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Angel's Fury

by Bryony Pearce (Goodreads Author)

3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 · rating details · 358 ratings · 69 reviews

In the tradition of The Book Thief and The Boy in theStriped Pajamas, a tale of sleepless nights and present day haunting, giving voice to the horrors of the Holocaust and the nature of persecutionI've started to have dreams while I'm awake. I remember music I've never heard. . . . I've got all this extra stuff in my head, but I'm forgetting things from my own life. I feel...more

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Published June 1st 2012 by Egmont (first published July 4th 2011)

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Apr 08, 2011 Brodie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2011

Cassieopia Farrier's nights have been plagued by the same recurring nightmare for her entire life. She relives a terrifying journey during the Holocaust through the eyes of a young girl named Zillah - right before she's murdered. On a school trip to Germany for her history class, Cassie becomes unsettled as she recognises certain things she's only ever seen in her dreams. Before returning home she makes an anonymous tip to the German police in hopes that maybe by bringing some peace to Zillah, h...more Cassieopia Farrier's nights have been plagued by the same recurring nightmare for her entire life. She relives a terrifying journey during the Holocaust through the eyes of a young girl named Zillah - right before she's murdered. On a school trip to Germany for her history class, Cassie becomes unsettled as she recognises certain things she's only ever seen in her dreams. Before returning home she makes an anonymous tip to the German police in hopes that maybe by bringing some peace to Zillah, her nightmares may disappear. The police make a grisly discovery but the nightmares persist and Cassie and her parents find no other solution than to send her to a Manor alongside a group of other kids, some as young as 10, each of whom are reincarnated souls and suffering their own nightmares.

Each patient has a story to tell, past lives that has managed to squirm their way into their present life. They're each receiving treatment from the Doctor who runs the Manor. She's specialised in working with reincarnated souls and insists that these treatments will help them to gain better control and to release the guilt they're holding on from previous lives.

But since coming to Mount Hermon, Cassie's dreams are becoming more frequent and disturbing. The Doctor says it's all part of the process - they have to get worse before they get better, right? But Cassie's not so sure. For each of the patients, it's almost as if they grew even more unsteady after coming to the Manor. Nightmares persist more frequently and the fears, feelings and traits of the lives they once lived are beginning to manifest within each of them - some more than others.

The past and present soon become blurred and Cassie's begins to lose grip on who she is and who she was. Intrusive, foreign thoughts slash through her mind coupled with powerful unexplained feelings toward people she hardly knows. Her past personalities are growing more and more in control of her present personality - can she stay true to the person she is now or will her soul be overtaken by the horrors of the past?

I really love the past life element. The idea of reincarnation really fascinates me, so to see it explored in a YA book? Brilliant! But scary too, having to relive those lives, the things they've done and witnessed, even their own deaths. There was one in particular where the patients past life is based on an actual person taken from a real-life sickening event in US history. That was incredible. That particular character managed to enduce a few shudder-worthy reactions from me, but at the same time.. sympathy. Because they've been twisted to morph into the evils of their past when in this life, they could have been so much more.

Throughout the novel there's a sinister undertone creeping it's way to the surface and while you have your suspicions about certain characters, you're not exactly sure what their deal is just yet. They hint at something unwholly. What we're left with is an astonishing novel that tugs at your every emotion. We see explored the horrific acts humans are capable of when under the right influence and yet their power to both forgive and seek redemption.

A light, sweet romance between Cassie and Seth simmered throughout the novel and to be honest, I really enjoyed it. While I love my hot, heavy and lustworthy romances, the progression of this fit comfortably with the main storyline and developed at a realistic pace. There's a few shocking hurdles thrown in that greatly complicate things between the pair, I think Bryony developed their connection wonderfully.

Angel's Fury is an stunning debut novel. Bryony had me on the edge of my seat and left me shuddering at the chilling acts of the past and feeling touched by the power of humanity rising against evil. I highly recommend you add this to your wishlists and grab yourself a copy in July!(less)

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Oct 25, 2012 Katie rated it 3 of 5 stars

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Jun 22, 2012 Charles rated it 5 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed this book; it has big themes, a strong female heroine and its pretty dark for teenage fiction. Yet something niggled at the back of my mind, telling me that nothing I possibly say could get across how much I like Angel’s Fury.

All right, so maybe I should start with the protagonist. Cassie Farrier is having nightmares, those terrible nightmares where you wake up terrified, only hers are about one-hundred times worse than anyone else’s. (Apart from the dream I had where my father...more I really enjoyed this book; it has big themes, a strong female heroine and its pretty dark for teenage fiction. Yet something niggled at the back of my mind, telling me that nothing I possibly say could get across how much I like Angel’s Fury.

All right, so maybe I should start with the protagonist. Cassie Farrier is having nightmares, those terrible nightmares where you wake up terrified, only hers are about one-hundred times worse than anyone else’s. (Apart from the dream I had where my father drove me off the side of a multi-storey car park, that was pretty horrendous, and I refused to speak to him for a week afterwards.) Yet she soon begins to realise that what she’s seeing in her dream actually happened.

There was something incredibly real about Cassie. The way she spoke, and behaved, you could imagine yourself feeling the same uncertainty, and I have to say that if I were her, I think I’d have fallen down at the first hurdle. The characterisation of Cassie could have gone way over the top, yet it didn’t, she did what all teenagers do when they think there’s something wrong with them: she hid it. She kept everything bottled up, and I think this is another reason I enjoyed Cassie’s character.

The book also has an incredibly fast-pace. If you wanted to, you could finish it within a few hours. This was another of those books where I held my breath and didn’t realise I was doing so until I was completely out of breath. It encompasses a thriller, a romance and fantasy fiction, as well as making the reader debate about the possibility of reincarnation.

You might be shying away at the mention of romance in teenage novel, but in this novel, it’s tentative, and isn’t the be all and end all of the world. Seth and Cassie’s lives are intertwined in a big way, but there’s a rather hefty question over whether they can be together or not, and I was pleased how Pearce handled the relationship, and the repercussions their past lives have on them now.

There are a great many cultural references that give the characters depth. Cassie isn’t reading Wuthering Heights she’s reading a Meg Cabot novel, and in my opinion this is much more believable for a teenager. Then we have the mention of Blackadder Goes Forth, and its finale,
and how it would affect Cassie, and that, to me, was just brilliant.

Throughout the novel, I was unsure who Cassie could trust. Pearce keeps the reader waiting until the last possible moment before revealing who the villain of the piece is, and it was a big ‘oh yeah, I should have seen that coming moment.’

A brilliant YA novel.(less)

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Jun 18, 2012 Lyra Gill rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Cassie Farrier is a girl who has nightmares when she sleeps. Every night, she dreams about the violent death of a little Jewish girl named Zillah at the hands of a Nazi. She can't control the dreams - she can't stop them no matter what she does, and she's done everything. Fervently hoping for the dreams to cease, Cassie travels to Germany - the site of Zillah's death - but things only get worse. Out of sheer desperation, Cassie's parents enlist the help of a...more This review is originally posted here.

Cassie Farrier is a girl who has nightmares when she sleeps. Every night, she dreams about the violent death of a little Jewish girl named Zillah at the hands of a Nazi. She can't control the dreams - she can't stop them no matter what she does, and she's done everything. Fervently hoping for the dreams to cease, Cassie travels to Germany - the site of Zillah's death - but things only get worse. Out of sheer desperation, Cassie's parents enlist the help of a doctor who informs Cassie that her dreams are actually memories of past lives, and that she can help Cassie get rid of them once and for all. However, Cassie soon realizes that the doctor is not who she seems...

Remember how I talked about books that you can't stop thinking about after you finish them? (I know, I know, you probably don't, but humor me for a bit here!) Well, this book is one of them. I finished reading Angel's Fury a few hours ago, and I just can't stop thinking about it. It's hauntingly good - scenes that Bryony Pearce described with such detail are still flashing through my head, and I bet they will be doing just that for at least a couple more days. I can't help but marvel at the never-before-seen premise this book offers to us readers... I've never read anything like it, and I don't think I will.

Honestly, upon picking up the book, I didn't know what to expect - the blurb didn't really shed a light on what the book will be about (other than the fact that an angel will come into play) but I was gripped from the very first chapter. I was turning the pages as quick as I can, devouring each word, taking in each scene, that I soon forgot the promised angel. Let me tell you right here - the angel part of the story doesn't come into the story until the latter part of the book, but don't be disheartened - the plot of this book will keep you in the edge of your seat. As a matter of fact, I will be very surprised if you don't finish this book in one sitting.

What impressed me the most about Angel's Fury (other than the plot, which I cannot even fathom how to rave about) is Pearce's writing. The raw emotion she put into her scenes - whether be it through Cassie's eyes or through one of Cassie's past lives' - is just... overwhelming. Her words reverberate with this quiet intensity that will surely make you think about them later, and I certainly did just that.

I know my review's a little cryptic, but I really don't want to spoil anything for you guys! Trust me - just grab a copy of Angel's Fury, sit somewhere comfortable, and read. You won't regret it, and I guarantee that you'll enjoy reading this book!(less)

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Dec 23, 2011 Charlotte Phillips rated it 4 of 5 stars

Well that certainly wasn't what I was expecting. I think when I picked up the book I was expecting a full on fantasy sort of thing, like angels and demons and such. i never ever expected to read what I did, but I felt that it was wonderfully well done, well expressed and that it held a lot of power and imagination within the lines. I love reading about the world war times, simply for the fact that those times do hold a lot of emotions within them. But this was more about reincarnation and rememb...more Well that certainly wasn't what I was expecting. I think when I picked up the book I was expecting a full on fantasy sort of thing, like angels and demons and such. i never ever expected to read what I did, but I felt that it was wonderfully well done, well expressed and that it held a lot of power and imagination within the lines. I love reading about the world war times, simply for the fact that those times do hold a lot of emotions within them. But this was more about reincarnation and remembered the past lives through dreams, or rather nightmares. Psychiatrists always say that our dreams are de ja vu memories of our past, of things that we have already lived, but what if these are forced onto us. What if we are forced to remember the dreams merely to carry out the plan of someone elses.

I felt that the story held a lot of creative imagination within it, but that the historical detail of it and the fantasy detail of it was well expressed in a very thought provoking and engaging sense. It was predictable in a huge sense, in that you knew the doctor was evil, and that she was up to something, but you weren't really sure just how evil she was and what her evil progressed into. Therefore, the book still held this huge sense of mystery to it that makes the reader want to carry on reading through the pages. I also liked the fact that a romance was hinted within the novel, and yet that the something never occured at all. The characters were well described and when you read about them you almost seemed to imagine as crazy people in a mental home. Perhaps though is just the image that I have built from my own time in a hospital setting that was residential.

I do feel that the book has potential to become a series, but I wonder if perhaps the plot would then become boring and dull. After all something else has to occur with these nightmares, and with the doctor and the memories and such? Can it really all just end like that without a real sort of conclusion. This was a very refreshing sort of read though, one that was fantasy and yet at the same time wasnt fantasy. Refreshing, new and different. one to read if you like fantasy to meet history.(less)

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Jul 21, 2011 Jade Walker rated it 4 of 5 stars

Original review at http://inkscratchers.blogspot.com

This book may have you fooled, you might expect Angel's Fury to be about angels, specifically furious angels. Yes, there is one furious angel and yes there is some content about angels, but let me clear this up; that part doesn't come into play until quite late in the book, which really did confuse me for a while.

So warnings about false advertising aside, I actually really did enjoy this book!

What I totally loved about Angel's Fury was how ama...more

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Jun 18, 2011 Emma rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal-romance, teen

I like books about past lives - especially when it becomes a (kind of) teen paranormal romance. But it also had a hint of history, real and myth - with a touch of crime and mystery. It was nice and refreshing that this story was based in the UK. To begin with I thought it would be another novel set in America with places I had never been and did not know. But I was surprised to see the place Milton Keynes.
I felt this book reminded me of L J Smiths Dark Vision and Kirsten Millers' The Eternal On...more I like books about past lives - especially when it becomes a (kind of) teen paranormal romance. But it also had a hint of history, real and myth - with a touch of crime and mystery. It was nice and refreshing that this story was based in the UK. To begin with I thought it would be another novel set in America with places I had never been and did not know. But I was surprised to see the place Milton Keynes.
I felt this book reminded me of L J Smiths Dark Vision and Kirsten Millers' The Eternal Ones. Both booked I very much enjoyed.
Basically the jist of the story is a group of children (ranging from the age of 10 to around 16/17) have recurring nightmares of past lives. The main character in this book Cassie (Short for the star constellation cassieopeia) has a recurring nightmare about a young girl who is hunted by a soldier and murdered point blank. She so happens to visit the scene of the crime (which occurred during the Second World War) on her school history trip. What she once thought was a simple, yet terrifying nightmare, actually seems to be coming true as the town she visits is the area in which the crime was committed. The visions are so strong and exhausting that soon her parents show her that she has been having these visions since a young age. Her first language as a small child being German instead of English. No she is not adopted much to the hope she held for that notion, instead she is taking aspects of her strongest memory of her previous life and unconsciously living it today.

When they consult a doctor she is taken to a facility where other children have the same 'condition' and are being treated by a very suspicious doctor, who has many alterior motives and identities.

All comes to a head when the truth is discovered, not only about the doctor but also about themselves, and the link they have to fallen angels and the creation of the world and God.

This was my type of book, but I didn't feel as hooked and interested as I thought I did. I wonder if it is because it reminded me of other books I have read in the past, and the fact that it reminded me of other authors. It wasn't an original idea, well not all of it, but it was an enjoyable, mysterious and dark paranormal romance, which promises to be a good series.(less)

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Dec 12, 2012 Sasha rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: interesting, past-life, teen, romance, action, humanity

Cassie is a teenager who hadn't had a good night rest in years. Every time she shuts her eyes she is tormented by a repeating scenario of a death of a little Jewish girl and every night she is unable to do anything about it. When her history class goes on a trip to Germany she discovers that her nightmare's are not as simple as they seem, they're real life events. Could it be that she's remembering her past life? Or is it just a coincidence?

I borrowed this book from a friend who has been praisi...more

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Jun 22, 2012 Jennifer Oliveira rated it 5 of 5 stars

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When I picked this book from all the others in the store I thought I was going to read something about angels. Sure, this book has angels (one actually), but it isn't the main focus of the story and I thought it was when I first read the title.

When I started reading Angel's Fury I was instantly sucked into the story. I couldn't put the damn thing down and the plot hadn't even started to develop! Cass is a good character: I could feel her sadness and her desperate...more (might contain some spoilers)

When I picked this book from all the others in the store I thought I was going to read something about angels. Sure, this book has angels (one actually), but it isn't the main focus of the story and I thought it was when I first read the title.

When I started reading Angel's Fury I was instantly sucked into the story. I couldn't put the damn thing down and the plot hadn't even started to develop! Cass is a good character: I could feel her sadness and her desperate search for being 'normal'. I was so focused and intrigued I read more than half the book the day I bought it. And I finished it the day after.

It wasn't the nightmares, or the evil angel or the main plotline that intigued me the most, though. When Cass got out of the car the first time she saw the mansion and Seth was there to help her and they connected almost instantly I thought 'Oh hell, please let this not be one of those books that have the boy and the girl fall in love and make out in a heartbeat', and that was my main concern...Even though I still think their relationship progressed too quickly, it was far more interesting than many of those I read in any other book. Even though they did 'make out' (if you can really call it that), they never put a label on their relationship, they were never boyfriend and girlfriend but they were still obviously into each other... I like that.

Seth, however, is a character I thought regressed. He started out as my favourite right after Cass, because he was there for the girl when no one else was, and he borrowed the dvd's and agreed to help her and all of that. But the scene that made me start disliking him was when he blamed her for what her past life did...It broke my heart, really. And as for the way he regressed in terms of the way the author wrote, I think she payed him almost zero attention at the end of the book and I would've liked to see them get together after all that happened, or at least talk it through.

As for the main plotline, I have no complains. It has a great theme that we don't see much in YA books and I loved it. It was one of my favourite books. I highly recommend it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTgRVn... Oh and here's a video I made for them...the first on youtube actually :)(less)

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Mar 22, 2012 Faye Oliver rated it 3 of 5 stars

As soon as I saw this book was "In the tradition of The Book Thief" I reserved it in a second! When I went to the library and saw it was available for collection I was really excited to begin reading.
I am disappointed.

This book had so much potenntial! The idea of a girl having a memories, nightmares of a past life is in my opinion a really unique idea. For me, the writing was rather distant and boring at points. I didn't think the parents were realistic, like I understood that they were desperat...more

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Jun 26, 2011 Kara-karina rated it 5 of 5 stars

4.75/5
Another good British author, and she even lives in Peak District, which is not that far from me, yay!

First of all, disregard Goodreads synopsis - it's very misleading. There is no "boy she comes to love", there is a boy Cassie likes and he likes her, but don't expect Romeo&Juliet. The story is harsh, gritty, original and keeps you tense... yeah, you can see that I've thoroughly enjoyed it!

Cassie suffers from brutal nightmares all her life. In her dreams she sees few Jewish families in...more

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Jan 08, 2012 dbaskls rated it 4 of 5 stars

Angel's Fury is the debut novel from Bryony Pearce. It tells the story of Cassie who suffers from terrible reoccurring nightmares. As the story progresses we learn more about Cassie's past and discover she is not the only one to whom this happens. I found the story very refreshing and original. It had me hooked from the beginning and I was eager to find out what was happening and why. The plot was well thought out and explained which allowed the reader to enjoy the book fully. My only disappoint...more

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Dec 31, 2011 Elena Love rated it 4 of 5 stars

alright... i just finished reading the book and i have to say that i expected something much more....it was a really good book but it could be really amazing if the whole story wasn't so confusing and complicated...cause i barely understood what happened and while i was reading it...it got more complicated and i was really confused...it was pretty good though and that's why i'm giving it four stars instead of three...especially in the first chapters where she has those nightmares about that girl...more

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Feb 14, 2012 Kristy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2012, ya-fiction

Cassie has nightmares about a Jewish girl in the second world war. Are they just nightmares, is she tuning in to a past life or is there something more sinister going on? The title is slightly misleading but only because there is so much YA fiction about angels at the moment, don't be fooled, it's not just another angelic love story.

An intelligent, well-written and really quite scary story with some good twists. It seems ripe for a sequel, which was a thought that hit me halfway through rather...more

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Apr 24, 2011 Kirsty (overflowing library) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: review-books, signed, uk-author

Angel's fury was a totally different kind of book. Not quite romance, not historical, not a thriller but a weirdly satisfying combination of the different genres that worked really well. The press release compares it to the book thief, which is fairly accurate in its style and tone but not necessarily in content or storyline as such, but if I had to compare it to another book that would be the book I would probably compare it to as I would say for me they had a similiar feel to them.

The book's m...more Angel's fury was a totally different kind of book. Not quite romance, not historical, not a thriller but a weirdly satisfying combination of the different genres that worked really well. The press release compares it to the book thief, which is fairly accurate in its style and tone but not necessarily in content or storyline as such, but if I had to compare it to another book that would be the book I would probably compare it to as I would say for me they had a similiar feel to them.

The book's main protagonist Cassie is a teenage girl who has dreams which are terrifying and nearly always violent and she is desperate to find a way to stop them. Whilst on a visit to Germany a chain of memories are stirred in her which leads to a chain of events which make her realise that the dreams are actually scenes from her past lives that she is now remembering and she starts the hunt for someone to help her to get them to stop.

The solution to solve her problem appaers to come from a specialist doctor who runs a facility for young people with past life experiences. Cassie moves into the Manor in the hope that she can find the respite she so desperately is after but ends up dealing with a much wider and more sinister problem along with the manor's other residents as the treatment they are often becomes more and more extreme and Cassie experiences increasingly more frequent and more disturbing dreams.

I loved the ideas behind this book. I thought it was clever and well thought out and original in its execution. I loved seeing and hearing about the characters past life experiences and how they affected each of the residents of the manor differently. As the story goes on it becomes clear that the children have been brought together because of something far greater at work than them. Again the ideas behind this were quite good and I enjoyed seeing how it all pieced together.

To sum up this is a uniquely different read from a brilliantly promising British debut author. It is well worth a read and one I would thoroughly recommend.

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Jul 06, 2011 Rhys rated it 4 of 5 stars

Originally posted on ThirstforFiction.com

Cassie Farrier does not look forward to a good night's rest. Everyday she fears what is to come in her 'dreams'- a terrifying journey that ends in the death of a Jewish girl in WW2. This nightmare is not fantasy- it is memory. The question is, how does Cassie remember things from a time 70 years in the past? How can she speak fluent German without ever having been there? Is this her? Who is she? The Doctor has the answers but she isn't willing to reveal t...more

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Aug 21, 2012 MissTaylorSwift *fear doesn't shut you down it wakes you up~ Four rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: totally-out-of-this-world-books, awesome-couples

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I read this book a while ago and I just couldn't put it down. I read from 9pm and finally finished at 3am much to my mothers anger. The storyline involves many twists and turns and as soon as you think you know whats going on it throws you again. It has clever original ideas and I especially enjoy the turn-ons of all the different people and how they relate to how they died in there last life and of course the twist near the end where Cassie had killed Seth in their la...more

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Jul 03, 2011 Clover (Fluttering Butterflies) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: own, ya, british-reading-challenge, books-read-in-2011, sent-for-review

Angel's Fury by Bryony Pearce felt very different to everything I've been reading lately. There were parts to it that were quite difficult to read with some dark and almost menacing aspects to the storyline, but it was also really easy to fall into the story and empathise with the characters.

Cassie has an unusual problem. Every night, she is plagued with nightmares. For as long as she can remember, Cassie has witnessed the death of a young Jewish girl, Zillah, in Germany during WWII. Cassie sees...more Angel's Fury by Bryony Pearce felt very different to everything I've been reading lately. There were parts to it that were quite difficult to read with some dark and almost menacing aspects to the storyline, but it was also really easy to fall into the story and empathise with the characters.

Cassie has an unusual problem. Every night, she is plagued with nightmares. For as long as she can remember, Cassie has witnessed the death of a young Jewish girl, Zillah, in Germany during WWII. Cassie sees and feels everything about Zillah's tragic death and despite everything she has tried, Cassie can not rid of herself of seeing this poor girl's face.

It can be quite hard reading of some of Cassie's experiences, both with the exhaustion she feels after getting very little sleep due to nightmares, but also the treatment she recieves from classmates. She's picked on quite a bit for being different and you can sense the isolation that Cassie feels. After a school trip to Germany confirms that the nightmares about Zillah were in fact historically accurate, Cassie begins to feel like perhaps there's a message hidden in the nightmares. Maybe by helping Zillah in some small way, Cassie will be cured of her night terrors. But it isn't quite that simple.

Instead, Cassie is sent to get help from a rather terrifying and quite strict doctor who specialised in the treatment of patients with past lives, where she comes into contact with other exhausted children and teenagers who share the same predicament. What Cassie learns there is both terrifying and disturbing.

Angel's Fury really had me gripped right from the beginning. Once I started, I was loathe to put this book down, so eager was I to learn of the mystery that surrounds Cassie's dreams. I haven't included the product description in this interview, because I feel it to be slightly spoilerish, so if it's possible, I'd recommend not reading the back of the book! Having said that, there are other mysteries to solve and though the clues are there, I didn't pick up on on them at all until it is revealed to Cassie! I absolutely adore books that are able to surprise me so completely as Angel's Fury did.

Angel's Fury is a wonderful read. It's an interesting premise - that the knowledge of previous lives is not a positive thing at all, but something that is quite destructive and difficult to live with. I felt quite sorry for Cassie, being in such a terrible position, both physically and socially. During the course of the book, she meets some really interesting characters and some of the psychological treatment from the Doctor are really fascinating to witness.

Though romance is not a major factor of the storyline, there is still a very sweet and subtle love interest that was present and complicated enough to make me very happy. My only minor complaint with Angel's Fury is that I kind of wish that the elements that are present at the end were a little more apparent in the beginning and middle of the book as well. Otherwise, top read! (less)

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Apr 16, 2013 Dani rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: anything-to-do-with-death, back-in-the-day, holocaust-times, angelic

I can honestly say that I've never ever read a book quite like this one. It was so enthralling, and the plot was magnificent! The way things worked with each other was so good, and the nightmares were genius! I've never read a book that has reincarnated characters, and I don't think one could ever compare. This had such a interesting twist in it. Leaza/Azael was always a shady character to me, but when I found out that they were the "bad guy" it was like a light bulb went off in my head.

So, one...more

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Sep 22, 2011 Maryam rated it 5 of 5 stars

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I really, really enjoyed this read. It was so original I couldn't not.

It had everything I like in a book. Great characters - every single one of them had their own story and own distinct personality as a result of an interesting backstory.

Angel's Fury immediately starts with one of the dreams the protagonist, Cassie, frequently has which prevents her from sleeping.

The dreams are described throughout the book and they get more and...more

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Jan 29, 2013 Angele Dominique rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: adventure, angels, contemporary, favorites, hot-men-in-here, mythology, paranormal, sci-fi

At first, I was expecting the typical fallen angel-loves-in-love-with-human-girl kind of concept. They can't blame me - I've read a number of books already with that kind of theme. And also, I'm a huge sucker for angel-themed novels. But then, as I read the synopsis, I'm like, 'this is interesting'.

What I can say about Angel's Fury? It's that is VERY DIFFERENT - far-fetched different from all the angel books I've read. There's nothing like it. It's so dark and mysterious that I find myself goin...more

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Nov 01, 2012 Zero rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Every one

BEST BOOK EVER !!

I've read it twice now and its still interesting. i would suggest that you read it.

well, the main character Cassie has had nightmares about the death of Zillah, a little girl killed during the second world war. she goes to a Manor to get therapy, but Seth and Cassie then discover that the Doctor who is meant to be helping them is doing the opposite and making their nightmares worst to drive them into becoming murderers.

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Dec 13, 2012 Annie Clark rated it 3 of 5 stars

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I enjoyed this book, and found the plot to be enthralling. I was taken straight away by the ideas behind it. I found it to possibly to be rushed, I think it would have made sense to spread the ideas out into two books, with the first one ending when she arrived at the farm-house-institute place. I liked how Pearce didn't make the love-story the main focus of the story. Although, I probably wouldn't have minded is she had of done, as I quite liked Seth. Good novel, I just thought it wasn't as goo...more

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Sep 03, 2012 Claudiu rated it 4 of 5 stars

This book was very good.I was thinking i'm gonna read about angels from the first page,but it wasn't like this.Our main character,a teenage girl called Cassie is having bad dreams,every night she has awful nightmares,nightmares who make her life impossible,at school,at home,everywhere.But until her parents find a doctor,a hospital where some other kids have the same "disease".
By the time passing,Cassie finds out that these nightmares are the result of a reincarnation,embodiments of people from t...more

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Apr 26, 2012 Tori Wilson rated it 4 of 5 stars

OMG!!! It was so good, I didn't want it to end. At the beginning I thought it wouldn't be that good but as I got into it, it got better until I couldn't put the book down. I want to read the second book but my luck is so bad I found out that Bryony Pearce hasn't even written the damn thing yet. I was so sad when I was looking it up and trying to see if it was yet.

I never expected an Angel novel to be like that, where you have reincarnated son's from an Angel whom fell into man's temptation of wo...more

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Sep 11, 2012 Shiela rated it 2 of 5 stars

Not as good as I thought it would be. My attention was caught by the description behind the book, almost sounds like Hush Hush and something related to that. I got real interested upon reading few chapters because it kinda turned out to be something else, like something more.. but then it suddenly feels like Bryony is rushing to the good part or just rushing to finish the book especially when the protagonists found "the book", the author started mumbling and rushing. A lot of details are forgott...more

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Nov 06, 2011 Reading Teen rated it 4 of 5 stars

I really had no idea what Angel's Fury was about when I started reading it. I assumed it was about Angels, but I didn't actually read the synopsis (I don't like to be spoiled), so I wasn't sure. As I started reading, I became totally mesmerized by Cassie's dreams about Zillah, and the horrible things that happened to her. As the story progresses and different things are revealed and understood, I began to realize that this book is not your typical Angel book.

There are so many things that I enjoy...more I really had no idea what Angel's Fury was about when I started reading it. I assumed it was about Angels, but I didn't actually read the synopsis (I don't like to be spoiled), so I wasn't sure. As I started reading, I became totally mesmerized by Cassie's dreams about Zillah, and the horrible things that happened to her. As the story progresses and different things are revealed and understood, I began to realize that this book is not your typical Angel book.

There are so many things that I enjoyed about Angel's Fury. Part historical fiction, part paranormal, and part psychological thriller, it kept me interested on many different levels. As Cassie has dreams of Nazi Germany, we often see back in time to World War II, getting glimpses of the horrors that one Jewish girl faced. The paranormal elements were just as fascinating. Although I don't personally believe in past lives, I still found it exciting to try to figure out who each of the kids at the manor were in their former lives, and how that affected (effected?) them in this life. I also really liked reading the Angel "lore" that was present. There were lots of biblical-ish references and a different Angel mythology than I've ever heard before. I think my favorite part, though, was the psychological thriller aspect. There were things in this book that seriously gave me the chills!! Can you say psycho creepy doctor?! I feel like if this book were made into a movie, it could easily be one of those eery, suspenseful thrillers like Shutter Island.

On top of all this, there was also an element of romance, which you know I'm always happy about. I liked that even though Cassie and Seth seemed familiar to each other, and there was an instant attraction, they still actually took time to develop feelings. I didn't feel like it was insta-love, which I'm thankful for. I appreciated how strong Cassie was as a main character, and also how strong Seth was, considering all that he had to overcome.

Overall, I thought this book was a fantastic and unique read and I'd definitely recommend picking it up. It's actually published by Egmont UK, and has some pretty rad (;-P) British slang, which always puts a smile on my face. But it is available on Amazon (CHEAP!) for the US and on Kindle, so don't let that stop you from checking it out!

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Jul 25, 2011 Nina rated it 4 of 5 stars

I absolutely loved Angel’s Fury. From start to finish, I was completely enthralled and couldn’t put the book down. Not even for a little reading break.

Cassie was a loner, exhausted and haunted by the nightmares she had. Because of this I didn’t get to know this character’s personality very well. I knew she was very determined and had a lot of strengh, but that was really it.
I really liked Seth. He was friendly, trustworthy and kind of the leader of the group. He was very protective of the other...more

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Sep 12, 2011 Vivienne Serendipity Reviews rated it 4 of 5 stars

Well this was a rather dark book that I really wasn't expecting! Very good, but very dark. In fact, the story line completely took me by surprise as I was expecting something along the lines of Fallen or Hush, Hush, where the angel falls in love with the beautiful but flawed girl. Although there is a little bit of a love interest in the book, it is just a fraction of the story. The angel is this book is a nasty piece of work, hell bent on revenge after thousands of years. Not one you would as yo...more Well this was a rather dark book that I really wasn't expecting! Very good, but very dark. In fact, the story line completely took me by surprise as I was expecting something along the lines of Fallen or Hush, Hush, where the angel falls in love with the beautiful but flawed girl. Although there is a little bit of a love interest in the book, it is just a fraction of the story. The angel is this book is a nasty piece of work, hell bent on revenge after thousands of years. Not one you would as your guardian in times of need. Out of all the angel books I have read, (and there seem to be a lot of them) the flavour of this book reminded me more of Anne Rice's Angel Time than any other. It has that dark, historical tone to it, which really made the book stand out from the others.

Told from the point of view of Cassie, a young girl who suffers from horrific repetitive dreams, who has come to a point where she cannot cope anymore. Her parents no longer able to watch her suffer, decide to tell her the truth about elements of her past. After showing her a video of when she was little, it becomes quite obvious that Cassie is an old soul, who has experienced many life times which are now repeatedly haunting her. These life times were filled with violence and hatred and it is no wonder the poor girl cannot sleep.

Within the book there are lots of references to World War II where we witness the suffering of the Jews at the hands of the Nazi's. This was quite difficult to read at times and played with my emotions quite a bit. I tend to steer clear of books that deal with the suffering that occurred as they just upset me too much. However, the author isn't too graphic with her descriptions, so you only get a sense of what occurred.

There is a religious undertone to the book, but as my knowledge of the Bible is limited, I couldn't tell you if the information provided was true or not.

I really felt for the children in the book, who were supposedly being treated for their unusual conditions. Their parents had paid for them to be kept at the facility and left them hoping that their children would be cured. They were completely unaware of any torturous behaviour that might have occurred. These children suffered at the hands of evil.

I was a little slow to work out who was the antagonist within the book, even though they were blatantly waving out at me from the pages. I think the reason I struggled was because of the author's clever use of gender that had me completely fooled.

I did enjoy reading this book and found myself reading so fast, my note taking got sidelined and aborted. I think this was definitely an original and cleverly written story. I don't think I have read anything quite like it and it really gave the angel genre a new twist to it.

What I also enjoyed about this book, was it's stand alone status. The story was wrapped up and I felt I knew everything I needed to know. In this day and age, stand alone novels are become more extinct than the dodo!

This book made me grateful that when I turn the light out and lay my head on the pillow, I sleep peacefully!

A promising debut from an author who I know has lots more to offer us in the future. (less)

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