Playing Favorites

Today is my favorite person's birthday.  Since he won't like me gushing on and on about him, I'll talk about my favorite book.  (He looks a lot like of the main character:  tall, strong, piercing blue eyes, pale skin, and dark hair.)

Archangel by Sharon Shinn.  A friend loaned this to me in high school and I stayed up half the night for a couple nights in a row to read it.

Things I love about it:

The story line.  It's gripping and written in a such a way that it's completely plausible.

The characters.  They're so real.  I love them all, the good, the bad, and the ugly.  (I'm actually not sure if any of them are ugly.)  Each of them has their own motivation and, even if it's not something that motivates me, I understand it.

I also love the world.  And the music.  I'm not a musician, but still, the descriptions of the music really get to me.  Very powerful.  And I love that it's so important and how much of a part of their lives it is.

I'll admit it, I love romance in stories and this is one of the best romances.  (With a very hot leading man... )

I'd gush more, but then I'd probably ruin the plot.  So go read it and then we can gush about it together.