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A review by michellewords
Angel Souls and Devil Hearts by Christopher Golden
4.0
I'm so very glad I continued with the Shadow Saga/Peter Octavian vampire series.
That first book in the series was Golden's first published book and I think it showed a little. I probably would have given up on the series all together if I hadn't already bought the next three books in the series. Also Golden's one of my all-time favorite authors, so I gave him a pass that I wouldn't normally give a series with a poor introduction.
Angel Souls and Devil Hearts draws from the first book a little, but builds it's own story around human villains and vampire villains on both sides of the spectrum. It's very philosophical in the origin of vampires. The world building in this book is absolutely crazy. At times I would wonder about certain aspects as if it were real. That is intense to bury myself in the world so unknowingly.
The book also had quite a few different point of view characters, but I felt like I understood every character, even the ones obviously painted as villains.
This book restored my faith in my old fave. Christopher Golden is one of the most underrated authors of this era. He's right up there with Stephen King for me.
I only hesitate with my recommendation due to some of the graphic sex scenes, which I understand may be a genre choice and not necessarily an author choice, but it still pulled me out of the story every time. There's a way to make it a choice and there's a way to do it just because you can. I felt like this book was more about the latter.
I am so glad I continued the series and I'm interested to find out where it goes. So ya, I'm going to continue eventually.
That first book in the series was Golden's first published book and I think it showed a little. I probably would have given up on the series all together if I hadn't already bought the next three books in the series. Also Golden's one of my all-time favorite authors, so I gave him a pass that I wouldn't normally give a series with a poor introduction.
Angel Souls and Devil Hearts draws from the first book a little, but builds it's own story around human villains and vampire villains on both sides of the spectrum. It's very philosophical in the origin of vampires. The world building in this book is absolutely crazy. At times I would wonder about certain aspects as if it were real. That is intense to bury myself in the world so unknowingly.
The book also had quite a few different point of view characters, but I felt like I understood every character, even the ones obviously painted as villains.
This book restored my faith in my old fave. Christopher Golden is one of the most underrated authors of this era. He's right up there with Stephen King for me.
I only hesitate with my recommendation due to some of the graphic sex scenes, which I understand may be a genre choice and not necessarily an author choice, but it still pulled me out of the story every time. There's a way to make it a choice and there's a way to do it just because you can. I felt like this book was more about the latter.
I am so glad I continued the series and I'm interested to find out where it goes. So ya, I'm going to continue eventually.