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Oct162009
All Hallow’s Eve Book Review: Strange Angels by Lili St. Crow
by Carolyn • Posted in 3.5 Star Reviews
Title: Strange Angels
Author: Lili St. Crow
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Age Group: Young Adult
Publisher: Quercus
Publication Date: 3rd Sept 2009
Paperback: 307 pages
Rating: 7/10
Summary (back cover)
Dru knows that The Real World – peopled with ghosts, suckers and zombies – is a frightening place. She’s ready to kill first and ask questions later, so it’s going to take her a while to work out just who she can trust.
Dru Anderson has been ‘strange’ for as long as she can remember, traveling from town to town with her father to hunt down things that go bump in the night. It’s a weird life, but a good one – until in an icy, broken-down town, a hungry zombie bursts through her kitchen door. Dru is going to have to use every inch of her wit and training. Can she stay alive long enough to fall for one – or both – of the guys hungry for her affections?
Review:
This is the first book in a new series by the author of the adult series featuring Dante Valentine. The story started off a bit slow for me and it took quite a lot of patience to keep reading and get to the good stuff, but it did come, eventually. A few chapters in and the story opened up. The scene with the Zombie bursting through the door had me gripped.
Initially I felt there were too many internal thoughts from Dru and not enough dialogue, which was the main reason I found this book difficult to get into. Unfortunately, I also found Dru to be rather annoying with her belching and sulkiness. It was hard to like her character, but as she begins to grow as a person through each of the chapters I did slowly warm to her. I enjoy a well rounded character with depth, but without much dialogue it became a bit too much ‘telling’ without a lot of ‘showing’ and did get a little dull in parts. However, her personality grew on me and once she met Graves the dialogue increased making it a much more enjoyable read. Graves is a great character and I really enjoyed reading about him and look forward to reading more about how he deals with his new *predicament*.
I also didn’t think there was enough action, but when there was it was fast-paced and engaging. The second male character, Christophe, was also interesting but didn’t really get to know him, so not sure if he is friend or foe. I’m sure we will find out in the upcoming book.
Verdict:
This is a good read, but be patient, it takes a while to get going. It’s also the start of a new series, which in my eyes is always a good thing. I will be interested to see how the characters develop and how the story unfolds in the next book in the series, Betrayals, which is set to be released in November this year.
Thanks for to Quercus for sending me this book to review.
9 Comments
I'm also reading this right now. I'm pretty into from the start…great review!
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sounds good. Thanks for the review. I have been unsure about this one. I like the title though
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Sounds interesting…reminds me of a female book version of the show Supernatural (minus a sibling). The hard to get into part makes me hesitate just a bit on finding this title, but I may still give to a whirl…thanks for the review!
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Hmm…not sure this is my cup of tea, but I liked your review.
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This one is on my TBR pile. I'm not too good with books that are difficult to get in to. I usually finish them but don't enjoy them. Not too keen on the whole belching thing. Gross! Great review.
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I've had this book in my wishlist for so long. I think it's time to pick it up.
Thanks for including how slow this read is at first. I can be a little impatient at times, especially when I have high expectations for a book.
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Have had this on my wishlist for awhile, so may have to finally move it to my TBR pile. Love Lilith, so thanks for the warning to give it a few chapters to get into the story. Enjoyed your review!
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This sounds very interesting. I really want to read it. Thanks for your honest review!
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I had seen this book around and it sounded neat. I kind of liked the cover as well, I think that is what caught my eye first.
Being the beginning of the series that could be some of why it is a little slow. I would like to look into this series when the next book comes out. I am currently swimming in books, but I liked this books ideas. Thanks for the great review.
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