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| Angelfall by Susan Ee Published by Feral Dream Released: May 21st, 2011 Paperback, 254 pagesSource: Library Reviewed by Angela |
It's been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back.
Anything, including making a deal with an enemy angel.
Raffe is a warrior who lies broken and wingless on the street. After eons of fighting his own battles, he finds himself being rescued from a desperate situation by a half-starved teenage girl.
Anything, including making a deal with an enemy angel.
Raffe is a warrior who lies broken and wingless on the street. After eons of fighting his own battles, he finds himself being rescued from a desperate situation by a half-starved teenage girl.
Traveling through a dark and twisted Northern California, they have only each other to rely on for survival. Together, they journey toward the angels' stronghold in San Francisco where she'll risk everything to rescue her sister and he'll put himself at the mercy of his greatest enemies for the chance to be made whole again.
(May contain spoilers)
Wow. Just wow. This book definitely wowed me. Wowed me from beginning until the end. After reading Embrace, I had little desire to read more angel books. But so many good things were said about this book, and it was just sitting on the bookshelves waiting to be read. So what the heck, why not?
Angels are good guys. Right? Not so much in this case. Angels of the apocalypse have come down to Earth and basically demolished the modern world, without anybody knowing why. Penryn, her sister and her mother are one of the only survivors. One day, they accidentally encounter an battle between angels. And, well, she got noticed and her sister got kidnapped away. On the ground after the battle, there lay a broken, almost dead angel. Seeing that this was her only chance at finding her sister again, she helps and heals the angel, now known as Raffe back to health and makes an ally.
The writing in this book was very intriguing. It made you want to read more, and was very easy to put yourself in that position or atmosphere. The humor, the thoughts were funny, which instantly adds a bonus. Penryn was so kick ass, with her knowing how to fight, and her preservation.
Oh Raffe. I want to add a GIF in here but its not loading. -.- Anyways, Raffe was such a great character. He was funny, snarky but good nature. Too good. In a bad boy kind of way. Does that make sense.
Oh my god. Her mom. Is as scary and weird and messed up as "insert bad word". I was reading this at night and it seriously freaked me out. Are there actually demons possessing her or is she actually communicating with them? The dead bodies with lipstick, the rotten eggs and her obsession with the dead just *shiver* There might be a big possibility that the reason Paige, Penryn's sister was crippled by her own mother. The collection of mothers harming or killing their own child news. Her mom seemed like two different people at times. The freaky demon one and the caring and the one that takes initiative. There must be some kind of explanation as to these actions hopefully explained in the next book.
We are use to nephlim the badass demon hunters, right, right? But no. Again. The nephilim in here are these little cannibalistic demons made from angels and humans intermingling. This was closer to the biblical version than all other books about nephilim, whereas they being the good guys, in here they were actually portraying the evil beings in the bible.
Anyone like forbidden romances? Heh, I do. Raffe and Penryn have an absolute damned one. Raffe the angel and Penryn the human. What does that make? Little demon babies! Not funny. Totally forbidden. Love works in its own twisted ways. Oh my god, when they finally kissed, and Raffe was like "You should know, I don't even like you" I was so sad for Penryn. She probably was like wtf? You kiss me and then you say that? But obviously, theres stuff going on between those two. We just have wait till the next book or the next, next book to know how they'll turn out. Hopefully together.
One part that I found intriguing was the part that Raffe said, "I'm agnostic." Penryn then said "What?! But God made you" and Raffe said "but God created you too, didn't he? Do you believe in God?" Or it went something like that. God supposedly made both of them, yet both, even an angel doesn't really believe in God. This really questions beliefs doesn't it?
The big question is why are the angels killing and destroying our world? What is the purpose behind all this? Hopefully it will be explained in the next book, World After. We better get some explanations to Raffe's demon wings, and Penryn being paralyzed. Ahhhhh cant wait for the next book! The plot, the characters, and the writing is just so good, you just have to love it. Read it guys. READ IT. Thanks :)
5/5 BIG GLOWING STARS
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