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The Last Archangel by Michael D. Young
3.0
I received this ARC from netgalley.com
I think whoever wrote the synopsis/description of The Last Archangel, did a terrible job at selling this book with a few words. It does not do it justice and it sort of leads the reading into a very misleading way of thinking before they enter the book. With the mention of a ‘love’ some may think is it a Paranormal Romance. However, it is not, and that as a whole makes the book great!
Right of the gate the book begins with very up front, strong, and decedent writing that sort of makes your head go back and your eyes go wide. You are honestly thinking “Wow, this is a real Angel book!” I was immediately gripped from page one, Xandir was one of the most impressively written characters in the whole book. He was the only one I really felt for, wanted to know was ok the whole time I was reading it. The book sort of mind bends you, from Xandir’s story to the story of Eden, a very average mortal woman that is tossed into a very abnormal situation. Pretty much the woman is giving birth to not just the anti Christ but also pretty much the second coming of Jesus. This as a whole is a unique and totally brilliant idea.
I was lead astray a few times with some scenes that seemed to be out of place, and made the pace of the book really lag for me. I found myself putting it down, getting mentally side tracked, and then picking it back up knowing that more was to come. It had this steady rise and fall and for some readers that could be a bit off putting and make someone lose the whole rich point of the story. For me the whole experience of this book was not just original, but amazingly done. I love books about Angels, I don’t think people write about them enough personally, and when they do, they do it all wrong and they lack a really good background to root the storyline in. However, Young took us into actual historical events and made them relevant as far as why these things happened to them.
The one thing I did think was silly was he named the demons in the book, and they had names like the Decepticons in Transformers ‘Dusteater’, ‘Sparkslinger’, just to name a few. I have to admit I did a bit of eye rolling. I do think as a whole, Young needs to lock down his pacing in a book, like I said I got lost in certain bits of it and found myself lagging where normally I just blaze through a book. The story telling needs to improve in future books. With that being said, I do think this story was an amazing idea. The characters had great depth, you cared what happened to them, by the end you were left totally wanting more, and there wasn’t anything to terribly tragic that happened. I would love to know if he will continue this story, I would love to know what happens to Baby Xandir.
I think whoever wrote the synopsis/description of The Last Archangel, did a terrible job at selling this book with a few words. It does not do it justice and it sort of leads the reading into a very misleading way of thinking before they enter the book. With the mention of a ‘love’ some may think is it a Paranormal Romance. However, it is not, and that as a whole makes the book great!
Right of the gate the book begins with very up front, strong, and decedent writing that sort of makes your head go back and your eyes go wide. You are honestly thinking “Wow, this is a real Angel book!” I was immediately gripped from page one, Xandir was one of the most impressively written characters in the whole book. He was the only one I really felt for, wanted to know was ok the whole time I was reading it. The book sort of mind bends you, from Xandir’s story to the story of Eden, a very average mortal woman that is tossed into a very abnormal situation. Pretty much the woman is giving birth to not just the anti Christ but also pretty much the second coming of Jesus. This as a whole is a unique and totally brilliant idea.
I was lead astray a few times with some scenes that seemed to be out of place, and made the pace of the book really lag for me. I found myself putting it down, getting mentally side tracked, and then picking it back up knowing that more was to come. It had this steady rise and fall and for some readers that could be a bit off putting and make someone lose the whole rich point of the story. For me the whole experience of this book was not just original, but amazingly done. I love books about Angels, I don’t think people write about them enough personally, and when they do, they do it all wrong and they lack a really good background to root the storyline in. However, Young took us into actual historical events and made them relevant as far as why these things happened to them.
The one thing I did think was silly was he named the demons in the book, and they had names like the Decepticons in Transformers ‘Dusteater’, ‘Sparkslinger’, just to name a few. I have to admit I did a bit of eye rolling. I do think as a whole, Young needs to lock down his pacing in a book, like I said I got lost in certain bits of it and found myself lagging where normally I just blaze through a book. The story telling needs to improve in future books. With that being said, I do think this story was an amazing idea. The characters had great depth, you cared what happened to them, by the end you were left totally wanting more, and there wasn’t anything to terribly tragic that happened. I would love to know if he will continue this story, I would love to know what happens to Baby Xandir.