A NIGHT OWL REVIEWS BOOK REVIEW | Reviewed by: Sapphire
Dominicus has been trapped to Earth and cut off from all angelic communication save his best friend Ren. Ren has forever denied him, but without him Dom has no one. That is, until he is sent to take the soul of Maggie. Only, her soul is the most pure he has ever encountered. Dom will risk his own soul to battle the demons, literally and emotionally. Dom knows he will Fall, but will it be into the arms of Maggie or into the gates of Hell?
RISKING ETERNITY is a short work packed full of emotion and action. I am not a fan of male/male relationships; however, Linger kept it short and sweet but also with plenty of passion and emotion. I do not really know what to think or how to describe Dom. I did not dislike him by any means, but his character is hard to give a specific description. Maggie, on the other hand, is very head strong. She knows what she wants and just how to get it. Renatus is solemn and, the reader can tell, lonely. His feelings toward males in relationships and the contradiction of his emotions toward Dominicus are obvious.
Linger did her research. Many stories concerning angels and demons are ironic in the fact that the angelic characters act (in the Christianity sense) like as much of a demon as the demons. Dom and Ren having feelings for each other and Dom and Maggie's premarital sex is quite a sin. The rest like the Most High, the way that souls go to hell are chosen, and such are much closer to correct than most. This is fiction, so of course Linger had lots of wiggle room. For readers looking for a reprieve from vampires and werewolves, I recommend RISKING ETERNITY.
Jul 01, 2010 | B003SNJZ0M
5 = Rare - Top Pick | 4.5 = I Loved It - Top Pick | 4 = Good Solid Read
3.5 = Enjoyable | 3 Stars = OK - Needs a few changes | 2 Stars = It just didn't click / DNF
Book Blurb for Risking Eternity
For two hundred years, Dominicus has lived in isolation, sentenced to take human souls to hell. But this night’s victim is unlike all the others. She tempts him. One kiss and she comes apart in his arms. One taste, and he can’t walk away. But Maggie isn’t the only temptation he faces. Dominicus fights an attraction to Renatus, his best friend through the eons and a male with whom sex is forbidden. With her, he risks Hell, with him, losing the only piece of Heaven he has left. Maggie cannot begin to understand what Dominicus has done. Demons covet her soul and Lucifer won’t give up his prize. In claiming her, he’s not only compounded his sin, he’s sparked a war between Heaven and Hell. Angels battle demons, and Dominicus must make a choice. Does he deliver to Lucifer the human whose soul calls to him and ensure his salvation, or save her and risk eternal damnation? Reader Advisory: Contains passionate lip-locks between two male angels, hot enough to singe your feathers off.
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