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Title: ‘Angelfall'
Author: Susan Ee Series: (Penryn & the End of Days #1) Genre: Urban Fantasy, Young Adult, Paranormal Romance, Angles, Science Fiction, Dystopian, Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Year of Publication: 2012 Version: Paperback ISBN: 978-1-444-77851-9
Themes: Forbidden love, oppresion, mother/daughter family dynamics, suspense, Post Apocalypse
Review
“If I was good at marketing, I’d spin you an empty story that sounds profound. But the truth is that we’re all just stumbling around in the dark. Sometimes we hit something terrible.”
“Sometimes, as we’re stumbling along in the dark, we hit something good.”
A fallen angel amongst a world of fallen hope.
A fallen girl walking in a fallen world. But maybe both can rise with wings of their own.
'Angelfall' is a gritty, post-apocalyptic, paranormal fantasy where Angels are the cardinal tools in purging the world of humanity. Chaos rules the streets by day, their fears keep them hidden come night - when the immortals like to play. 6 Weeks have passed since the Angel apocalypse arrived to target earth, still in the process of ridding all humans, young and old, while using others for sinister experimentation.
“In case you hadn’t noticed, the whole world has gone crazy. It’s time to adapt.”
17-year-old resourceful and quick-thinking Penryn Young has shouldered the burden of her family’s care since her father left, protecting her 7-year-old crippled sister, and enduring her mother’s instability and abuse in her mentally distressed state. Penryn’s mother is lost to her own illusive world of demons, prayers and fanatical beliefs, and Penryn has equal amounts of anger towards her, and an equal amount of guilt because of that anger, though her loyalty to her loved ones will never know any bounds.
‘When I was little, I always thought I’d be Cinderella, but I guess this makes me the wicked witch. But then again, Cinderella didn’t live in a post-apocalyptic world invaded by avenging angels.’
One eve, Penryn, her schizophrenic mother and younger sister brave the now dangerous night of suburban San Francisco and the scattered, riotous gangs competing for shelter. To their dread, they witness an angel attack after a white-feathered angel falls from the sky, only to lose his wings battling his rivals. Penryn helps the angel in an attempt for her family to flee the savage scene, but in doing so damns her wheelchair-bound sister in the hands of the Angles of the Apocalypse.
‘I’ve never killed anyone before. What frightens me isn’t that I’m killing someone. What frightens me is how easy it is.’
As the apocalypse brings human nature to its primordial gutters, it has become of a world of every person for themselves, and every person’s body parts for themselves. Cruelty to butchery, horror and suspense, Penryn journeys through a dismal, murky world as a strong, stalwart lead who stands up for herself in any situation. Set on finding her sister, Penryn makes a deal with the devil, or should I say angel: She will guide him on his unused feet home and he will help her retrieve what was taken from her. Penryn wars between benevolence toward her new companion, dislike for his kind, and hording her loyalty solely for her objectives…but she finds herself building companionship with this sarcastic, humorous angel who seems unlike the destructive carnage and crimes committed by his people.
“A leader bereft of followers. An angel with severed wings. A warrior without a sword. You have nothing left.”
“He has me,” I say.'
In a world of human offenders and survivors, almost all are victims brought to their lowest and subjected to the dregs and wastes of their own constitution, driven by wild instinct and a desperate need to live. This is a book about warring species, angel crusades, comforting friendship with a touch of budding romance to light up the kindling hope in a fruitless world. 'Angelfall' was an enjoyable read, growing more compelling the further I went into the story, and I was impatient to read the next!
‘I never thought about it before, but I’m proud to be human. We’re ever so flawed. We’re frail, confused, violent. And we struggle with so many issues. But all in all, I’m proud to be a Daughter of Man.'
I gave this book 3.5 stars -
Warning: scenes of child abuse, brutality and cannibalism.
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2 Comments
Shay
15/6/2019 05:37:45
This sounds really interesting. If I'm understanding this correctly, the angels are the bad guys?
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Vaishali@ Vicarious Living
15/6/2019 10:36:50
It was interesting, and had quite a sombre atmosphere throughout what with it being a dystopian.
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