What the story is about:
(Don't worry, this IS descriptive but it also doesn't spoil anything -- this is basically what's on the back of the book) The Apocalypse happened six weeks ago, and now seventeen year old Penryn is living with her schizophrenic mother and wheelchair-bound little sister, Paige. They're living every day and night in constant fear of both the demonic angels and street gangs that surround them. One night, Penryn decides it's time they make a run for it, knowing that soon the street gangs, or worse, would find them. But minutes after they leave their secluded living space in an abandoned building, they run into a fight between several angels. In a dramatic turn of events, one of the angels spot them and grab Paige before flying off with the rest of his group. Penryn's mom runs off in fear, feeling as if the 'demons' her ill mind has made her see everywhere have become real and have found her. Penryn is left alone with her sister's empty wheelchair and a single angel that has been left on the streets, abandoned. The story is about Penryn's journey to find her sister, and the difficult relationship that forms between her and the angel, Raffe.
My opinion:
Alright, so I know the book sounds weird. I'm in love with the 'end of the world' book idea, but I admit, the idea of angels just seemed strange to me in comparison to the other books I've read like Angelfall. The price is what finaly got me to buy the book. It's new and not quite popular yet, so you can find it for pretty cheap. But... the moment I started reading the book, I was hooked. It sparked a lot of curiosity and it has a lot of interesting twists, including a rebellion by the humans and some horrifying and gut wrenching descriptions of a flesh eating (at first a mystery) creature. The book was definitely not what I was expecting and it definitely won me over quickly. I absolutely cannot WAIT for the next book to be released this year, and it's even been signed over to eventually be made into a film by some of the same people who made the Hunger Games, The Posession, Spiderman, and Hope Springs!
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