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Angel Betrayed - Cynthia Eden 4.5 starsWOW! Just WOW!!!This is by far, my best experience with Cynthia Eden so far. The story offers bad-ass hero, tough heroine, viscious (and pretty f*cked up) villains, terrifying hellhounds (!), a scorching hot romance, and all around non-stop action. It keeps me awake because I can't stop reading it (even on the bus!).This series intrigued me because the hero is not the "typical" hero. I mean, sure, we have bad-ass heroes in this kind of book, but Sammael (and the hero for the next book, Azrael) is actually portrayed as the 'enemy' beforehand. In book one, Sammael is not really helping Keenan (the hero in book 1) by the goodness of his heart. And Azrael is the one responsible for almost killing Nicole (the heroine in book 1). So the set-up in the beginning is already different.Sammael is a Fallen, and he is one of the strongest there is. His reason to Fall is bad-ass by itself. Nothing can (really) stop him -- even facing hellhounds (who are literally FROM Hell) he just shows his power. At the same time, when he falls in love (finally!) for Seline, he shows this vulnerability, without losing his strength. Seline is his and Sam protects what's his. Gosh, the sacrifice he's willing to do for Seline. This man is so HOT! ^_^. Their romance is not simply fireworks, is NAPALM!Seline might start in the beginning as a half-demon (she's a half succubus, from her father's side) who thinks she doesn't have enough power and embarassed by her own heritage. Sure, she can kill someone with a kiss but she always sees herself as low class demon, thus weak and vulnerable. But when Seline discovers what she can do, hell yeah, she kicks ass (she actually able to stun Sam by surprise a couple of times, so you GO Seline!).The villains are all f*cked up in mind (shudder). I actually love how this series show angels as not being entirely good or innocent. Hundred of years of servitude can messed up their own definition of guilt and punishment. I like that. It's so complicated and layered and twisted.My only reason for not giving it a 5-star rating is that the trust-distrust issue between Sam and Seline (well, mostly Sam after half the book) feels repetitive at times. It does disrupt my joy of reading. But other than that, this book is super-awesome!I cannot wait to read Az's story in November. I wonder what lesson this newly Fallen learns on Earth and what woman can brings him to his knees. I am soooo looking forward to that.