Lucian Divine by Renee Carlino Review
4 Smooches
Synopsis
“My guardian angel is a drunk.”
Evelyn Casey’s life is at a standstill. She’s in her mid-twenties, struggling with the dating scene in San Francisco. Nothing seems to be working out, and she’s starting to think that she’ll live out her days in her crummy apartment with her overbearing roommate, Brooklyn. It’s absurd, but sometimes Evey longs for a guardian angel to show up and save the day.
And then he does. Seriously. His name is Lucian and he’s a guardian angel, been on the job for two thousand years. His sudden presence in her life is both good—he’s brilliant, witty, and warm—and bad—he’s brilliant, witty, warm, and hot as —-. But as perfect as Lucian seems, he’s got problems of his own. He’s taken up drinking and he’s brazenly inserted himself into Evey’s life, going against the greatest cosmic law ever created.
For Evey, the rules are simple: You are not allowed to hook up with your guardian angel. But sometimes fulfilling your destiny requires a leap of faith, a confrontation with God.
Yes, God as in God.
Review
“What’s going to happen if we are together?” “I don’t know what will happen, but I’m too scared to find out.”
I am a huge fan of Renee Carlino’s work and when I saw she was writing a paranormal romance I jumped at the chance to read it. I will say that if you are new to paranormal or not a huge fan of that this reads like a contemporary romance with paranormal aspects. I loved getting a glimpse into the complex lives of our guardian angels.
“Great, so my guardian angel is a perverted narcissist.”
Evey and Lucian’s story is complex and hard. They should never have been able to be together. A guardian angel isn’t capable of being with a human, especially the one they are in charge of guarding . . . and yet Lucian loves her with everything he is. Once he exposes who he is to Evey nothing comes easy to them But they love is true so they continue to work to be together despite the devastating consequences.
“Evey, next time, in the next life we’ll be together–that’s how this will be corrected.”
Parts of Lucian Divine had me giggling and parts had me almost in tears. It was a well rounded fast paced story. Overall, it wasn’t my favorite Renee book but I did find it to be a unique and intriguing storyline. I am excited to see what she will bring us next.
~miranda
