There were so many things I liked about this story and the characters, that made it hard for me to point to it and say: “ hey, this is the reason I liked it this much!” The fact is that I really loved every bit of it, and I have to give a big thanks to all my GoodReads book friends, because without them I probably wouldn’t have found about it. Maybe it is because I was sick of all the fluffy reads with the good shinny angels and I needed something different, or realistic, or creepy in a complete awesome way or maybe it is just the fact that the story was so full of surprises that made me like it even more. So maybe it is just that we (as in “me and the author”) think on some aspects somehow alike, maybe it is because I always thought that religion is the most manipulative weapon of them all and I finally stumbled upon a book that showed it right. Just because we sometimes warned one or two of you beforehand doesn’t make us altruistic.” “Why would you think that? Even in your Bible, we’re harbingers of doom, willing and able to destroy entire cities. I used to think they were all sweet and kind.”

… Because this, my dears, is a hidden gem, one of the best you can find if you go looking for them!Īnyways, back to the point – I’ll start my review with this statement/quote: Of course, I’ve also read a few good angel-books, but – except for probably “Daughter of Smoke and Bone” – none of them made me feel as attached to the storyline as this beauty here. bad battle where, how could it be any different, the good shinny angels usually get to easily win. I usually don’t pick up many angel-books to read, as I find then not-quite-original, mostly repetitive and usually plain boring with the good vs.

Angelfall book review