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4.01 AVERAGE
NECESITO EL SEGUNDO.
Creo que es la lectura para cerrar mi año y estoy muy feliz de haberlo encontrarlo.
La trama, Raphael, Penryn, -todos los personajes-, el mundo, los ángeles. Estoy muy enamorada.
Gracias Susan, hiciste tragarme todo lo que había dicho. Lograste que lo terminará en un día y con mucha emoción. Repito, estoy MUY enamorada!.
Creo que es la lectura para cerrar mi año y estoy muy feliz de haberlo encontrarlo.
La trama, Raphael, Penryn, -todos los personajes-, el mundo, los ángeles. Estoy muy enamorada.
Gracias Susan, hiciste tragarme todo lo que había dicho. Lograste que lo terminará en un día y con mucha emoción. Repito, estoy MUY enamorada!.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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I’ve been trying for weeks now to actually come up with a great review for Angelfall. I honestly don’t know how to. All I can think about when I want to review this book is, of Supernatural.
I’ve recently fallen in love with this show (I'm on Season 2!). This show is full of Angels, Demons, Ghosts, wicked fights, blood and even romance!
And that is exactly what I found in Angelfall. Penryn Young is a seventeen-year-old girl living in a post-apocalyptic world. The angels have descended from Heaven and have decided to eradicate the human race. The streets of California are dangerous; divided by gangs and angels roaming the streets. When the angels capture Penryn’s sister, she decides to team up with Raffe, an angel without wings. Along with Raffe, Penryn travels to the angel’s lair, so Penryn can save her sister once and for all. Can she trust Raffe, when all he wants is his wings back? Penryn will risk anything to save her sister, including her own life- and her heart.
I am SO glad I read this book when I did. I actually had the paperback in my bookshelf ever since 2011, but I never picked it up for some strange reason. It wasn’t until a few months ago, when Alise from Readers in Wonderland told me that I absolutely HAD to read it that I picked it up.
This story starts off really strong. Penryn is a great heroine! I’ve got to say that she probably tops the list of Kickass Heroines! Her mother made her take every single self-defense class you can imagine, so she’s very capable to take care of herself. Which is great, because when we first get a glimpse of how kick-ass she is, she’s defending an angel from being attacked. Imagine that: a seventeen year-old girl, defending a big, bad, strong angel. And not any angel either, the very dark, very mysterious, very sarcastic and cocky, Raffe.
Raffe is not your common angel. He’s drop-dead gorgeous (even without his wings) with deep blue eyes and a perfectly sculpted body, all taut and muscled. He's also incredibly witty and sarcastic, and very stubborn at times. His interactions with Penryn were a great comic relief, because Raffe definitely knew how to make her smile.
Another great aspect in this book is the romance. The romance here isn’t predominant, and doesn’t take focus from the actual story, but it’s still really good. It felt like a natural progression in the book; something that couldn’t be helped. And I completely ate it up, because Raffe and Penryn are absolutely perfect for each other! They both complimented each other SO well; they were what they needed for each other.
There are a few religious undertones, but they are just the right amount, just enough to make the book legitimately about angels. I enjoyed it very much.
The best aspect of this book has to be the constant plot-twists. The last chapters leave you completely breathless! This whole book is a build-up to something amazing, with constant fight scenes, new developments, and lots and lots of mind-blowing moments!
Also, the world building is spot on and Susan Ee’s writing is totally captivating. You will not be able to put this book down once you start it!
Overall, an amazing book with kick-ass characters, great plot twists, and a heart-wrenching ending that will leave you breathless and wanting more! I recommend this for fans of Supernatural, you will LOVE it!
Rating: 5 stars
I’ve been trying for weeks now to actually come up with a great review for Angelfall. I honestly don’t know how to. All I can think about when I want to review this book is, of Supernatural.
I’ve recently fallen in love with this show (I'm on Season 2!). This show is full of Angels, Demons, Ghosts, wicked fights, blood and even romance!
And that is exactly what I found in Angelfall. Penryn Young is a seventeen-year-old girl living in a post-apocalyptic world. The angels have descended from Heaven and have decided to eradicate the human race. The streets of California are dangerous; divided by gangs and angels roaming the streets. When the angels capture Penryn’s sister, she decides to team up with Raffe, an angel without wings. Along with Raffe, Penryn travels to the angel’s lair, so Penryn can save her sister once and for all. Can she trust Raffe, when all he wants is his wings back? Penryn will risk anything to save her sister, including her own life- and her heart.
I am SO glad I read this book when I did. I actually had the paperback in my bookshelf ever since 2011, but I never picked it up for some strange reason. It wasn’t until a few months ago, when Alise from Readers in Wonderland told me that I absolutely HAD to read it that I picked it up.
This story starts off really strong. Penryn is a great heroine! I’ve got to say that she probably tops the list of Kickass Heroines! Her mother made her take every single self-defense class you can imagine, so she’s very capable to take care of herself. Which is great, because when we first get a glimpse of how kick-ass she is, she’s defending an angel from being attacked. Imagine that: a seventeen year-old girl, defending a big, bad, strong angel. And not any angel either, the very dark, very mysterious, very sarcastic and cocky, Raffe.
Raffe is not your common angel. He’s drop-dead gorgeous (even without his wings) with deep blue eyes and a perfectly sculpted body, all taut and muscled. He's also incredibly witty and sarcastic, and very stubborn at times. His interactions with Penryn were a great comic relief, because Raffe definitely knew how to make her smile.
“Oh. My. God.” I lower my voice, having forgotten to whisper. “You are nothing but a bird with an attitude. Okay, so you have a few muscles, I’ll grant you that. But you know, a bird is nothing but a barely evolved lizard. That’s what you are.”
He chuckles. “Evolution.” He leans over as if telling me a secret. “I’ll have you know that I’ve been this perfect since the beginning of time.” He is so close that his breath caresses my ear.
“Oh, please. Your giant head is getting too big for this forest. Pretty soon, you’re going to get stuck trying to walk between two trees. And then, I’ll have to rescue you.” I give him a weary look. “Again.”-Angelfall by Susan Ee
Another great aspect in this book is the romance. The romance here isn’t predominant, and doesn’t take focus from the actual story, but it’s still really good. It felt like a natural progression in the book; something that couldn’t be helped. And I completely ate it up, because Raffe and Penryn are absolutely perfect for each other! They both complimented each other SO well; they were what they needed for each other.
There are a few religious undertones, but they are just the right amount, just enough to make the book legitimately about angels. I enjoyed it very much.
The best aspect of this book has to be the constant plot-twists. The last chapters leave you completely breathless! This whole book is a build-up to something amazing, with constant fight scenes, new developments, and lots and lots of mind-blowing moments!
Also, the world building is spot on and Susan Ee’s writing is totally captivating. You will not be able to put this book down once you start it!
Overall, an amazing book with kick-ass characters, great plot twists, and a heart-wrenching ending that will leave you breathless and wanting more! I recommend this for fans of Supernatural, you will LOVE it!
Rating: 5 stars
se me había olvidado lo weno que es este libro por dios
As a fan of urban fantasy this exceeded all my expectations. I can't measure how much fun this book was. I loved the plot, the pacing and i loved every single dialogue between Penryn and Raffe.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
This is one of those old stories I got many years ago when it was first published and I haven't read for a very long time. But in going through my books I felt like it was time to revisit this one. And my general opinion of it is pretty neutral with a slight leaning towards positive.
As a whole the story, the characters, the writing, the world, it's all pretty good. But it's not quite at that point where I would say it's great. It constant toes that line of becoming really good for a number of reasons. The world and writing for example is good, but not quite great as there are just a few moments that feel so typical for a human life style as opposed to the angel one, which normally isn't a problem but the story does build angels up to be a very different creature to humans, so for them to have a lot of matching mannerisms and details in how they view things pulls you out of the story a bit. Or you have the characters who are all interesting and I want to follow them on this adventure, but it never quit hits that point where I would say I find them loveable. A lot of the time they're just there.
Despite those minor issues I still enjoyed it and it's still a book I want to keep on my shelves. I'm not quite sure how I feel about the romance since it isn't the worst but it does feel rushed. Of course, that might be my own immediate prejudice against hetero romances so I'm trying not to judge that part too much because it really isn't the worst that I've read and I fee like it had the chance to be a genuinely good part of the story in the sequel story.
As a whole the story, the characters, the writing, the world, it's all pretty good. But it's not quite at that point where I would say it's great. It constant toes that line of becoming really good for a number of reasons. The world and writing for example is good, but not quite great as there are just a few moments that feel so typical for a human life style as opposed to the angel one, which normally isn't a problem but the story does build angels up to be a very different creature to humans, so for them to have a lot of matching mannerisms and details in how they view things pulls you out of the story a bit. Or you have the characters who are all interesting and I want to follow them on this adventure, but it never quit hits that point where I would say I find them loveable. A lot of the time they're just there.
Despite those minor issues I still enjoyed it and it's still a book I want to keep on my shelves. I'm not quite sure how I feel about the romance since it isn't the worst but it does feel rushed. Of course, that might be my own immediate prejudice against hetero romances so I'm trying not to judge that part too much because it really isn't the worst that I've read and I fee like it had the chance to be a genuinely good part of the story in the sequel story.
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Loved Penryn's drive to save her sister despite the odds.