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A review by see_sadie_read
Halo Bound by eden Hudson
4.0
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.