![]() Depictions of some of the demons are rather imaginative, however. ![]() I couldn’t lose him”) combine with such silly dialogue as “This is not right! Annihilating the human and angel races is not right” to lend the book a distinctly pulp-fiction flavor. Extreme fights, extreme romance, extreme clichés (“I couldn’t lose them both tonight. Drenched in emo, everything is extreme, with frequent use of italics. Much of the story frankly seems thrown together. Once the narrative takes a dramatic turn, suspense struggles to take precedence over the romance, with Moulton pausing two major fights for kissing scenes. Will, besotted with Ellie for over five centuries, constantly turns up to save her from danger. Ellie knows she loves Will completely and forever, yet she’s still extremely attracted to several others, including Cadan, a demon (but she trusts him). Beginning in near–chick-lit mode, most of the story focuses on various romantic entanglements with occasional action sequences until the climactic scenes finally emerge. ![]() Nevertheless, the story of Ellie and her guardian, Will, continues in this second installment of the Angelfire saga. After many reincarnations, the Archangel Gabriel has emerged as a spoiled, wealthy, 17-year-old fashion-addicted girl who fights demons. ![]()
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