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Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1)

Susan Ee (Goodreads Author)

4.18 · Rating details · 138,952 Ratings · 14,473 Reviews

It's been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her seventeen-year-old sister Penryn will do anything to get her back.

Anything, including making a deal with an enemy angel.

Raffe is a warrior who lies brok ...more

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Published May 23rd 2013 by Hodder and Stoughton (first published May 21st 2011)

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Oct 02, 2011 Steph Sinclair rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: Every one of my friends, followers and anyone who stumbles across this review

Recommended to Steph by: Emily May

Shelves: angels, ebook, 2-am-or-later, 2011-favs, 2011-reads, surprised-me, indies-are-rockstars, pure-win, awesome, action-packed

This is my favorite book of 2011! This review may contain extreme amounts of gushing!

I...I...I...

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The above was my immediate reaction after finishing this book. There simply were no words to describe how much I loved it, how it horrified me, shocked me, tore at my heart again and again. Brilliant.

2011 turned out to be a great year for Angel books for me. I know that might seem strange when you think of the more popular ~~horrible~~ ones **cough* Hush, Hush*cough*Halo*cough*Fallen*cough**. But t ...more

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Dec 18, 2011 Emily May rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: dystopia-utopia, young-adult, 2011, paranormal-uf, coverly-love, favourites

Oh my goodness, I think this book might have just ruined the entire urban fantasy - and possibly dystopian too - genre for me. Because, where can I go from here? Does it ever get better than this? Please be warned right now that this review is going to be nothing less than gushing. I loved everything about this book, so much so that I may need to keep writing in italics.

I can't believe I nearly didn't read this book. I've looked at the other rave reviews for it so many times and I kept coming back and re-reading the goodreads description, trying to talk myself into a book with angels. Because, well, I think angels are actually rather lame. I also can't help but discriminate against books that are only published as ebooks, especially when it's becoming more and more apparent that anyone can stick their books on kindle and sell them at a ridiculously cheap price. I find myself thinking: "if books like Tempest and Article 5 can make it into bookstores, this must be really bad". This theory has been metaphorically kicked, flattened and destroyed by Angelfall.

Let's start with the key ingredient: an addictive quality. I was utterly captivated by the story from the very beginning, it pulled me in and didn't let go until the very last page. So many books don't have this, that special something that makes it absolutely necessary that you read on, no matter what time it is and whether or not you need to get up early in the morning. The story isn't the most unique idea I've ever heard - a future world that has been torn apart by angels. The kind that are cold, cruel and merciless, that see humans has little more than ants, no Halo-type storylines here. Penryn is a seventeen-year-old girl who must look after both her disabled sister and her mentally unstable mother who talks to "demons". In one eventful day, Penryn rescues an angel who is being attacked by five others, which results in her sister getting captured by one of the five. With only the angel - an enemy - who can help, Penryn sets out to rescue her sister.

Now Penryn may actually be my new favourite heroine of all time. In every way. She kicks ass, but at the same time she is a normal teenage girl who just wants to keep her family safe. There's a hint, or perhaps I should say a suggestion of romance, but Penryn has much more important things to worry about and she knows where her priorities lie (thank you! thank you! thank you!). The dialogue between Penryn and Raffe (the angel) is fantastic, it's so witty, funny and sometimes touching. Good grief, I love this book!

The pace never slows, the excitement never runs dry, and the ending is the perfect mixture of closure and a temptation for more. The second installment simply cannot come fast enough.

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Jul 15, 2011 Wendy Darling rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dystopian-post-apocalyptic-utopian, young-adult, pn-angels, 2011-favorites, deliciously-creepy, heroines-butt-kicking, indie-author, read-2011, 2011-5-books, favorite-ya

In the beginning, it starts with a single feather drifting slowly down from the sky. When 17-year-old Penryn sees this simple sight, she is filled with incredible dread, because this lovely, floating, ephemeral thing is an unlikely sign of terrible things to come.

Six weeks after a devastating attack on earth, the world has been torn apart by a war between angels and humans. Caught up in a battle she doesn't understand, Penryn watches in horror as an angel named Raffe is cornered and brutally st ...more

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Dec 21, 2011 Cait rated it it was amazing

Shelves: actually-good-love-story, badass-girl, favorite-male-character, my-favorite-new-book-hands-down, must-must-must-have, totally-amazing, restored-my-faith-in-authors, amazing-ending, i-cannot-get-enough-of-this-book, i-am-in-love

Warning, warning: this review has a lot of expletives because this book makes me so damn happy. I also get a bit of an attitude when a book makes me overjoyed, so be forewarned. I'm a little sassy.

This book just makes me feel so incredibly happy inside that I just can't help expressing myself. When I finished this book I basically did this:

Yes, I fainted from sheer happiness and then got up and danced. Ya got a problem with that?

I think that you all know that one book that you always wish fo ...more

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May 19, 2015 Lola Reviewer rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: angels, dark, family, post-apocalyptic, fast-paced, monsters, war-setting

HELL TO THE YES.

When I was a little younger, I used to be obsessed with angels. I used to wish to become one, the day of my death, (how morbid) and often absurdly made the said wish when blowing candles, on my birthdays.

Therefore, everyone in my vicinity would see carry an angel story around. I was smitten with them. This peculiar obsession lasted for years and so my pile of angel books read became real impressive. Kissed by an Angel, Hush, Hush, Unearthly, Fallen, Daughter of Smoke & Bone, ...more

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Aug 19, 2012 Marie Lu rated it it was amazing

This book rocked my socks. Penryn. Raffe. The dialogue. Awesome.

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Mar 09, 2013 Navessa rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, angels-demons, dystopian, urban-fantasy

This main character...

This world...

This story...

I’ve read this ~~twice~~ three times now, and I don’t know how to do it justice in a review.

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Dec 06, 2011 Kat Kennedy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, fun-fantasy, leaves-awesomeness-behind

The morning beckons and when I turn over, the book I finished in the midnight hours is beside me. The fantasy world is slipping away, unable to follow me into the light. Reality creeps in with the rising dawn, but I'm reluctant to meet it. I want that world, those characters, that emotion back - but it's over. Time to find a new one in a new book and so the hunt is on but the sadness at leaving a good friend remains.

Ee has done something amazing here and not just because she's written probably o The morning beckons and when I turn over, the book I finished in the midnight hours is beside me. The fantasy world is slipping away, unable to follow me into the light. Reality creeps in with the rising dawn, but I'm reluctant to meet it. I want that world, those characters, that emotion back - but it's over. Time to find a new one in a new book and so the hunt is on but the sadness at leaving a good friend remains.

Ee has done something amazing here and not just because she's written probably one of the best post-apocalypse fantasies of the year. But that would be a big part of it, yes.

And you too can experience the goodness for just 99 cents on Amazon's kindle!

Angelfall is a remarkable book, because if I were to tell you the synopsis, it would be so unspectacular, so typical of the genre, so... ordinary! But this book is anything but ordinary.

Penryn's sister is captured by angels who've brought war and apocalypse to the human world. She finds an angel to help her retrieve her sister and they embark on a journey to get his wings back and rescue the young girl.

Simple, right? That's what I thought too. I thought I was just embarking on a ridiculous bandwagon that was being indulgent of an unusually good indie fic.

There are one or two issues I have with the novel but they are completely eclipsed by the brilliant story telling, characters and writing.

I loved Penryn so completely; believed in her and championed her. This book is a brilliant journey of great character and spirit. Full of the weird and wonderful. Ee has a great imagination and a gift for story telling.

I know after I finish writing this review I will go and hunt down my next read. Yet I will get increasingly aggravated and depressed because nothing I see is what I want. Because what I want is Angelfall #2 and none of those books will be that.

Go ahead. Jump on the bandwagon.

After all, you too could be waking up tomorrow wishing desperately that reality would just give you a little more time in this world, and with these characters, that Ee has created.

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Mar 14, 2012 Keertana rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: kick-ass-heroines, swoooon, rainy-day-re-reads

Susan Ee, I salute you.

Please do mankind a favor and send a copy of your book to every author who has ever written a book about angels - maybe they'll finally understand that they're not going about it right. You are.

This is how you write a book about angels.
This is how you write a post-apocalyptic book.
This is how you write a kick-ass heroine.
This is how you write a gut-wrenching romance.
This is how you write a torn family.
This is how every book deserves to be written.

Angel ...more

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Sep 09, 2014 Etnik rated it really liked it

Shelves: paranormal-fiction, 2014, angels-aliens, angels-demons, favorite-authors, fantasy, favorites, mystery, ya, series

4.5 freaking stars!

Mountain View

It was a great story.I haven't read much angel books before and this one was quite good.Also the characters fit with the story quite right.There were some funny moments which I really enjoyed.

The story:

The book is about a girl named Penryn who lives in a world taken by angels.She has a sick mother and a younger sister on a wheelchair.While they try to escape , her sister gets caught by an angel , and he takes her away.Now Penryn is desperate to find someone who can help her ...more

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Jan 04, 2012 karen rated it really liked it

Shelves: why-yes-i-ya, my-biggest-fear, free-from-work

three stars for the first half of this book, and a million for the last 3/4.

i know. i am the outlier. i am the one percent. come on and occupy me.

i have read all your reviews of this book - you, collectively, the YA goddesses of goodreads.com, and they have made me salivate for this book. and the second half or so, basically everything after the "tree" scene, was really great.

but for me, it was a slow start.and i was nail-biting the first bits, thinking to myself - "i am going to get flayed for ...more

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Dec 20, 2011 Tatiana rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: those seeking a new UF adventure

Recommended to Tatiana by: Emily May

Shelves: 2011, dystopias-post-apocalyptic, urban-fantasy, ya, 2013

As seen on The Readventurer

Well, I guess I got schooled again. Clearly I can't hold on to this particular reading prejudice against self-published books any more, because here it is, a self-pub that is not equal in quality to similar books released by major publishers, but, in fact, better than probably 75% of those books. Angelfall is a competently-written and competently-edited novel.

If you are a fan of UF and post-apocalyptic adventure stories like Blood Red Road and Under the Never Sky, ther As seen on The Readventurer

Well, I guess I got schooled again. Clearly I can't hold on to this particular reading prejudice against self-published books any more, because here it is, a self-pub that is not equal in quality to similar books released by major publishers, but, in fact, better than probably 75% of those books. Angelfall is a competently-written and competently-edited novel.

If you are a fan of UF and post-apocalyptic adventure stories like Blood Red Road and Under the Never Sky, there is hardly any doubt you will enjoy Angelfall. It is a dynamic, practically unputdownable, even though very familiar, story. A pair of beings - a human girl and a wingless angel in this case - ally to achieve their separate goals. They are reluctant and unnatural partners in Angelfall's world almost completely destroyed by angels. But, of course, they learn to respect and trust each other. I am not going to elaborate any further. You get the idea, I am sure.

Everything I am fond of in novels of this sort is there: self-reliant, courageous heroine who loves her family and is ready to sacrifice everything for them - check; romance secondary to survival - check; action, gore and moderate violence - check; a unique, fresh and twisty mythology (Ee does something rather interesting with the angel lore here) - check. Some compare Angelfall to Daughter of Smoke and Bone, but I personally wouldn't go that far. These two books are completely different beasts that only have a word "angel" connecting them. Daughter of Smoke and Bone is a more literary, more complex and better written work, whereas Angelfall is a more commercial, easier to digest story, and I see nothing wrong with that. Give me more good genre fiction!

There is only a couple of things that bothered me in this novel. First, I feel there had to be a tad more information about the angel-orchestrated apocalypse. You see, the attack happened about 2 months prior to the book's beginning, but the description of it is very murky, as if it happened centuries, not weeks before and nobody remembers the details anymore. I have only the vaguest idea of what exactly happened and how it unfolded. I wish this was addressed better in the novel. Actually, some info-dumping about the apocalypse in the beginning of the book, in the barest and slowest part of it, would have been quite appropriate.

And again, connected to the same 2-months post-apocalypse timeline, the human civilization seems to have digressed too severely over this rather short time. Surely, considering that a huge percentage of human population has been wiped out, there is still enough canned food in ruined Wal-Marts to prevent people from doing some very atrocious things they do in this story for food. Plus, the main character's survival skills appear to have developed too quickly as well.

Other than that, there is nothing to complain about, really. Angelfall is certainly a page-turner and it gets better and better as the story progresses. I am not surprised everyone who's read this novel is so excited about it and its sequel. Angelfall is a stellar entertainment. Now I only wish I had an opportunity to hold a hardcover of it in my hands. How and why this book was never published the traditional way is a mystery to me. ...more

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Oct 01, 2015 Maria✦❋Steamy Reads Blog❋✦ rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, paranormal, favorites

HOLY CRAP, BATMAN! :O

➦An apocalypse - check! ✔
➦A human heroine who can kick some serious ass - check ✔
➦A brooding hot as fuck ~~alien~~ angel - check ✔
➦A kidnapped little girl in need of saving - check ✔
➦Forbidden love - check ✔

Ok, so... angels are wrecking havoc on Earth and nobody fucking knows WHY.

In fact I don't think the angels themselves know WHY.

And then it dawns on me - they all are just hawt for some human pussy. Yep. At least that's my conclusion so far, because as of yet a lot of details ...more

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Dec 20, 2011 shady boots | #20gayteen rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommends it for: EVERYONE!!!!!!!

Shelves: covergasm, all-time-faves, heroes-i-adore, heroines-i-adore, masterpiece, hilarious, i-just-have-a-lot-of-feelings, oh-my-god-marry-me

A review of this is now posted on my blog as well. Feel free to check it out!

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AAAAAAAAAAARRRGHHH!!!!!!

THIS. BOOK. IS. INCREDIBLE.

OH MY GOD.

I'm, like, shaking from the utter epicness and badassery that is this gem of a book. I mean, HOLY CRAP. A PERSON CAN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH AWESOMENESS. THIS IS OVERKILL.

I'M SHAKING. LITERALLY. THE BOOK IS THAT GOOD.

OH. MY. GOD.

Okay. Whew.

I need to lie down. ._.

Several minutes/hours/whatevers later...

Woo. Okay. *deep breath* So. Most of you people are probab ...more

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Aug 04, 2011 Stacia (the 2010 club) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: young-adult, favorites, urban-fantasy, science-fiction, hybrid-multiple-genre, horror, extremely-unique, dystopia-or-apocalyptic, angels-nephilim-and-demons, dark-or-taboo

*buddy re-read 11/11/13 and it was just as good the second time around!*

11/14/12 Soon to be a major motion picture!

I think I can safely recommend this book to anyone who likes any of these genres or categories :

Sci-Fi (post-apocalyptic world in ruin)
Paranormal (angels and demons)
Romance (okay, so there wasn't actually one yet, but there is the hint of something forbidden to come)
Survival & Adventure stories
Horror, Gore and Macabre twists
YA books that DON'T read like a YA (no angst, no teen ...more

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Jul 17, 2013 Shelby *trains flying monkeys* rated it it was amazing

Shelves: end-of-the-world, read-2013, young-adult, favorite-series

If you haven't read these books run to Netgalley. They have the first two up for grabs. 3-2-15

I can not believe this book hasn't received more press. It is flipping amazing. One of the few books that I've read that creates a whole new approach to the end of the world scenario. Angel driven apocalypse- Who woulda thunk it?
Angel books have never impressed me until I started this series.
You have a strong female MC.
A male MC that you well..you want to hump him. No shame.
Supporting characters that ...more

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May 01, 2015 Angela rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: badass-females

Where other books like this have lacked *cough* Hush Hush *cough* Angefall prevailed. I knew this book was going to be good, but I kept putting it off until the series was complete and now that it is I can finally dive in. And oh did I dive, I read this whole book in one sitting.I loved what Susan did with this book. Angelfall is one of the best balanced books I’ve ever read. No one thing outweighs the other. The action, the romance, characters, and the underlying story all are evenly balanced. ...more

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Dec 14, 2014 ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) rated it did not like it · review of another edition

Recommended to ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) by: Robin (Bridge Four)

Shelves: ya, br-2015, kindle, fantasy, masochistic-little-me, comfort-zone-hell, my-friends-corrupted-my-soul, dnf-graveyard, 2015, 1st-in-series

Epic BR with the BBB gang starting April 13, 2015.

Warning: this is not going to go well.

DNF at 36% (a whopping 104 pages)

→ → This is it. No more YA for me. I've had it ← ←

►► Fear not for this won't take very long. Life's too short and I'm tired of trying to find a YA book I might miraculously like when I could be reading great books.

►► YES everyone else in the known universe seems to love this book. NO I didn't like it. And I didn't even hate it. It was just a whole big huge "why the hell am I w ...more

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Nov 02, 2015 Mikee Andrea (ReadWithMikee) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

“I am not afraid of you, your kind, or your god.”

I actually really enjoyed this more than I expected to. I'm not a fan at all of books that have to do with Angels and/or Demons. In fact, the only other book I read that had to do with Angels was Daughter of Smoke and Bone by Laini Taylor and contrary to popular opinion, I didn't like it too much. Therefore, I was a bit wary about reading another book that involved Angels. But I had high hopes that Angelfall would change my opinion and I'm g ...more

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Apr 28, 2013 Robin (Bridge Four) rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 4-5-stars, kick-ass-heroines, re-read, chick-i-want-to-hang-out-with, book-boyfriend-material, fantastic-fantasy, ya, awesome-audio, chocolate-pms-day-reads, super-sidekicks

Sale Alert January Book Deal for $0.99 on Amazon. I've read this book 3 times and loved it. Books 2 (totally awesome) and 3 (okay ending) are also $1.99 and $0.99 this month.

So excited to read this AGAIN on April 13, 2015!!!

Buddy Reading with SO Many people oOSarahOo, Cathryn, Danae, Ashley, Angela, Tanya, Catherine, Sarah, Navessa, Brigid, Shandra, Ya, Andrea, Mindy, Maria, Annette, Kristen, Lea, Sara, Athena (Shardbearer), Brandi, Nicholas, Carole, Michelle, Tandie, Jenny, Liz, Arie, Allison, ...more

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Jul 08, 2011 Michelle, the Bookshelf Stalker Queen of the Undead rated it it was amazing

A Badass Hidden Gem...

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The. Perfect. Escape!

A dark, gritty, gory, post-apocalyptic world is so beautifully represented by the author in Angelfall. Beautiful you say? Yes, beautiful! When you read a book, and in your head you can see the world as vivid as if you were looking outside your window, that is beautiful. I wanted to take the world building in this book and yell to some of the YA authors out there and say, “See, this is how you do it”. Nevertheles ...more

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Dec 20, 2011 Ariana rated it it was amazing

Shelves: dystopia, angels, 2011, must-read, paranormal, laugh-aloud, self-published, rereading-material, best-of, movie-to-be

Dear publishers,
Why do you publish so many bad books (I won't even bother to mention them, you know there are plenty), while wonderful stories like this one have to be self-published for us to be able to enjoy them?
All I have to say is that this book puts some of you at shame.
I wonder if this book would have been better if edited, or if it would have been turned into a boring commercial story as many others out there.

I usually don't pick up many angel-books to read, as I find then not quite ori ...more

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Apr 09, 2018 Sara➽ (Ink Is My Sword) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: addictive, all-time-favorites, buddy-reads, dark, edge-of-my-sit, fantasy, favorite-book-scenes, funny, hate-to-love, loved-the-writing

5 “Angels are not fluffy” Stars

”I never thought about it before, but I’m proud to be human. We’re ever so flawed. We’re frail, confused, violent, and we struggle with so many issues. But all in all, I’m proud to be a Daughter of Man.”

➽ FULL REVIEW NOW POSTED: yes full, after gr deleting this, I was mad, so now I have calmed and edited this review to a masterpiece. ~~or at least i tried making one~~

Buddy read with Katie💙 . A wonderful experience I can’t wait to continue.

WARNING: OVERUSE OF THE WO ...more

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Jun 07, 2016 Helen 2.0 rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommends it for: Lovers of true dystopias

Shelves: dystopia, faves, brs-done, wings, cover-candy, romance-on-side, own, new-adult, urban-fantasy, read-16

5 snowy white-winged stars!

Big reasons why I loved Angelfall:
Penryn is a real teenager. She grieves her loss of hygiene, she misses her throws, she gets into catfights with other girls, she sucks at seduction, she does what needs to be done to stay safe with her family (morality be damned). Penryn's character was realistic, relatable, and well-built. There was not a single point in the book where I was frustrated with her or confused about her motivations.

The mystery. Susan Ee thought up a whole ...more

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Oct 29, 2014 Val ⚓️ rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 3-stars, angels, apocalyptic, young-adult-new-adult, paranormal

I'm hemming and hawing to myself in regards to how I want to rate this thing.

On one hand, it was super entertaining and I really liked the main character, Penryn. I also really liked this new take on the whole dystopian/apocalyptic craze - angels taking over the world? Nice.

On the other hand, however, I felt like the world building could have been, well, better. I never really felt like I had a true feel for the state of the world and how the Angels figured into all of that.

Also, I typically pr ...more

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Dec 11, 2016 V. PARENTAL GUIDANCE ALERT: A Court of Wings and Ruin is NEW ADULT/EROTICA but Goodreads editors won't tell you added it · review of another edition

Shelves: alpha-male, favorites, funny, greatwriting, kick-ass-heroine, mindblowinggood, own, romance, paranormal-romance, ya

Warnings
I want to set the example and start to write reviews for YA books with warnings for nudity, violence and dark themes. Thanks to ACOMAF (a court of mist and fury) trying to pretend that it's a YA book when in reality it's a NA book and then shove sex scenes in young readers throats, I've been asking my GR friends to add trigger warnings in YA books.

Nudity: None
Graphic sex: None
Gore and blood: (view spoiler) ...more

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Jun 18, 2013 Christine Riccio rated it it was amazing

Loved this book! So excited for the sequel! Here's my booktalk with my full review: http://youtu.be/8yfCvwn2m0M

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Apr 27, 2013 Khanh, first of her name, mother of bunnies rated it liked it

Shelves: angels, ya, urban-fantasy, kick-ass-heroine, dystopian, apocalypse, on-the-run, quest, siblings

It's an interesting twist to the angel genre. Angelfall isn't the best book about angels that I've read, but it has restored my faith (har har) in the genre. The first half of the book probably garners a 4-4.5 stars, the second half a 2, so my rating is an average. In some ways, it's frustrating, because I enjoyed the first part of the book so much, the ending, as action-packed as it was, felt out of place and contrived.

I've got to give props to this book for:

1. Creativity. Evil, destructive ang ...more

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Dec 26, 2011 Catie rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-2012, series, ya, paranormal

Well, I’ve just gone through the first page of reviews and they’re all four and five stars. So…I will probably be alone out here in the three-star universe for a while. To all of the future members of the Angelfall three-star club (What? There’s only four of you? Well good. Let’s hold hands and form a Quincunx*.) – welcome. Please come in and make yourselves comfortable. I know that all of your friends and loved ones are outside, having a party and generally loving life because Angelfall has mad ...more

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Mar 11, 2014 Regan rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books-owned-read

I liked this book WAY more then I thought I would.

Action packed from page one, with an extremely dark feel. Plus Raffie.

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About Susan Ee

Susan Ee

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Susan Ee is a USA Today bestselling author of the Penryn & the End of Days trilogy, ANGELFALL, WORLD AFTER, and END OF DAYS. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages, and her short films have played at major festivals. She used to be a lawyer but loves being a writer because it allows her imagination to bust out and go feral.

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Penryn & the End of Days (3 books)

Books by Susan Ee

World After (Penryn & the End of Days, #2)

End of Days (Penryn & the End of Days, #3)

The Angelfall Trilogy (Penryn & the End of Days, #1-3)

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Quotes from Angelfall

“I never kid about my warrior demigod status."
"Oh. My. God." I lower my voice, having forgotten to whisper. "You are nothing but a bird with an attitude. Okay, so you have a few muscles, I’ll grant you that. But you know, a bird is nothing but a barely evolved lizard. That’s what you are.” — 1407 likes

“My friends call me Wrath,” says Raffe. “My enemies call me Please Have Mercy. What’s your name, soldier boy?” — 1346 likes

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