Angelfall

Author: Susan Ee
Series: Penryn & the End of Days #1
Genre: Post-Apocalyptic, Horror, Action/Adventure
Release Date: January 1, 2011
Summary: It's been six weeks since the angels of the apocalypse destroyed the world as we know it. Only pockets of humanity remain. Savage street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When angels fly away with a helpless girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back...

Review: Angelfall starts off with a bang and never stops. From page one we are thrust into this incredibly written, post-apocalyptic world over taken by angels. I absolutely loved the whole idea and progression of this book! During that whole ‘fallen-angel’ obsession period that happened a few years back, many of the books dealt with the angels being the good guys and what not. With this one, it is the complete opposite! The angels are feared and wretched! This was such a refreshing spin!

The main character (Penryn Young) was just so completely awesome!!!! She can totally defend and care for herself! I enjoyed that she wasn't reliant on anyone (except Raffe (Rah-fie) getting her to the aerie (angel headquarters in order to save her younger, crippled sister Paige which is totally understandable). 

Speaking of Raffe. Um, can I just express how much I freaking love and whole-heartedly adore his sassiness and sarcastic-ness! He just speaks my language! And the very first words out of his mouth are just like . . . okay, he just had my heart The witty banter between him and Penryn throughout the novel was refreshing and I couldn't help but love both of them even more! But honestly, I have all of the possible feels when it comes to Raffe. 

Ee did an exceptional job of developing the plot, and giving the reader enough details so they were never confused or frustrated. She has blended the perfect amount of horror, action, and sexual tension (between Penryn and Raffe). Angelfall wasn't a very long book either! It’s only 283 pages (at least my copy is), but Ee has somehow managed to pack so much freaking awesomeness into it that a reader can be left with nothing but satisfaction, and the desperate need of the 2nd book, World After, as soon as you finish. Seriously, immediately after finishing this book I was all:

OH!! And the 3rd (and final) installment in this trilogy, End of Days, comes out on May 12, 2015. 

I hope you enjoy this fantastic novel as much as I did!