Remember Me (Storm Lords, #1)by Nina Croft
Self-published (originally part of Entangled's charity anthology Love Knows No Bounds)
Ebook (received from the author, thank you!)
Adult, fantasy, romance, novella
Unable to bear the thought of losing his mortal wife, Caden Wolfe steals the Elixir of Life and offers her eternity. But the theft is discovered, his wife is slain, and Caden is stripped of his angel’s wings and cast down into the Abyss.
Having drunk of the Elixir of Life, Phoebe Little’s soul is tied to the earth in a perpetual cycle of death and rebirth. Unaware that she has lived countless lives, Phoebe is haunted by the loss of a love she has no memory of.
Caden has spent a thousand years searching for his wife. Now he has found her, and only Phoebe’s love can redeem them both. But Phoebe fell in love with an angel, and Caden is now a demon of the Abyss. Can she see past what he has become, remember the love they once shared, and have a second chance at forever?
Remember Me was a short and fast paced story about love, eternity and punishment of sorts. It's driven by enigmatic Cade, who's an angel - or at least he was until he stole the Elixir of Life and got banished into Abyss and turned into a demon serving for Lilith alongside his brothers who were with him. All of this for his and his brothers love for mortal women.
The premise is intriguing and captivating and Cade's love and yearning can be felt through the pages. However, after the premise the story becomes a little shattered. It's a hundred page book quesed into a forty-five page novella and while Cade and his history keeps the story going, it does lack in some parts. For one, Phoebe/Eleni is potrayed as a strong willed woman but it doesn't show. She's not a captivating character I can identify with and that made the story loose some of its charm. I've read few of Croft's stories and she has a nack writing a strong willed, sturbborn-ish women who just makes you like them by being themselves and nothing else but sadly Phoebe/Eleni wasn't that and I did feel a little disappointed by that.
Remember Me is had a lots of potential and with a little more length, it could have been really good as the character development could have kicked really in, especially with Phoebe/Eleni. However, it's well written, steamy and Cade certainly is charismatic and one cannot help but love that certain angel turned demon. If you're up to quick read with steamy, eternal love, then Remember Me is definitely for you.
3 of 5 stars.
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