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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
Good enough that I immediately bought book two. (And when you have thousands of ebooks on your reader, buying a new one to continue a series is a big compliment to the author.)
It started out quite rough. It's set several years after a big human/fallen angel war and you definitely feel like you're missing a little something...and like people are just getting on with the new normal a little too easily. There's no sense of it the new laws are only in effect in Halo or in the rest of the world too.
Also, the characters are meant to be in there twenties, but they feel very much more like teens. Take the sex out and this could easily be a YA book. I do wish they felt a little older. Lastly, the naming convention for women is a mess. Honestly, Mitzy, Tiffani, Sissy, Tempie and Desty? (I'll add a post-read edit to mention book two has a Candi too!)
But despite those two real complaints, the book is dark, funny and plot is an interesting one. It grapples with some heavy themes that I appreciate. All in all, worth the read. I'm glad I took a chance on it.
Be warned however, it's a cliffhanger. And not the 'some threads wrap up, while others are left open' cliffy. The sort where the plot just stops because the book is the prescribed length and the story needs to be broken into a series.
It started out quite rough. It's set several years after a big human/fallen angel war and you definitely feel like you're missing a little something...and like people are just getting on with the new normal a little too easily. There's no sense of it the new laws are only in effect in Halo or in the rest of the world too.
Also, the characters are meant to be in there twenties, but they feel very much more like teens. Take the sex out and this could easily be a YA book. I do wish they felt a little older. Lastly, the naming convention for women is a mess. Honestly, Mitzy, Tiffani, Sissy, Tempie and Desty? (I'll add a post-read edit to mention book two has a Candi too!)
But despite those two real complaints, the book is dark, funny and plot is an interesting one. It grapples with some heavy themes that I appreciate. All in all, worth the read. I'm glad I took a chance on it.
Be warned however, it's a cliffhanger. And not the 'some threads wrap up, while others are left open' cliffy. The sort where the plot just stops because the book is the prescribed length and the story needs to be broken into a series.
The town of Halo comes with certain prices. Any meagre human has to earn the protection of one Non Person, or potentially suffer at the hands of vampires, witches, and angels. Everyone is still scarred from the war, and live in fear of the fallen angels that rule them.
This book sounds amazing. A little bit of Supernatural, a dash of True Blood, yep, definitely looking forward to it. I downloaded it onto my kindle and it skipped to the front of the queue!
It starts off rather confusingly, as you're dropped into the middle of the Whitney brothers' angel drama, with Colt fighting mind control, and Tough literally speechless. But then it drops back to Desty's POV, as the girl heads into Halo, searching for her missing twin sister, who happens to be obsessed with the romantic view of angels.
The first half of the book was awesome. I enjoyed the interactions, the relationships, the fights and everything else.
Halo Bound is a harsh world to live in, but the main characters do so, with a bitter smile and banter. The Whitney brothers (and many other residents) don't take themselves too seriously most of the time, and it really was quite entertaining.
You also have Desty, who has also been the more introverted twin, but daring to risk everything to find and rescue her sister. Her solo roadtrip has made her strong and capable.
By mid-way, it all got kinda stale. It was no one thing in particular, Desty continued to um and ah over her sister's fate; Colt continues to love and hate his angel tormentor; the best friend Jax continues to play video games. All of which would have been fine, but it was Tough that screwed it up for me. He's centre-stage, so the story relies heavily on him.
To begin with, he seemed really interesting, with his thoughts of revenge, and mix of guilt and issues. But as the story went on, I developed an equally interesting mental tic. Every time he did, or thought something stupid, a not-so-little voice in my head stated "you're a dick".
Tough deserts his mentally-unstable brother "you're a dick". Tough cheats on the new love of his life "you're a dick". And that death near the end? "you're a MAJOR dick!".
The latter part of the book had some more highs and interesting twists. My favourite being all about Ryder. That was awesome, Ryder quickly jumped to being my fave character!
I might be tempted to finish the series later, but yeah, not feeling over-enthused at the moment.
This book sounds amazing. A little bit of Supernatural, a dash of True Blood, yep, definitely looking forward to it. I downloaded it onto my kindle and it skipped to the front of the queue!
It starts off rather confusingly, as you're dropped into the middle of the Whitney brothers' angel drama, with Colt fighting mind control, and Tough literally speechless. But then it drops back to Desty's POV, as the girl heads into Halo, searching for her missing twin sister, who happens to be obsessed with the romantic view of angels.
The first half of the book was awesome. I enjoyed the interactions, the relationships, the fights and everything else.
Halo Bound is a harsh world to live in, but the main characters do so, with a bitter smile and banter. The Whitney brothers (and many other residents) don't take themselves too seriously most of the time, and it really was quite entertaining.
You also have Desty, who has also been the more introverted twin, but daring to risk everything to find and rescue her sister. Her solo roadtrip has made her strong and capable.
By mid-way, it all got kinda stale. It was no one thing in particular, Desty continued to um and ah over her sister's fate; Colt continues to love and hate his angel tormentor; the best friend Jax continues to play video games. All of which would have been fine, but it was Tough that screwed it up for me. He's centre-stage, so the story relies heavily on him.
To begin with, he seemed really interesting, with his thoughts of revenge, and mix of guilt and issues. But as the story went on, I developed an equally interesting mental tic. Every time he did, or thought something stupid, a not-so-little voice in my head stated "you're a dick".
Tough deserts his mentally-unstable brother "you're a dick". Tough cheats on the new love of his life "you're a dick". And that death near the end? "you're a MAJOR dick!".
The latter part of the book had some more highs and interesting twists. My favourite being all about Ryder. That was awesome, Ryder quickly jumped to being my fave character!
I might be tempted to finish the series later, but yeah, not feeling over-enthused at the moment.