To be honest this book was a disappointment to me.
I have a bad habit of buying books based on cover art (I know, I know. Don't judge a book by it's cover. But be honest, we all do. If we didn't they wouldn't put pictures on the covers). When I saw the cover of this book with the wings on it I knew I would have to buy it. I have a thing for angel lore and it`s always been my dream to grow wings (I`m well aware that this is impossible. But I can still dream can`t I?). So I bought it and didn't read the back, which was the cause of my disappointment.
It had all the elements of a good angel story in the first two chapters. A guardian angel, a girl and love. It wasn't until the introduction of vampires (also referred to as 'eternals') that the book took a downward turn for me. I mean don't get me wrong vamps are cool, but i regret the fact that they have taken over the teen fiction section at chapters. There's only so many ways a mortal can fall in love with a vampire and over come all the challenges (one just fyi. every story is the same -.-. I miss the old vamps that were cruel and that high school girls were actually afraid of and didn't worship. One of the oldest nightmares i can remember was of being bit by a vampire and i can almost guarantee you that people wouldn't consider that a nightmare anymore.).
In the end it wasn't a horrible book. I would consider it a guilty pleasure. I've read much better books about vampires and better books about angels (A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin for example).
I give it a six wings out of ten and would seriously recommend it if you wanted to start getting into lore or where just looking for an easy read.
I have a bad habit of buying books based on cover art (I know, I know. Don't judge a book by it's cover. But be honest, we all do. If we didn't they wouldn't put pictures on the covers). When I saw the cover of this book with the wings on it I knew I would have to buy it. I have a thing for angel lore and it`s always been my dream to grow wings (I`m well aware that this is impossible. But I can still dream can`t I?). So I bought it and didn't read the back, which was the cause of my disappointment.
It had all the elements of a good angel story in the first two chapters. A guardian angel, a girl and love. It wasn't until the introduction of vampires (also referred to as 'eternals') that the book took a downward turn for me. I mean don't get me wrong vamps are cool, but i regret the fact that they have taken over the teen fiction section at chapters. There's only so many ways a mortal can fall in love with a vampire and over come all the challenges (one just fyi. every story is the same -.-. I miss the old vamps that were cruel and that high school girls were actually afraid of and didn't worship. One of the oldest nightmares i can remember was of being bit by a vampire and i can almost guarantee you that people wouldn't consider that a nightmare anymore.).
In the end it wasn't a horrible book. I would consider it a guilty pleasure. I've read much better books about vampires and better books about angels (A Madness of Angels by Kate Griffin for example).
I give it a six wings out of ten and would seriously recommend it if you wanted to start getting into lore or where just looking for an easy read.
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