

It was almost impossible to tell the difference between Raziel and the other Fallen's voices and given that Mr. Costanzo got most of the scenes where they were interacting, it did make things difficult.

I'm hoping that Mr. Costanzo's narration will either grow on me or will get more "connected" to the characters in the next book. Story 3 stars, Narration 3 stars - Karen White 3. I actually pick this book up as a replacement for my L. Banks Vampire Huntress Legends Series and was quickly surprised, sonrisa I was quickly caught up in the writer's vision of fallen angel's and the whole order of the way God, Heaven, Earth and beyond worked I give this 1rst book in her series a 5 estrellas out of I was completely drawn in and captivated from beginning to the very end.

I even reread it before I started on the second one in this series I'm now reading the second installment of this series, and I have to say that I am not as taken in with the two main character's "Azazel and Rachel aka Lilith" as I was with "Raziel and Allie" in the first installment I am finding it very hard to continue, but will do so just because I always finish what I start and I'm hoping that the story surrounding these two character's will blossom into a stronger and more powerful existance I like being swept into the books that I read so much so, that I loose all tiempo and place outside of the actual story I love being lost within what I'm reading I will for now give the 2nd book a 3 estrellas out of This book didn't feel like a typical genre romance.

Even a typical paranormal genre romance. And I thought this was a good thing. This was a very good story, and I found the characters, and the situation they were in very compelling and interesting. The nature of death, and angels, and the afterlife have an interesting twist that kept my interest engaged. I'm looking forward to the next installment in this series.

Bought for MyselfOverall Rating 3. I really did enjoy the story, world building, and tone of The Fallen: Raziel. In this case, both had similar timing and pacing which made the story flow very well.

Complaints: I only have one but to me it really made me dislike Raziel for awhile after aka 3. The first time since this is PNR, I don't consider this a spoiler that Raziel and Allie have sex, there is a question of whether it is by force or choice. I do feel she would have chosen to sleep with him but we won't know because of the power he put over her.

I even kind of understood why he did it but it was still bothersome for me. What I Loved: I loved absolutely everything else about this story. I think Allie was a strong, resilient character that reacted much like anyone thrown in her situation would. She seemed to roll with the punches she was thrown with minimal whining though she did a little and with gumption which I appreciated.

Raziel was a great alpha in that even when he "knew" what she meant to him, he was fighting it. Well dangit he didn't want a mate. What is that saying? The bigger they are, the harder they fall! All of the side characters were richly descriptive and an integral part of the story. Unfortunately, it explains a lot. Like the dark, angelically handsome man who ferried her to this strange, hidden land. The last thing she remembers is stepping off a curb in front of a crosstown bus.

Not exactly how she pictured heaven. Facing impossible odds at every turn, the two must work together to survive. Get A Copy. Mass Market Paperback , pages. More Details Original Title. Raziel , Allegra Watson. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Raziel , please sign up.

Is this book from a guy or girl's point of view? Cassandra Both have a point of view. Id like to read this book but I cannot find it for sale anywhere, or for that matted any books by this author in this name i. Any ideas anyone? Amazon has it at the moment less. See 2 questions about Raziel….

Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Raziel The Fallen, 1. Shelves: paranormal-romance , favorites , hero-i-loved , fated-to-be-mated , part-of-a-series , favorite-or-autobuy-author , angels , owned-copy , possessive-and-or-jealous-hero , bangsian-afterlife. This book captivated me.

It started out kind of strange, with the shifting 1st person POVs, and the fact that the heroine gets hit by a bus at the beginning of the story not a spoiler, trust me. When I heard she had written a fallen angel paranormal romance under a pseudonym , I was there.

Story : Anne Stuart takes the legends of fallen angels and spins her own version. In this case, God pretty much washed his hands of the humans, and left them under the control of his lead angel, Uriel. Uriel is a cold, unforgiving, disdainful regent, who thinks of the humans as a mistake. He dislikes the Fallen about the same, if not more. He has hatched plans to make their eternal lives miserable, and has plans to end them all.

Our heroine is a woman who grew up with a puritanical religious mother a Jew by birth and rearing who becomes a Fundamentalist Christian. As a result, Allie is an atheist who writes Old Testament mysteries that debunk the religion. And his wings rolls eyes in ecstasy. Blue-black and lush! And he almost dies in the process, because the Fallen are exquisitely sensitive to fire.

Allie spends the night sleeping next to her sick angel rescuer, hearing the screams of the horrible Nephilim fallen angels who have become ravening, cannibalistic beasts , all around her, and shell-shocked that this is actually happening.

However, she is soon to discover that she is his bonded mate, and destiny is not something she can laugh at. I started this story not knowing at all what to expect. This is one of those books you have to read with an open mind. I found myself utterly seduced by this story. I really liked how Ms.

Douglas Stuart uses the angel theme in this book. It was kind of odd at first, the idea that the angels have to drink blood, how they take human wives who die before they do although they live longer lives , and cannot have children. How they are essentially trapped in their own compound, other than when Uriel calls them to escort certain humans to their afterlife destination.

This story made me care about the angels, feel bad for the Fallen. Of course, I had to put my own beliefs about angels and God out of the picture when I read this, because they are different from the concepts in this novel. But, for a fiction world, it was very interesting. As far as supernatural themes, angels are in my top three with faerie and werewolves.

I love when a book does angels really well--bringing a new dimension to the concept, and giving me a novel way to look at them. I loved how Ms. The Characters : Allie : Allie was pretty annoying, quite frankly. She was a bit too much the Sex and the City-type heroine for me at first glance. Shallow, hard, unsympathetic. She seemed to be the type of heroine to make her life more difficult than necessary.

I understand that this was a lot to take in, but her defiant determination to believe in nothing supernatural got kind of old, especially with the evidence right in front of her. But then she actually became likable as the story progressed.

I saw that she was wearing armor. Her determination not to believe was her way of fighting back at her mother, who loved God more than she loved her daughter. For her to be in a scenario where she was actually dead, surrounded by supposedly mythical creatures probably would be a lot to take in.

And I liked that she stepped up when her help was needed, more than once. I admit I liked that she was tough and mouthy. She needed to be, with a mate like Raziel. Honestly, Allie was more of a chick-lit type heroine than I would have liked, but she ended up being a heroine I could root for. Raziel : Raziel is yummy with a cherry on top. After all, he had been cursed by God for his sin of disobedience, cursed to never have children, and to be a blood-eater blood drinker.

He is the picture I would have of a fallen angel that is not evil. Sad, lonely, a stranger without a home, exiled from heaven. He put up barriers against Allie at the beginning, having lost his wife in the past, going through that heartache, and determined not to face it again. But, she worked her way through those barriers.

And when she does, look out! They actually wanted to be rid of each other, and were both working to find a way to achieve their mutual goal. However, over the time that Allie stays in close proximity with Raziel, they can no longer ignore their bond, which turned out to be destiny, pushed away by their mutual fears of intimacy. Even the growly jealous expressions loved those. Possessive hero lovers, fear not. The relationship development between Raziel and Allie felt authentic.

I liked the tension between Raziel and Allie. I think this showed up very well considering that it was first person. And the intimate point of view just worked for this story, in my opinion. I really loved the way Raziel took Allie flying, how he wrapped her in his wings during intimacy which is something that the angels do with their mates. Oh those wings were so gorgeous and beautiful. Not likely to happen, but at least I can read about it. This book gave me the post-reading glow!

But there is a distinct, irresistible feel this book. I look at books similarly. They taste good during the read, and they cause this power release of happy reading endorphins, and this is one of them. But my tbr pile calls. View all 39 comments. Edit after reread: It's really strange how I have a completely different opinion on this book now. I don't know. But I really enjoyed this one, the world building and the romance as well.

Great humor, witty too. Me likey. But OK, I got used to it and the story was good, but nothing special, Raziel and Allie were good, but again, nothing special, I didn't root for them to be together, I just read so I could finish What I did like - the story with the angels, a whole new view to it, with an archeangel bad guy, and the fallen ones trying to free Lucifer to lead their army : I think Lucifer might even be a good guy in all this lol, so I really liked all that : I'm off to read the second book, hope it's better View all 15 comments.

Oct 02, Jennifer rated it it was ok Shelves: dropped-series , adult-content , paranormal , read , urban-fantasy , listened-to-audiobook , angels-demons , pnr. Boredom : Raziel is the first installment in Kristina Douglas 's adult urban fantasy series titled The Fallen. I like angels. I like vampires. Reading about angels that drink blood? It just bored me to tears.

I wasn't expecting the blood sucking element so my interest was grabbed during those parts but unfortunately it didn't last. Personally, I can't recommend this one based on my own experience but I encourage you to read some more positive reviews and weigh the pros and cons for yoursel Boredom : Raziel is the first installment in Kristina Douglas 's adult urban fantasy series titled The Fallen.

Personally, I can't recommend this one based on my own experience but I encourage you to read some more positive reviews and weigh the pros and cons for yourself. Good luck! My favorite quote: "Evil came from within, just as love and beauty did. Evil was the price humans paid for being alive. View 1 comment. Nov 23, Al George rated it it was amazing Shelves: paranormal , series-to-read. Fallen angels are the new black I loved this book!

Then again, who am I to put a price on a book? What do I know about what goes in to writing, publishing, etc? So, I should get over myself, right? See above. Sexy times: Yep and they were delish.

Nothing with a kink on, mind you. Plan on reading more by the author: I'd really like t Fallen angels are the new black I loved this book! Plan on reading more by the author: I'd really like to. Synopsis: Allie dies.

And before being escorted, undeservingly, I might add, in to the depths of hell, is pulled back by Raziel. All hell breaks loose as evil finds it's way to their doors.

As in the evil fires of hell as it were. Now, hell does not really enter in to the picture. But evil sure does. Heroine: Allie. My one ding on this is all the inner dialogue. Not just Allie but Raziel as well. I think for every sentence spoken aloud there were 30 internal ones. Ok, that has nothing to do with her personality. She's fiery. She's confused.

She's dead but she's not. She likes donuts and ice cream so what's not to love? Hero: Raziel. Brooding fallen angels. Jeez, you met one, you met em all. But that's not true. Well, ok, maybe it is. There's not a ton of anything new, but at the same time, he kept me interested. His inner dialogue, while it was a little rote at times, was really interesting.

In truth though, the stand out character in this one was Allie. Why it did or didn't work for me: It worked alright. So well, I wanted the next book but couldn't rationalize the price. Call me cheap, oh well. Anyhoo, great world building. Great character building. That's what made this a fascinating read. The characters all fit in to the story so well. It was pretty seamless.

And I found it hard to put down because a I wanted to learn more about this world, b wanted to know whodunnit c wanted to see how Allie got out of it and d wanted to see if R stopped his brooding. Speaking of fallen angels, meet one of my heroes.

God, I adore this woman! View all 7 comments. Jan 01, Stephanie G rated it liked it Shelves: reviewed-read-by-stephanie , reviewed-read-by-athenna. Now she finds herself in a place that is hidden from the world. This is the home of the Fallen, beautiful angels who fell from heaven and are now cursed to drink blood, and they see her as an intruder into their world.

Raziel felt something wasn't right when he saw that Allie would be going to hell so he saved her and brought him back to his home. Even though he was the one to save 3. Even though he was the one to save her, he doesn't want Allie there. She awakens feelings in him he thought were long gone and he isn't happy about it.

The other Fallen don't want her there either and believe it his her fault that the Nephilim have found their home and are trying to find a way in to kill them all. Raziel and Allie will need to work past their differences if they are to survive the impending attack because Allie may be the Fallen's only hope for survival. The story of the Fallen was interesting and my favorite part of the book.

Raziel and his fellow Fallen were once angels in heaven that were sent to earth to teach humans tasks. The more time they spent on earth the more they started to feel and wanted things like love and sex. For this they were not only cast out but they were hunted by the Nephilim, which are made by the angel Uriel to not feel anything and to follow his command.

They soon became flesh eating monsters. A tentative peace was made between Uriel and the Fallen as long as they would escort some souls, like Allie, to where they belonged once they died. The Fallen have destined mates that they love and bond with. The Fallen do have to drink blood but they aren't vampires. They take only from their mates or the Source, a female who is able to provide nourishment to unbonded angels without them getting sick. The Fallen are the actual "good guys" so to speak in this series.

Uriel has basically become power hungry and he wants to destroy the Fallen by going after what means most to them, their mates. It feels a little odd not to be rooting for the side of heaven but the Fallen are really the ones looking out for us and I couldn't help but root for them. I didn't care for the characters as much as I did the story. Raziel has had many mates and the loss of the last one has him not wanting another. Deep down he knows that Allie is his destined mate but fights it by being very cold and distant to her for most of the book.

For Allie she didn't want to be trapped in Sheol, their home, but she did have feelings of lust towards Raziel. The man is physically gorgeous but I couldn't get past how rude he was towards her and I don't know how Allie was able to forgive him for the harsh things he said. They were missing an important emotional connection that even though they ended up together, it was never found. Raziel's fellow angel and leader Azazel also had a hard and not so warm and cozy feeling to him but when he was alone with his mate Sarah, he almost felt like a different character because of the love he has for her and it felt genuine.

Unlike Raziel and Allie. The Fallen: Raziel takes a story that's been told before and adds a twist that makes it feel fresh and even better. I liked that Allie was strong willed and wouldn't let Raziel intimidate her into being what she was not.

It's was fun to read this modern woman surprise this male who is use to his women being more traditional and obedient. Raziel has an unshakable loyalty towards his brothers and I'm always a sucker for someone who sticks by their family no matter what.

I just didn't care for the two together and their mating felt like it came out of the blue. The story does start out pretty slow and takes a good part of the book to get going so this may not be for readers who need constant action and a faster moving story to keep them interested. View all 4 comments. Nov 28, Hbeebti rated it it was amazing Shelves: used-bookstore-finds , freebies. I was kinda worried about this book.

The reviews were so mixed. But seriously I thought it was so funny. There were a couple of times where I almost dropped the book from laughing. Maybe I am just easy to please. One day Uriel wants him to transport a women who has died. But he gets more than he bargained for thats for sure.

The book opens with his thinking about how he never wants another mate and the damn job he has to do that day. Allie is running late. Stops to I was kinda worried about this book. Stops to grab a hot dog on the way to the bank and see gorgeous Raziel not knowing who and what he is. Poor girl steps off the curb and dies. The funny thing about this book was the banter between Raziel and Allie.

Raziel was such an ass to her. No one wanted her around when Raziel saves her and brings home. No one expect for the women. I kinda felt bad for her being the outcast. The dirty looks all the time. The way that the author made it seem like things aren't what we thought they would be in real life , like good and evil was interesting. Uriel was not what I thought he would be and neither was Lucifer.

Although they were not in this book just mentioned. I enjoyed how she made things different in this book verses other books with fallen angels. I am such a sucker for angel books. So overall for me it was funny, hot lovin, plenty of angry fallen angels and just enough action. I look forward to the next book.

Too many books, too little time, so I DNFed this one. This story had so much potential: it has angels, fallen and not, demons, interesting settings Unfortunately, I just couldn't make myself read more.

I didn't like either character and the pace of the book is so damned slow! I read so much monologue and inner thoughts to last me months! Who the hell cares of your comfort food and why do you have to talk a whole page about it?! And after that you go on describi 02 FEB: Foreigners do it better! Stormwalker by Allyson James 3. A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies 3. Awake at Dawn by C. Hunter 3. Beautiful Demons by Sarra Cannon 3. Samson's Lovely Mortal by Tina Folsom 3. Angel Burn by L.

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