Review: Death Sword by Pamela Turner

Lyrical Press, 2011
ASIN: B004HO63E2
Available: Kindle

One night in a dark alley Karla Black is stabbed by a man who doesn’t want her money, her body, or even her life. Instead, he wants to activate her angel side and help her take up the mantle of an angel of death. As if this isn’t traumatic enough on its own, Karla then finds herself stuck with her mysterious not-killer and sucked into a centuries-old drama involving his jealous ex-lover and a series of curses (and nothing is as jealous as, or sets curses like, an angel) More is at stake, though, and Karla, the other angels, and the world at large are in some serious danger.

Death Sword is not perfect. I’d have liked to see some smoothing around the edges, both in the writing and in the emotional content of the story. But it’s a lot of fun to read about your home city suffering the vengeful wrath of angels, and Turner has a very interesting take on angels. There’s a great love story, which will make this a pleasurable read for paranormal romance fans, and also a good addition to digital paranormal romance collections.

Contains: violence, language, m/m sexual situations, explicit sex scenes