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Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days, #1)

Susan Ee

Start date: June 1, 2015

Finish date: June 30, 2015

Discussion leader: Sylvia

Why we're reading this: June's Series of the Month Read: AngelFall …more
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Sep 25, 2012 Jessica rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, next-to-read, young-adult, urban-fantasy

I don't read very much YA literature. As a fan of adult genre fiction, I find much of the category to poorly done. I've read the Hunger Games, a book which obviously shares much in common with Angelfall. And yet that book rated only middling well for me, but I loved Angelfall!

I'm a big fan of angel stories. I've always thought they were creepy, and I like the way it subverts common perception in our society. So the plotline of this seemed meant for me, as we have a destroyed Earth, laid to waste ...more

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Oct 16, 2013 Faith McKay rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, apocalyptic-or-post-apocalyptic, read-in-2013, angels

This is another one of those that people kept telling me to read, and I didn't for a long time. Why do I do this?

End of the world. Complicated family situations. Kick ass heroine. Love interest with a personality. Quest to save a loved one. Danger. Fantasy. Flying. Adventure. Surprises, surprises, surprises.

It's one of my new favorites. ...more

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May 02, 2013 Kelly rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Can't wait for book 2! ...more

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Aug 11, 2024 Katie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction

I've always heard good things about this series, and it's been on my TBR list for years. I really enjoyed it! I love novels that have angels, but have found very few where I think the angels are done correctly. Looking forward to jumping into book 2. ...more

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