** spoiler alert ** 
 I can't believe I'm about to do this. Not about a Nalini Singh book. But Archangel's Blade was a HUGE disappointment. So much so, that I nearly gave it ONE star. NEVER before have I given an N.S. book less than 3...and usually she gets 5 stars from me. It makes me sad, but here it goes... 
 Reincarnation? Seriously? I'm all about suspension of disbelief. After all, my favorite genre is rife with vampires, werewolves, fairies, wizards and sassy, kick-ass women who somehow attract impossibly gorgeous para-men. And it's not even just because I don't believe in reincarnation (though, I really really don't), but the way it was done. 
 First off, Honor's story was good. I liked her struggle to get back to her life after being a torture victim. But all that progress, all that strength was obliterated when she got all of the memories from her former life. Totoally overshadowed what she went through. And...okay, if reincarnation existed, does it make sense that suddenly, for no discernible reason, you would get ALL of the memories from your other life? ALL OF THEM!?!? 
 And what a cheap, easy-out for Dmitri. No internal turmoil necessary. 1000 years later, he can't fall in love with someone new. Nooo, let's make it easy for him. Let's make the new chick his DEAD WIFE REINCARNATED. 
 BLECH! 
 The pathetic love story aside, what a strange conglomeration of mysteries they solved. Who imprisoned Honor? It was this guy, no THIS guy, no, blame it on the twisted mother. And then the Isis thing. I guess I just didn't see the bigger picture, the intertwining point to it all. It just seemed like N.S. had all these half-ideas of things she wanted to touch on in the Guild Hunter series, so she put bits of all of them into this book. 
 ALONG WITH A CRAPPY REINCARNATION LOVE STORY!! 
 Personally, I want a do-over. Nalini Singh is way better than this. She should take this garbage (which is, like, a National bestseller, so clearly I'm in the minority here) and make it BETTER! Have Ingrede be the villan. Yeah, have her be the one pulling all the puppet strings. Hmmm, how about, Isis turned her into a vamp and she's been plotting revenge on her husband for leaving. Yes, and so she was the one dropping bloody vamps in Time's Square and SHE'S the one who imprisoned Honor...and infected her with something so she would be tortured by Ingrede's memories...to screw with Dmitri's head. Yes...I would read that book. 
 That is all.