Angelfall by Susan Ee

Its been weeks since the angels have fallen and taken over the world. Seventeen year old Penryn Young finds herself battling through a post apocalyptic world, though something she didn't plan on was stumbling into an angel dispute. The angels are angry with Penryn and take her sister, Paige, it's Penryn's mission to find her with the help of an wingless angel.

I found this to be the angel equivalent to The 5th Wave as they're similar in many ways, but I enjoyed Angelfall much more! The action scenes were great, I always find in some dystopian's that there's not enough but this one had plenty of graphic fight sequences. There's something about Penryn that makes her much more likable than any other dystopian heroine especially as she's got the skills and experience to defend herself. As most heroine's her family life is complicated but she will do anything that she is capable of to keep them together, no matter the consequences. Even if she has to ask the help of a wounded angel, which is precisely what she does. We are introduced to Raffe, a witty and sometimes sarcastic angel whom Penryn has to constantly remind herself of the fact that he's an angel, the humans most sworn enemy who she is undeniably aiding. Their relationship throughout is tempestuous, not sure if they should be friends or enemies but by the time we reach the end of the book it develops into a caring friendship that could be evolve into something more. That fact that Penryn had all these undisclosed feelings she never strayed away from her main agenda, ignoring what others were most certain of Penryn discovers the most shocking results of Paige's disappearance.

Like many others I'm looking forward to read World After, especially as we are introduced to a glimpse of angel politics that will most likely play a massive part throughout the rest of the series. And how the effects of that explosive ending in Angelfall take their toll on Penryn and the others.
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