Angelfall

Penryn & the End of Days, Book 1

By: Susan Ee

Narrated by: Caitlin Davies

Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins

Publisher's summary

It’s been six weeks since angels of the apocalypse descended to demolish the modern world. Street gangs rule the day while fear and superstition rule the night. When warrior angels fly away with a helpless little girl, her 17-year-old sister, Penryn, will do anything to get her back.

Anything, including making a deal with an enemy angel.

Raffe is a warrior who lies broken and wingless on the street. After eons of fighting his own battles, he finds himself being rescued from a desperate situation by a half-starved teenage girl.

Traveling through a dark and twisted Northern California, they have only each other to rely on for survival. Together, they journey toward the angels’ stronghold in San Francisco where Penryn will risk everything to rescue her sister, and Raffe will put himself at the mercy of his greatest enemies for the chance to be made whole again.

©2012 Feral Dream, LLC (P)2012 Brilliance Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Ee’s debut novel is a promising opener to what looks to be a YA series worth following, one that explores what it means to be human and what it means to be a hero." ( Locus Magazine)

first time reader/listener

Pretty interesting book, never heard of author and don't typically read these types of books but I enjoyed it and have purchased all.

Angel

I love this book when I’ve read it and still loved it while listening to it. Caitlin Davies did an excellent job at narrating.

Fun, Entertaining, and a Little Thrilling

I initially purchased this audiobook for my granddaughter, but decided to listen to it myself and I am happy that I did because I really enjoyed it, Written from the viewpoint of a teenager, the author did a great job of capturing the voice of a mature teenager who coped with the responsibilities and challenges of a changing and hostile world.
Listening to the narrator (who did a great job) I thoroughly felt that I was listening to the voice and emotions of a teenager. Penryn's reactions and interactions with Raffie and others, were interspersed with humor and the angst and confusion that is so often experienced by young people who are forced into adult responsibilities before they are prepared for them.
Susan Ee managed to make me laugh at times and feel great sorrow at other times. Above all, she made me want to keep reading. In fact, I bought the second book before I had finished the first because I wanted to know what happened next.

My favorite.

I have read this series at least 3 times and now as a mother I couldn't spend time to read but was excited to see it was on audible. it still is as amazing as I remember. I will never get tired of this book. my favorite ❤️❤️❤️❤️

great concept, decent execution

What did you like best about Angelfall? What did you like least?

I Really like the concept of the angels and their politics.

I strongly disliked the "predictable, tortured, lovestruck teenage heroine"

If you’ve listened to books by Susan Ee before, how does this one compare?

this was my first

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

the narration was pretty good. I hated the characters rather than the narrator, so that's points for her... a bad narrator is when you remember it's a narrator.

Could you see Angelfall being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

Not really. the lead character is way too predictable to be interesting on a screen. Maybe if Lifetime decided to do a scifi movie, this would be perfect!

Any additional comments?

As you can probably tell, my main gripe with this book is the main character. She's your typical teenage girl heroine who everyone is always exclaiming is courageous, even though she's often cowering and on the verge of tears.... I may finish this series if I can stand her long enough.... The angels though! I kinda wish we could just follow them and leave her love-sick story as a secondary tangent.

3.5 Stars. Interesting in a Twilight...

3.5 Stars. Interesting in a "Twilight" sort of way. YA romance with much older men (yet they don't look older). Tragic yet beautiful hero & heroine. Very Good Reader.

Good Story Line "Why did Angels Attack Humanity"

Would you listen to Angelfall again? Why?

No, To many other good books to read.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Raffe, Not as powerful as a real Arch Angel though.

What does Caitlin Davies bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She delivers it with Enthusiasm and An Energy that makes the story more exciting.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, Absolutely...

Any additional comments?

The author should have done more research of Angels (Read Enoch) to better understand the exceptional power and majesty of the Angels. One angel killed 186,000 warriors in less than a day. And is fast enough to circle the earth in just minutes.

3.5 stars. Good, not great.

I love teen Dystopia. Most are good enough to keep me interested. Few are great. This falls in the former category. A couple things had me rolling my eyes a little (too simplistic or too overeager), but I got past it. Character development is ok. There isn't anything outstanding about Penryn or Rafe to make me LOVE them. And at this point, we don't know WHY the Angels have descended upon earth to destroy or harm us. Rafe doesn't even know why. And why do they hate us so much? We are just Monkeys to them. I'm hoping this will be explained by book 2. This story got great reviews and most seemed to love it. I'm a little more than "meh" on this. Just enough to want to find out more. But I have no qualms about abandoning the series if book 2 does not improve. I have way too many books in my TBR to waste my time on so-so.

Great book

Loved this book. I can't wait to read the rest of the series. Really cool concept

I really enjoyed this book.

loved it. waiting to read book two. imagination was profound. loved penryn. happy page was found.