Nocturnal Book Reviews

The problem with Sins of The Angels is that it's full of potential to be a great story, but it doesn't deliver. My problem is that I should stop looking for Elena and Raphael in every angel book out there.

Alex is a tough weary detective, who is ruled by her childhood fears. Her mother was a schizophrenic and killed her own husband. Alex found the body. The case she is working on now is getting to her and raises her old fears that she inherited her mother's illness.

She believes she is working on a serial killer case and she is right. Only the killer is a Fallen angel and while he is enjoying the kills he has his own agenda for going on a killing spree.

Aramael is an angel-enforcer, whose job is to hunt Fallen angels who start taking human lives and he is sent to deal with the Fallen. Aramael has to fight his own demons: the killer is his brother and his attraction to Alex is prohibited.

Therein lies a couple problems for me, peeps.

- the mythology and the world-building are barely outlined like we are supposed to know what's going on already.
- the case of insta-love between Alex and Aramael is one of my biggest pet-peeves in any book. It's sudden and dubious. I didn't feel the spark, the connection.

Otherwise, the concept is interesting and I will be reading more to see if book #2 improves its execution.