World After Review

I… just… wow…

Even though not a lot of things happen in this installment, it was sooo so good! Penryn is probably my favorite lead female character ever!

What I Loved:

The action. Susan Ee has an incredible talent for describing gore and action with a good pace that is descriptive but not as though it is in slow-mo.

Penryn. She has really stepped up her sass level in this novel!

The fact that it takes FOREVER for Penryn and Raffe to reunite. Even though it made me sad, I like the fact that Penryn isn’t one of those typical YA heroines who is nothing without her man. They are strong apart, but stronger together, and that m’dears is what a true relationship, partnership, is about.

The realism. A lot of YA hero(ine)s tend to be unrealistically brave. Penryn is brave, but not to the extent where it is unnatural. It is one of those ridiculous coincidence’s that the protagonist has self-defense training, but in this situation, it makes sense. She is afraid, but doesn’t allow her fear to paralyze her (or at least not always).

The themes of “What Makes a Monster.” Very Shelley’s Frankenstein or Hugo’s The Huntchback of Notre Dame.

What I Didn’t Like:

Not a lot happened. A few questions have been answered, and Penryn has learned a lot about the World After and herself but it seems like it was a long time with not a lot going on.

Overall, I’m so incredibly pumped for the third installment but I’m crying inside because I have to wait until 2015!!! D: This is why I don’t normally read series’ in the making and wait for all installments to come out.

You will Fall for Angelfall

A powerful post-apocalyptic novel I thought I could skip on… Boy I’m glad I didn’t!

Synopsis: In a Post-Apocalyptic world where angels have taken over and destroyed families, towns, cities, nations… the world!; a lot of rules are broken, and desperation has taken over. 17 year old Penryn is on a mission to save her sister who has been taken by these terrible… creatures and who can help her? One of them. 

Raffe, is an angel who has lost something… pretty important. His own kind is turning against him and he was saved by… this petty mortal girl? How humiliating! 

On her quest to save her sister, Penryn and Raffe develop a strong relationship based on trust—something that doesn’t come easy in the post apocalyptic world. In this world, there is something much bigger than a kidnapped sister and some broken wings… Big things are happening in Heaven, which means it’s only going to get worse for the survivors of the Angelfall.

What I loved: 

Focus… There is something SO much bigger than a human falling for an angel and an angel falling for a human. There was focus on the big picture for once! In other romance novels, the focus somehow always came down to the couple… whether or not the get along, whether or not they get together… This one… not so much.

I loved the little tender moments of romance but enjoyed the action more!

I liked that it was different from other angel novels. This one had a more scientific twist on it whereas other angel novels focus on the religious and mystical… the mysterious. This one is more about cold hard fact and science. A very interesting and intelligent mix.

I loved how strong Penryn was. She knows how to fend for herself, how to fight… she’s a leader she’s strong-willed, a real character to look up to as opposed to some other protagonists.

What I Hated: 

Raffe very often got on my nerves. Dear goodness he got on my nerves until the last few chapters in which case I fell in love! :3

WTF?! SPOILER WARNING!!!

1. The author is very very VERY graphic! Lots of blood. I like Gore… okay… but whoa! I was really unprepared for the LEVEL of bloodshed and gorey detail. But then again I normally read fluffy cutesy cheesy romance novels not action packed sci-fi’s with some romance on the side.

2. Nephilim. I’ve officially read three different definitions of Nephilim. in Fallen Nephilim were taught to basically be like normal people with some insight to how angels and that whole world works. They were not outcasts or horrible people, they were cherished in a way. In Hush, Hush Nephilim are just immortal offspring of fallen angels and humans. Nephilim in that novel are not necessarily terrible not necessarily special. In Angelfall, however… Nephilim are demons. 0.0 DA fuck?! They are cannibalistic demons that eat people alive in the darkness… WTF?!

3. He kisses her hungrily and then tells her he doesn’t care about her! Nuff said. WTF?!!

4. The scorpion people. 0.0 And what they were doing to the children!!! OMGGGG!!!! WTFFFFFF?!!!

Awwwwww!!!! SPOILER ALERT:

1.  He really does care! I loved him carrying her through the rubble and the chaos to get her to her family. Awwwwwww!!!

2. He circles around her, keeping up with where she is. Awwwwwww!!!

I rate this PG-13 and overall I give this one 5/5 I loved every page and I’m so glad I read it! But now I have to wait until November for the sequel!!!! WTF?!!!?