APRIL 2012 - AudioFile
Willow and Alex head to Mexico City to continue their fight against the rapacious angels that attack humankind. Alex leads an Angel Killer mission while Willow connects with another half-angel, Seb. Alex’s mission and Willow’s conflicted love affair with Alex make for an action-packed story, the second in the Angel Trilogy. Campbell clearly portrays Willow’s mental anguish as her relationship with Alex crumbles. Both Willow and Alex have appealing, age-appropriate voices that draw listeners into their story. The recording quality could be more crisp, and Seb’s Mexican accent sometimes slips. But overall, Campbell lets listeners feel the delicious urgency the characters feel as they face their angel foes. C.A. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine
APRIL 2012 - AudioFile
Willow and Alex head to Mexico City to continue their fight against the rapacious angels that attack humankind. Alex leads an Angel Killer mission while Willow connects with another half-angel, Seb. Alex’s mission and Willow’s conflicted love affair with Alex make for an action-packed story, the second in the Angel Trilogy. Campbell clearly portrays Willow’s mental anguish as her relationship with Alex crumbles. Both Willow and Alex have appealing, age-appropriate voices that draw listeners into their story. The recording quality could be more crisp, and Seb’s Mexican accent sometimes slips. But overall, Campbell lets listeners feel the delicious urgency the characters feel as they face their angel foes. C.A. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine
Kirkus Reviews
An epic fight against evil, predatory angels takes a back seat to romance in the second of this planned trilogy. Angels intend to turn humans into farm animals as they invade the earth. They feed on human auras, leaving their willing and ecstatic victims sick and dying. Meanwhile, heroine Willow, a half-angel, basks in her true love for boyfriend Alex, an "angel killer," as they travel to Mexico City to hunt the angel high council. Another half-angel, a Mexican boy named Seb, strongly senses that Willow exists and constantly searches for her. Willow finds herself drawn to Seb when they meet, yet she never wavers in her love for Alex. Alex, however, breaks up with her in a fit of jealousy. Amid all of this repetitious romantic torment Weatherly keeps up the plot against the angels, although it simmers in the background through much of this shamelessly overlong story. The book needs to be cut by at least a third in order to sharpen the romance writing. The author writes the exciting suspense portions of the story with far more clarity. Nonetheless, the target audience likely won't complain. Certainly the book's imaginative twist on angels deserves a look. This lengthy installment in the series has inventive premise and some thrilling moments, but both are largely smothered by adolescent angst. (Paranormal romance. 12 & up)
