Wicked Gentlemen (Hells Below) - Community Reviews back

3,2 starsWicked Gentlemen consist of two books. In spite of I enormously enjoyed the first book, the second book didn't meet my expectations.It is the reason for my muted reaction. Full review will come later. I hope. I'm slightly disappointed right now.

The Novel Approach Reviews rated it

11 years ago

Published in October 2007, Captain William Harper and Prodigal Belimai Sykes were introduced to the world and quickly went on to be the stars of the award winning novel Wicked Gentlemen, which is actually the compilation of two separate books—the first, “Mr. Sykes and the Firefly” told in the first ...

argona rated it

11 years ago

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I had read many good reviews and as I started to read, I could see why there was so much positive comments.The book has two parts and the second part is my favorite. I wanted to give the story 4 stars while I was reading it but when I finished it, I knew this is definitely a five star book.The world...

KatieMc rated it

11 years ago

Oh my, so much goodness in packed in this little book. Mystery, deception, intrigue, gore, addiction, demons, injustice, revenge, redemption and flying. The flying is totally cool. And from it all, the unlikely pairing of Harper and Belimai. They have a guarded, yet genuine connection and their r...

Ilhem rated it

12 years ago

4,5 starsIt would have been a 5 stars rating if I had had my fill of the murders plot lines, but I revelled in this world, in every street, every alley, windowsill, roof-top, every dark corner and gas lamp from White Chapel to Hell’s Bellow.I fell for Belimai and the “Flower of Evil” texture of his ...

Affairs of M/Men rated it

12 years ago

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Wow. This was amazing. This was true literature, the beauty of the prose still lingers with me. It's made me doubt my own abilities as a writer. It also had everything I love: unique world building in a modern fantasy framework (as opposed to epic or high fantasy), suspense, murder, mayhem, a broken...

gavingrant rated it

12 years ago

The body count was too high for me, but it's the page turner everyone said it would be. I'm impressed with how sympathetic Hale shows the unsympathetic characters to be.

Xing rated it

12 years ago

"Even the most degraded and ruined Prodigal is still closer to divinity than are any of us born of Adam's flesh."Original rating: 3 starsAfter rereading (12/12/13): 4 starsI couldn't appreciate Wicked Gentlemen on my first read, because I had just finished Ginn Hale's Lord of the White Hell series a...

Ami's Hoard rated it

12 years ago

Not the book's fault -- definitely mine. I cannot seem to have the chemistry with the writing nor the world-built.

DayDreamer rated it

12 years ago

It was a pleasure to read. I can't get enough of this world.