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I keep saying that I am not a big reader of paranormal books, but having a look through my past reading history, I think I need to change that to "I am picky bout the paranormal books I read", because gees, there are quite a few of them!!

I have loved Gena Showalter's books since the day I stumbled across the first in the Lords of the Underworld series, and I have kept on reading them ever since.

Burning Dawn is the 3rd book in the Angels of The Dark series, and although I have not read the first 2 books I did not feel like I was missing on anything major that took away from Thane's book. Though I am intrigued by a few things, so I definitely will be headed back to

catch up on the.

Thane is a Sent One, an angel warrior. After being held as a slave by Kendra, a phoenix, he escapes with the help of human Elin.

Elin is not all she seems. Also a slave at K endra's camp, she helps Thane escape - for totally selfish reasons of course!

Thane is so tortured by what has happened to him, and he takes it out on his enemies, and his women. He is sex on legs (or on wings?). Heck, the first line of the book says it all

"He lived sex. Breathes Sex. Ate sex. He was sex."

Damn!!! Where could things possibly go from there??? Oh wait, then there is this description of him:

"

It’s like I ordered you from a catalogue. Like I said, I’ll take that gorgeous face and that sexy body, now add a dash of sweetness, and a smidgeon of protectiveness, and, okay, yeah, just go ahead and dip him in raging lust" - Elin

I gotta say, I thin Elin rocks! She is so out of her league with the "people" she is surrounded by, but she never lets that stop her. She kicks some immortal ass! She funny, she has a smart mouth that gets her into more trouble than you can imagine.

Thane and Elin together - just love them. So many ways that they are wrong for each other, making them perfect for each other.

It is not just this pair that makes this story so fantastic. Thane's best friends Bjorn and Xerces, partners in crime. The trio are hilarious together. There is a great bromance between the three, and they had me laughing so many times

"Do we need to settle this the old fashioned way, boys?" Thane asked, one brow arched as he shook a fist in the air.

"You mean break dance fighting?" Bjorn asked

Burning Dawn is a story within an extraordinary world. Love and hate. Passion and vengeance. Forgiveness and redemption. Complex relationships between feuding factions.

Add into that a bit of a crossover with the Lords of the Underworld series and Janeane is a happy camper!

Ms Showalter creates worlds so believable that even though the characters are immortal or paranormal, they don't seem to be. She has not disappointed me yet.

Now, I need to get to the first books and learn more about these Angels of The Dark