Angelfall by Susan Ee

Angelfall by Susan Ee

Series: End of Days Book 1

Genre: YA Romantic Fantasy

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Insanity. As I read this book, I could feel myself slowly going insane. Okay, that’s not entirely true, but honestly in the world in this book, who wouldn’t go insane? This was a true apocalypse novel, showing the truth of the end of the world and the crazy things people would turn too. I was completely disgusted by some of the things people said or did, but I’m sure if I were in their shoes I would do the same.

I was very confused when I started reading this book. Very few details and explanations were given in the beginning of Angelfall, and I like that. However, the craziness was evident from the start, considering Penryn’s mother was in fact insane. It was very creepy, probably the creepiest book I’ve ever read, but not so creepy that I couldn’t handle it.

I really like this book because while it was completely fantasy and made up, there was still some truth in it. It showed the truth of poverty and fear, of insanity and gangs. No, we don’t have rogue angels roaming the skies every night looking for people to attack, but we do have people suffering from malnutrition and fear of gangs.

I also like this book because it portrayed angels in a different way than people are used to. In Angelfall, angels were evil creatures who believed they could steal the world from humans, or “monkeys,” and destroy everything. They were mass murderers and they caused more destruction then our view of naked babies with little wings. It showed that angels aren’t perfect, and that they aren’t good, and I liked that. I love it when books take a common topic and put a crazy spin on it, and Susan Ee did a great job with that.

Overall this book was about a girl struggling to survive and save her sister with the help of an angel whose wings were cut off. Eventually, they fall in love and encounter many crazy things along the way. Penryn was a strong young woman who was very relatable, and Raffe wasn’t just a demanding, controlling, perfect angel like they are always portrayed.

Three stars.