Review

The author systematically frustrated and kept my fingers sliding against the Kindle screen.

Death’s Angel is all about Azrael, King of Vampires and archangel of death, and his archess, Sophie. As with the other books in the series this continues with the subplots left off from the first 2 books. Killough-Walden does a fantastic job of covering the key points of the previous stories to engage those who haven’t read any of the Lost Angel books, and if I’d come in with a blank mind I would have been able to figure out what was happening.

The things I enjoyed about the book are numerous. Killough-Walden weaves an intricate mythical world. It’s easy to understand, and become absorbed in. I found myself wanting more answers and asking more questions than the author seemed willing to give. That in itself is a testament to the writing skill and the story weaving. There’s also action, hot guys everywhere, and a large dosage of the supernatural.  Walden also brings dragons back in a big way and I’m excited to see more of them.

I found myself loving Azrael even more than I did in previous books. I’m a sucker for a guy dressed in black and playing the mysterious card. What I really enjoyed is how discovering his archess makes him more fallible. He’s not completely cool and collected, at least not as he was in previous books. Sophie is also fun because she’s not expecting to be an archess nor has she discovered her abilities at the beginning of the story. There’s innocence around her and something endearing in her ability to embrace others worth, but not her own.

My woes with the story were the lack of romance. The intimacy levels, once they were finally reached about ¾ of the way through the book, were hot and fierce. I just had a hard time believing in Azrael’s and Sophie’s connection. Sure they are drawn together because she was made for him and he naturally just loves her because of who she is, but there physical interactions were not detailed or intimate enough, in my opinion, to cause a lasting relationship. About halfway through I started to wonder how this qualified as a romance novel and not just straight urban fantasy.  Also everything you thought about the bad guys goes out the window. I don’t know anyone’s true goals or motivations outside of the archangels and the archesses. New villains explode out of the wood work in this story, casting aside any previous thought I had to understanding what the archangels were facing.

Overall, if you like a story with a ton of action and supernatural beings going head to head you’ll enjoy Death’s Angel. If you’re looking for a lot of intimacy and large amounts of character growth this story doesn’t have it, but it will hit the right note for Urban Fantasy fans who need just a bit more.

Reviewed by Landra