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Wings of the Wicked (Angelfire, #2)
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When I started reading this book, I was hoping that after her many near-death experiences, Ellie would have grown up, you know, gotten better at prioritizing what's important. For example: saving the world is a heck of a lot more important than partying and having a picture-perfect teen life. But... no, Ellie is every bit as whiny, selfish, annoying, make-me-want-to-rip-my-hair-out as she was in the first book.
I mean, I already hated her when I started, so I assumed that it honestly couldn't get much worse, but oh... it does. If I was to make a list of the top-ten things I would never do as the Preliator, especially knowing that I'm an angel on top of that, getting drunk (which impairs judgement and much needed fighting skills) would be at the top of my list. In that list would also include going to movie nights instead of training/ fighting and whining every ten seconds because life isn't fair.
Another thing that bugged me was the plot twist with Ellie's dad. Why? Well for the first book I was completely siding with him for the majority of the time. I know, I know, he was horrible to Ellie but from his perspective, she kinda deserved it. Example: Her "awful" dad buys her a 40,000 dollar car (wish my dad was that awful) and she crashes it after having it for like a week. Her grades are sucking and at her birthday party she was drinking (at 17) and crashed through the window. Another thing that hurt poor wittle Ellie's feelings was when he called her a slut on Halloween, although ELlie, when you leave the house looking like this
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=slutty...
you've gotta be able to withstand the comments. So when ELlie's dad reveals himself to be a (view spoiler)
And there are more reasons why I didn't quite like this book, but, well, I'm pretty sure you get the picture,and I'm lazy. For a good angel-related book I would recommend the Unearthly series by Cynthia Hand and for books with an actually badass heroine I would recommend [book; Hunger Games]and Vampire Academy (starting book 2, because Rose bugs me in book 1).
I mean, I already hated her when I started, so I assumed that it honestly couldn't get much worse, but oh... it does. If I was to make a list of the top-ten things I would never do as the Preliator, especially knowing that I'm an angel on top of that, getting drunk (which impairs judgement and much needed fighting skills) would be at the top of my list. In that list would also include going to movie nights instead of training/ fighting and whining every ten seconds because life isn't fair.
Another thing that bugged me was the plot twist with Ellie's dad. Why? Well for the first book I was completely siding with him for the majority of the time. I know, I know, he was horrible to Ellie but from his perspective, she kinda deserved it. Example: Her "awful" dad buys her a 40,000 dollar car (wish my dad was that awful) and she crashes it after having it for like a week. Her grades are sucking and at her birthday party she was drinking (at 17) and crashed through the window. Another thing that hurt poor wittle Ellie's feelings was when he called her a slut on Halloween, although ELlie, when you leave the house looking like this
http://www.google.com/imgres?q=slutty...
you've gotta be able to withstand the comments. So when ELlie's dad reveals himself to be a (view spoiler)
And there are more reasons why I didn't quite like this book, but, well, I'm pretty sure you get the picture,
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Reading Progress
Finished Reading
March 6, 2012
– Shelved
March 6, 2012
– Shelved as:
regret-reading
March 6, 2012
– Shelved as:
weak-heroines
March 6, 2012
– Shelved as:
good-plot
