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Angel Evolution
by David Estes
If you have been waiting for another great good vs. evil Angel series, you just might be in luck with David Estes' new trilogy. Book one is the Angel Evolution. While it very much reminded me of Lauren Kate's Fallen series, this story was very interesting in its own right and put a clear twist on the tried-and-true legend of angels and demons.
Taylor is not a very girly-girly college freshman. She leaves that to her roommate and long-time best friend Sam. Yet the handsomest guy on campus, Gabriel, is suddenly very interested in Taylor. They soon begin dating and eventually Gabriel shares his big secret: he is an angel and Taylor is known as The One. She is the one human with an aura so large that the angels can harness her light to finally defeat their arch enemies, the demons. Gabriel stretches the truth quite a bit and does win over Taylor completely. What Taylor will find out much much later is that not only do the angels want to defeat the demons, they also want to wipe out the humans.
Demon Christopher Lyon and Sam also make for a sweet couple on campus and Chris eventually needs to let Sam in on the entire angel/demon history in an effort to save Taylor from the angels. The ending is very fast-paced with battle strategies and all sorts of deceptive maneuvers on both sides.
I gave this book only 3 and a half stars based on the limited and empty characterizations of the main characters. Aside from Taylor, the reader can learn very little about who these people/angels/demons really are. You are meant to take the author's word for it that they shared great conversations together and built solid relationships with one another. In the end you have no real belief as to why Taylor loves Gabriel and Sam loves Chris. It is all just taken for granted and for this story which is primarily a "love conquers all" novel, this is a big problem.
Despite the fact that the main characters are college freshman, this is a very tame story in terms of language and romance and perfectly appropriate for middle school students. I'll be curious to see if more character development is apparent in Demon Evolution, the next book in the series.
(Many thanks to the author for this free ecopy!)
Taylor is not a very girly-girly college freshman. She leaves that to her roommate and long-time best friend Sam. Yet the handsomest guy on campus, Gabriel, is suddenly very interested in Taylor. They soon begin dating and eventually Gabriel shares his big secret: he is an angel and Taylor is known as The One. She is the one human with an aura so large that the angels can harness her light to finally defeat their arch enemies, the demons. Gabriel stretches the truth quite a bit and does win over Taylor completely. What Taylor will find out much much later is that not only do the angels want to defeat the demons, they also want to wipe out the humans.
Demon Christopher Lyon and Sam also make for a sweet couple on campus and Chris eventually needs to let Sam in on the entire angel/demon history in an effort to save Taylor from the angels. The ending is very fast-paced with battle strategies and all sorts of deceptive maneuvers on both sides.
I gave this book only 3 and a half stars based on the limited and empty characterizations of the main characters. Aside from Taylor, the reader can learn very little about who these people/angels/demons really are. You are meant to take the author's word for it that they shared great conversations together and built solid relationships with one another. In the end you have no real belief as to why Taylor loves Gabriel and Sam loves Chris. It is all just taken for granted and for this story which is primarily a "love conquers all" novel, this is a big problem.
Despite the fact that the main characters are college freshman, this is a very tame story in terms of language and romance and perfectly appropriate for middle school students. I'll be curious to see if more character development is apparent in Demon Evolution, the next book in the series.
(Many thanks to the author for this free ecopy!)