Soooo let me just insert an excerpt of what I tried to fall asleep too last night….
The streets have turned desolate and empty of people. We are out of the aerie district and in the demolished zone. Miles of burnt-out car husks and wrecked buildings flow by. The wind whips my hair around my face as we drive through the charred and broken skeleton of our world.
That was the happy ending I stayed up late to try to get too…. anything to erase the fear building up inside of me during the climax of the story…
But I am getting too far ahead of myself…. Let’s go back…
I am ALWAYS on the look out for my next book… I’ve read everything… every genre… (Other than that 50 shades stuff… don’t get me started on that again… but you can always read my thoughts on it here.)
But lately… much like the rest of the world … the world according to Amazon Kindle anyways… I have been reading a lot of pre & post Apocalyptic crap lately… This of course was started by the Hunger Games series that rocked all of our socks….
I’ve read all the vampire series… even really horrible ones…. supernatural this and that… crossed… matched… reached…. the uglies… the pretties… all of the Giver books… the list is endless… I of course take some breaks in this to keep my mind from melting into a pile of goo and read something with more… oomph? such as 12 years a slave… the invention of wings… brain on fire was a super intense read…. okay… I digress… regardless of how it came about I purchased and began to read Angel Fall by Susan Ee… Sunday morning before the Super Bowl… I finished it last night… and let me just tell you… from the chick that laughs her way through horror flicks with a glass of wine… this was bone chilling and terrifying…
I LOVED IT!
Here is a brief synopsis
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. 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.
Sounds cheesy right? I thought so too… but I ventured forth anyways… with in the first chapter I am lost in the book…
and as I devoured the book… which was unlike anything I have read before… regardless of the familiar feeling synopsis… I several times stopped and googled the author trying to find out what kind of woman comes up with this stuff…. It was amazing…
terrifying…. gruesome…Not “Saw 1-million (or however many they made)” gruesome… (I laughed through those as well) but truly horrifying…
the story line is awesome
the characters are so unique…
I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone under the age of 16… but I am a prude when it comes to that… If they have played COD or WOW… this will be G-rated in comparison…
Soooo in a horribly all over the place book review… with really no focus thanks to the lack of sleep for fear of the swirling angel vortex… you have my 5 star recommendation… READ IT! .. DISCUSS below!
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It’s crazy to me how once a series like the Hunger Games has success, BAM tons of similar styles published instantly. I don’t think I can venture into “bone chilling” territory…that book sounds like it will keep me up at night!
Ha ha! It is pretty gruesome…. AWESOME but creepy for sure!
This sounds like a book I totally need to recommend to my mom. I’m not much on those kinds of books – I’ve tried. I’m much more into non-fiction these days. Scary enough as is 😉 I’ve noticed that the older I get, the more sensitive I get. I have to be careful about my viewing habits and my reading. I get incredibly anxious and worried and find the stress isn’t worth the pleasure of the story.
But mom – she eats this stuff up.
I agree with you Jen… I doubt my younger self would’ve been even remotely spooked by this… It’s a great story.