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A review by pxisxngirl
Death Angel by Linda Howard
3.0
I want to start by saying that this is not my typical genre, but read it as a recommendation for a book challenge. That being said, the actual storyline of Death Angel was pretty good! I mean, there are drug dealers, assassins, death, and let's not forget about the steamy scenes! Drea is a character that you can't help but like! She's a strong female lead character, but what bothered me about Drea was that she felt the need to play the blonde bimbo stereotype to keep a man that she despised simply for his money. Remove that aspect from her character and she's smart, she's strong, and she's a fighter. She becomes this complete package that you would definitely want on your side. ***Spoilers from this point on!!!***
I want to address the scene where Drea dies and "crosses" over to the other side. I felt that though that was a big part of the continuation of the storyline, that it was thrown into the story very strangely. As a reader, I was very thrown off when I got to this point of her crossing over to this other plain full of "layered" beings that voted on giving her a second chance at life, including the spirit of who would have been her still born son, and beaming her back to her body. I felt that in a sci-fi or fantasy book, this type of scene would have felt normal, but that in your somewhat typical romance novel, this came across very odd. I also felt that the storyline tended to drag on in certain parts. Again, the book itself was good and I enjoyed reading it, but I definitely felt that there was some room for improvement.
I want to address the scene where Drea dies and "crosses" over to the other side. I felt that though that was a big part of the continuation of the storyline, that it was thrown into the story very strangely. As a reader, I was very thrown off when I got to this point of her crossing over to this other plain full of "layered" beings that voted on giving her a second chance at life, including the spirit of who would have been her still born son, and beaming her back to her body. I felt that in a sci-fi or fantasy book, this type of scene would have felt normal, but that in your somewhat typical romance novel, this came across very odd. I also felt that the storyline tended to drag on in certain parts. Again, the book itself was good and I enjoyed reading it, but I definitely felt that there was some room for improvement.