Lilith Saintcrow's writing isn't for everyone. It's dark and lyrical, throwing aside grammar rules to build tension and emotion. I love it. Every minute of it.

This is the final book in the Jill Kismet story arc. In the last book Jill died, sacrificing herself so that the demon Perry couldn't get his greedy claws any deeper into her city through her. Now for most people that would be THE END. Not for unlucky Jill. Instead she wakes in her own grave with no name, no memory and the feeling of wasps crawling over her rotting flesh. This is why I love these books. It's hard to dig through the plot of a Saintcrow book. So much of it is the way it's said. She's admittedly repetitive, but it's enjoyable all the same.

Kismet digs her memories back one by one, finding that her city and her world are on the brink of disaster and her mate-sick lover is dying without her. As usual there's no time for a vacation and Jill finds herself thrown right back against Perry and the hellbreed. As if that's not enough, there are other forces in play now and they are circling just as tightly around Jill, demanding her attention and her work. Perry's real plans finally come to light in the end, and despite it all he comes across as almost pitiable. Almost.

The ending was fitting. I'll miss Jill, Saul, Anya, Monte and all the rest, and as in all her books the story doesn't wrap everything up neatly. The city is burned. The characters beleaguered, hurting, dead and worse. Still, the greater arc is completed and sun sets on it all, for now.

If you enjoy dark urban fantasy, demons and worse this is a great series. Saul is no Japhrimel, but Jill unlike Dante knows what she has is good and glories in her lover. The troubles of previous books are pushed aside. ( )

I officially love weres. Never did before, I was always indifferent to them. Saintcrow made me love them in this series. The final book ties everything together well, though I felt that it was a tad rushed and missing the same gruesome depth of the others. No matter, it was a beautiful ending to a series. ( )

It had its issues with both craft and representation, but I'm going to miss this series. ( )

'Angel Town' took me months to start, weeks to read, and months to review. Not a good track record for this book. Usually when I've read a series, I can't wait to read the last book. Here I was exhausted from the others and dreading this conclusion. When I closed the last page, I sighed in relief. Now that I'm finally getting this review done and out of the way, I'm again relieved.

Despite how much I fall into Lilith Saintcrow's books at the beginning when the series is fresh, I seem to get annoyed when I keep reading. The same thing happened with the Dante Valentine series, although Jill Kismet treated me a little kinder. While this one still irritated me in some ways, I didn't end up seeing bright red RAGE lights flashing before my eyes like with Dante.

I slowly lose respect for the characters as I keep reading them. At this point I didn't care much and strangely was only interested in the point of view of the villain, Perry, which is an indicator you've kind of lost the reader. The protagonist killed blindly most of the series but would conveniently get a conscience with the storyline warranted it. Other characters blended together, no one standing out much, because they all tended to think and act and see things the same, mirror copies of each other.

I didn't feel the chemistry vibe of the relationship between Jill and Saul either - it was there, I guess, but my interest was nill anyway.

These books are always heavily action-orientated but this exhausting pace wears thin. Every time I turned around, it was another action scene after another, with not enough pause for me to care. Ultimately the finale and some of the overlying plot was a little confusing too.

Sometimes a relationship with a series starts on a strong note but ends badly. This was one of those times. Since it's happened twice in a row to me now with this author, I don't think she and I have the chemistry to continue on into new relationships.
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Synopsis: Kismet is back from hell and once she recovers her memory, she must keep Perry from putting into action his centuries old plan to take over the earth. She must decide if she wants to suffer on earth or rule it.
Review: A very well done finish to a series. There are only minor thread left hanging and it's very satisfying that Kismet, Saul and the Hellhound ride off into the sunset together. ( )