It’s been three years since I read the first book in this trilogy, so although I remembered the basic storyline I knew little else about it. However it was easy to quickly get back into the swing of the story and it was very interesting to see where Weatherly has decided to take the story.
About half way through the book I got really fed up with the story and almost couldn’t be bothered with it. This was the point where

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Alex got incredibly jealous of Willow’s relationship with Seb and broke up with him. Alex soon realised his error but by that point Willow was worrying that she was causing Alex harm through Angel Burn and decided completely separate herself from him.

There were some parts of the plot that were really obvious as well.

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Alex had previously mentioned that he wondered whether being so close to so many angels exploding as they die was affecting him in any way. So the moment that Seb noticed that his aura was damaged and Willow assumed it was because of her I knew that it was going to be because he was an AK. There was also the scene where Raziel cut his hand on a glass. This seemed so out of place in the context of the rest of his appearances that I knew immediately that it would be important later in the story. Sure enough, not too further on in the story Willow felt as if she had cut her hand so much so that she could feel the glass and from that she discovered her link to Raziel and was able to remove it from herself and then exploit it within Raziel.

The storyline itself though did have me hooked; it was just the annoying character interactions that irritated me.

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The addition of the angelic council was interesting and I was actually surprised that they managed to kill all twelve of them fairly easily, taking down half of the angels on earth with them.
I have a feeling that Raziel probably managed to escape and that he will return in the next book. I also think that Kara and Brendan will return in some way and that Wesley and Trish will be seen again despite their Angle Burn.

I was very tempted to give this book five stars, especially considering the great ending. However, the predictability in places, the irritating character interactions and development of a love triangle means that it loses a star.