Angelfall Review

Angelfall by Susan Ee
My Rating: ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥
Pages: 283
It's been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back.

Anything, including making a deal with an enemy angel.

Raffe is a warrior who lies broken and wingless on the street. After eons of fighting his own battles, he finds himself being rescued from a desperate situation by a half-starved teenage girl.

Traveling through a dark and twisted Northern California, they have only each other to rely on for survival. Together, they journey toward the angels' stronghold in San Francisco where she'll risk everything to rescue her sister and he'll put himself at the mercy of his greatest enemies for the chance to be made whole again.

My Thoughts:
This captivating tale kept me on my toes the entire time. Post-apocalypse, Penryn and her family are hardly surviving in the start of the story, just barely hanging on. With Penryn's mother being mentally unstable and her sister handicapped she is the sole caretaker. When one day a fight amongst the angels happens in front of them and their world twists upside down.. again. Penryn's sister is snatched from her hands leaving an injured angel as her only hope. She understandably despises the angel at first, he is among the kind who destroyed the world. But even considering that, I was hooked the minute the swoon worthy angel opened his mouth, sarcastic and cocky--my favorite

 My absolute love for this book isn't just because of the debonair angel, Raffe. The heroine, Penryn, is also brilliant. The characters in the novel are just flawlessly written and the story line was very imaginative--if not a little bit on the creepy side. As Penryn and Raffe journey off to find her sister many situations face them on the way, making the book 100x better. Even the subordinate characters were fit to my liking and brilliantly written. After reading this book you're all going to wish for your own Raffe to accompany you on a journey. The love story between the two was clouded by the utter desperation of finding Penryn's sister, but was still raw and full of life. Readers can definitely tell the growing love between the two, even if they both continuously deny it themselves.As the story progresses readers can see the desperation to find Paige as Penryn tears herself apart over the loss of her sister. Throughout the novel, Penryn battles with herself as reality tells her her sister is already dead, but no matter what scary things are thrown at her she refuses to give up. I wish Penryn was my big sister and would come look for me in scary world Susan Ee created. All in all, this book was just absolutely amazing and written wonderfully.

But sadly, not all good things last. Of course the book ended on a cliff hanger leaving me in shock and anger. I may have almost cried. This epic read was one that I will never forget and I recommend this to anybody looking for a fast-paced, romantic, dystopian read that will leave an impression on them. Believe me, I've read A LOT of books and this one will stick with me for a long time. 

Would I Read Again? Hell yes
Would I Recommend it? Absolutely