A Rush of Wings (The Maker's Song, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Feb 26, 2011 AH rated it liked it

Shelves: own, first-in-series, urban-fantasy, zzread-april-2011, angels, sos-bookshelf-bingo

A Rush of Wings had the potential to be a totally awesome paranormal novel: It was set in New Orleans, which in my opinion is the perfect place for things that go bump in the night. The main character Dante is the lead singer for a goth/punk rock band called Inferno, so there is a cool factor there. It also has some interesting lore with vampires, Fallen angels, and other nightkind. There is even something for the conspiracy theorists to love, with shady government organizations that create and ...more

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May 16, 2010 Wenj rated it really liked it

Shelves: read-2010

A little rocky on the start, the cadence hard to get a grasp on and the POV shifts a little sudden. But, after a chapter or two you get to know the characters, and feel of the writing, and the shifts really help give you insight into all the characters which truly become very three deminsional. The plot sucks you in and draws you into the stress of a never ending nightmare of death and carnage. From one disaster to another. Love the how the novel oozes in Southern detail bringing you right to th ...more

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Mar 08, 2010 Maron_pl rated it really liked it

I really liked this one, it:s more like 4.5 then 4 but I:ve decided to take one for the beging and for retrospections.. the retrospetions take almost 1/3 of the book and it:s too much as for me... I really do like heather and dante they both are stubborn but in the good way and they know what they want ;P I also liked the plot but I had problems with getting used to 3rd person:s different POV...

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Jun 22, 2010 Elizabeth rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Good book love how it's told in more the one characters perspective. Dantes character develop's through out the whole story and you get to see the person he truly is though I wish it talked a little more about heather's sister I was curious to see if heather's sister was a "Night kind".
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