Publisher: This is an Indie book. You can find it on
Amazon. My library had it, so that’s how I got it.
Series: Penryn & The End Of Days
Genera: Paranormal/Sci-fi dystopian
Subjects: angels, apocalypse, survival
Length: 247 pgs. (and the font size it small and too
little space between lines)
HC/PB: Paperback
Summary/ product description: “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 broken and wingless on the street. After eons of fighting his own battles, he finds himself being rescued from a desperate situation by a half-starved teenage girl.
Traveling through a dark and twisted Northern California, they have only each other to rely on for survival. Together, they journey toward the angels’ stronghold in San Francisco where she’ll risk everything to rescue her sister and he’ll put himself at the mercy of his greatest enemies for the chance to be made whole again.”
Anything, including making a deal with an enemy angel.
Raffe is a warrior who lies broken and wingless on the street. After eons of fighting his own battles, he finds himself being rescued from a desperate situation by a half-starved teenage girl.
Traveling through a dark and twisted Northern California, they have only each other to rely on for survival. Together, they journey toward the angels’ stronghold in San Francisco where she’ll risk everything to rescue her sister and he’ll put himself at the mercy of his greatest enemies for the chance to be made whole again.”
My Rating: êêêêê
My Review: I really wish I could have bought a copy of
this book, but the cover and typography doesn’t do it justice. This is the
first indie book I’ve read, and wow, it’s well done. Well written. Why hasn’t
this been published by a big publisher? Who knows! It has action and adventure
and angels! Evil angels, much like in Angel Burn. Raffe’s not really evil, and
he even has a sense of humor. He sort of reminded me of Patch from Hush, Hush. Penryn’s
a really strong, tough girl. She has a lot of martial arts training, and it
helps her survive. She has a schizophrenic mother who’s off her pills, and act
crazy (in pretty funny ways) and a sister who is wheel-chair bound, and
kidnapped in the story.
The post-apocalyptic world created in this book is
similar to Faith Hunter’s Bloodring Trilogy, because it involves angels. Angel
books and Dystopian books just so happen to be my favorite books to read, so I
got a 2-in-1 with this book. Even with poorly set type, I found myself sucked
into the story.
I highly recommend this read. Especially if you liked
Angel Burn by L.A. Weatherly, or love reading post-apocalyptic books.
Cover Art Review: I have to say that the whole book is
poorly designed. The typography is atrocious. The cover photo may be nice, but
as far as indie books go, the designer did a poor job. A book this good
deserves a talented cover artist and type setter. I’m only a 2nd year
graphic design student and I can do 100 times better than this.
~Haley G
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