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The story started very promising. Heroin falls almost in the arms of our hero (okay, she fell on the hard floor, he wasn’t that quick ;) ) and they feel instantly attracted to each other. There are also interesting flashbacks about Devi’s strange brother Kai. Very interesting, since I’ve never heard of an angel kidnapping children. Aren’t they supposed to be on the good side?

But then… Then they start talking and won’t stop. The alternation between action and endless conversations could have been done a bit better. I had to put the book down repeatedly. I just couldn’t keep my attention on the story. I also had a problem with the helplessness of Devi at some times. All she apparently could do was wait for rescue. Isn’t it a bit boring to have to wait all the time…

However, there was something I found truly amazing. When Oz shot Devi, deliberately, I was totally okay with her not harboring any feelings of resentment towards him. Katherine Pine wrote this part in such a way that everything was explained and everything happened with a reason. I even started to get irritated when he kept apologizing afterwards, cause he didn’t have to! When I start to think about it, it’s a little scary that she was able to make me feel okay about it… You normally wouldn’t be okay with something like this, would you?

I’m still confused about the difference between a demon and a devil. Apparently there’s some big difference between them and that’s important in the book, but I still don’t know what it is. It looked like the term was used at random. I at least couldn’t notice what the big difference was. What a spirit and a soul are, is explained a bit better, but at the end I still don’t get what they mean….

It was hard to get an overall rating for this one. There were parts of the story I really liked (a car plastered with pads ^^), but there were also parts I had to struggle to get through (how she treated Camael….). Therefore 3 hearts. It was a bit better than a normal “OK”, although it’s not a full “I liked it.” I don’t know if I want to read the next book, since the story seemed finished to me. I hope that , if I do read it, she’ll treat Camael better! ( )

Katherine Fine
After Eden
Devi lost her brother to a man that came down from the sky with wings and took him. It has been several years and now strange things are happening to her. She gets pain killing headaches and can’t control herself when they come. She meets an man and soon starts to fall for him but love isn’t always as it seems. Now she must fight against the angel that took he brother away and the devil trying to take her soul she no longer has.
The cover has a girl kissing a stem with thorns on it. It is very appealing because it describes how the book is going to be.
Anyone who likes adventure and has a good imagination should read this book. ( )

This series known as the fallen angels written by Katherine Pine starts off with very interesting twists and turns. Concepts of celestial and demonic beings are very intriguing . I enjoyed reading this and was a little skeptical at the start. The story was a little slow starting and I had begun forming questions to quickly that were getting little to no answers, but soon enough the story began to flesh out more and I was being pulled in to read. The characters were a little normal and some of the things were actually predictable but for a young adult read this was a good read.

The story began to pick up and take a nice pace one that allowed you to keep turning the pages and letting you know that there was more to come. Though there were times that the lead character Devi made you a little frustrated with her careless actions to herself and those that were around her. Endangering some of the people around her more than they should have been. In the end the unlikely love affair that springs up between her and Oz is cute . ( )

I am really enjoying see author think outside the box. Stories are now becoming so much more than what they used to be. One genre that is popular is angels. I love the any story with angels, but when Heaven and Hell go to war, its even better.

Devi is a great character. I loved her personality from the very start. She is a very humbling young lady who is just trying to find answers. I like how both her and her brother had a strong connection to war that is going on. The storyline is not only unique but realistic. Many things in this book have biblical setting. So if you aren't familiar with the bible, you might bot get it. Then again, Ms. Pine made it easy to understand since she did a great job explaining the story to the reader as you unveil each secret. Which was wonderful. I love secrets!!

All the characters in this book played a big role. While they may seem minor, their roles are bigger then what you think. I like how all sides of the story are explain from each character. Things you wouldn't believe happen to them. Each of them have a stake in this war, it is just matter of who gets it first.

My only gripe was the beginning of the story that sort of confused me. It lead me thinking of something else, when it was something entirely different. (Don't want to say to spoil the story.)

If you like angels, biblical history, and a unique storyline read this book. Ms. Pine created such a world that was easy to dive into and stay in. The story flowed just right, as well as the character development. Nothing happen too fast or too slow. The pacing of the story was perfect in revealing the characters, secrets and the war. ( )

***May contain spoilers***

While I really enjoyed the idea of the idea behind this story (a teenage girl trying to find her twin brother who disappeared six years earlier only to discover that her and her brothers are at the center of a battle between Heaven and Hell due to the fact that he does not possess a soul, much like angels, thereby making him an almost holy entity who is very dispassionate and who can do nothing but follow God's will and she does not possess spirit, much like demons and devils, giving her complete free will), I just found the story to be lacking (more so the middle of the story than the beginning/ end of the story, those were much better developed than the middle in my opinion). In all honesty I was just very confused as to what was actually occurring in the middle of the story, I feel like I got really sidetracked by all of the 'religious talk' (I did feel that some parts were quite preachy). That being said, I always love when an author can describe a scene, a character physically, etc. in a way that you could totally picture it in your head and Katherine does this in a way unlike any other author I have ever read before- her writing is seriously breathtaking.

I did think that a few of the characters, especially Oz and Devi, were described beautifully (seriously, not only is Oz really hot, but he is a total sweetheart- that is, when he isn't manifesting his demon self). However, I was quite confused by their thought processes. Their thoughts seemed to jump around with very little connection between them- almost in an erratic manner (one minute things were calm, collected, and really cute between them and the next minute one of them was bawling their eyes out for reasons that I couldn't phantom). And I somewhat felt that the book deviated a bit too much from its original storyline (finding Devi's brother) for my liking (ie. 'padding' Devi's best friends ex-boyfriends car, etc.).

All in all, while I feel like a few of the characters in this story were really great and totally swoon-worthy, I just don't feel like the story lived up to its potential. That being said, I do think that Katherine has the potential to be a seriously amazing author and I do look forward to what she has is store for us next! ( )