REVIEW - Archangel's War (Guild Hunter #12) by Nalini Singh

The Book

Release Date: 26 September 2019

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Return to New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh's darkly passionate Guild Hunter world, where human-turned-angel Elena Deveraux, consort to Archangel Raphael, faces a new challenge that threatens the balance of the world.

Wings of silver. Wings of blue. Mortal heart. Broken dreams. Shatter. Shatter. Shatter. A sundering. A grave. I see the end. I see. . . .

The world is in chaos as the power surge of the Cascade rises to a devastating crescendo. In furiously resisting its attempts to turn Elena into a vessel for Raphael's power, Elena and her archangel are irrevocably changed. . .far beyond the prophecy of a cursed Ancient.

At the same time, violent and eerie events around the world threaten to wipe out entire populations. And in the Archangel Lijuan's former territory, an unnatural fog weaves through the land, leaving only a bone-chilling silence in its wake. Soon it becomes clear that even the archangels are not immune to this deadly evil. This time, even the combined power of the Cadre may not be enough. . . .

This war could end them all.

My Review  5 STARS 

This book does start up slow as it leads up to a war, however when the war starts there. is constantly things going on and the war is on a massive scale.

Pretty much all of the previous characters portray a part in this story and fight with Raphael and the Cadre as they fight for the lives of humans and the world against Lijuin and her forces.

There is a lot of dead, even a few Archangels, however the remaining fight together, there is romance in how Raphael and Elena fight for each other and those they love and the greater good.  There is suspense as we wait for the war to come, then the wait to see how and when the next will fall.

Yes, finally Lijuin is defeated, but she has left a scourge upon the earth that now needs to be cleansed and some Archangels first need to heal and recover, others who have woken agree to help until the injured have recovered and they can go back to sleep.

The power balance restored we end with Raphael and his Elena having made stronger alliances, but fighting back to get the world back into order.

Apart from getting a little tedious about 'when will Ljiuin die!"  The story really held me captive and I was so invested in the characters.  

I am glad that there are at least two more books, and I am wondering what can happen next.