A review by jillmarlo
Tread of Angels by Rebecca Roanhorse

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This book suffers from the fact that it was trying to do so much in a very short period of time. And because of that a lot of details seemed to be missing. Character development happened extremely quickly and wasn’t super nuanced so characters seemed quite 2-D. The basic premise is that there is this world where there are normal humans and then a different kind of human that are ‘Fallen’ because they’re related to fallen angels. The Fallen are the lower class people. The story begins with Celeste trying to prove that her sister, Mariel is innocent of a murder of an “Elect” man. And at first Mariel is made out to be this sweet innocent little angel, but then as time goes on Celeste has to confront the possibility that her sister is not as perfect as she has always believed. The character of Celeste was very interesting and her obsession with protecting her sister and treating her sister like a child added some needed depth to the character and the story. The world that was created seems very interesting, I just wish we got a little more time to spend in it to get the entire picture. There was a subplot going on behind the scenes regarding the societal structure and corruption, but the specific details got lost and confusing. There was supposed to be double crossing and ulterior motives, but it was confusing. Anyways it was a quick fast read, but it wasn’t all that solid.