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End of Days
by Susan Ee
This series was absolutely amazing. The writing style was unique and humorous, Penryn was badass, wonderful and relatable, Raffe was amazing and beautifully flawed and the twins were hilarious. The author has a talent for creating interesting characters and the way she describes even the most minor characters makes you care about them. There were soooo many moments where I thought there was no way Penryn would survive this and I was filled with so much anticipation with every major scene. The author really knows how to make humans the underdogs, so much so that I kept wondering how in the world any of them would come out of this alive! I absolutely adore Penryn's mom and her sister as they proved to be just as badass as Penryn and I can't believe how much this series got my emotions riled up. There were so many moments that were unexpected for me and although this series makes you feel like there were a lot of unanswered questions, when you reach the end it feels like it was all answered somewhere along the way and it's alot more simple than people think. What caused Penryn's mom to go crazy? She was a schizophrenic which is a mental condition and she was no longer on her meds. Why did Raffe's sword accept Penryn? No on really said that humans couldn't wield them. The sword chose to accept her. How did her mom know rotten eggs would work? According to Penryn, her mom has been living in her own hell and interestingly enough, that means the apocalyptic world makes sense to her. How could Penryn be thinking about Raffe all the time when she's trying to save herself, her family and basically all of mankind? If you were ever in love, you'd know there's no off switch for it. These are only a few, but you get the idea.
Spoilers ahead!
I thought the talent show was a beautiful and heartwrenching moment for both the story and human beings in general. The way it was described and the way it tugged on the heartstrings made me want to shout at the angels to not come and ruin that moment. The return of the Watchers was very interesting surprise and I loved how the way they talked with Penryn was such a stark contrast to how other angels saw humans. If I have to name one thing that really bothered me it would have to be Beliel. He did many things to make us love to hate him especially with Paige, but it proved impossible for me not to feel terrible about him. It seems to me that he did nothing to deserve the pain and suffering he went through and only became the way he was because of that pain and suffering. His sin was no greater than the other Watchers and I understood why he felt betrayed by Raffe. I was really hoping he would get some kind of redemption but instead he died still not wanted or loved. That was very depressing for me. The author was amazing in emphasizing just how important Raffe's wings were to him to the point where I was absolutely shocked and sad that he gave them up in the end. I was rooting for them to be together but I thought it would be one of those rare YAs where the girl doesn't end up with the guy she loves. In this case, I'm glad to have been wrong about that.
Spoilers ahead!
I thought the talent show was a beautiful and heartwrenching moment for both the story and human beings in general. The way it was described and the way it tugged on the heartstrings made me want to shout at the angels to not come and ruin that moment. The return of the Watchers was very interesting surprise and I loved how the way they talked with Penryn was such a stark contrast to how other angels saw humans. If I have to name one thing that really bothered me it would have to be Beliel. He did many things to make us love to hate him especially with Paige, but it proved impossible for me not to feel terrible about him. It seems to me that he did nothing to deserve the pain and suffering he went through and only became the way he was because of that pain and suffering. His sin was no greater than the other Watchers and I understood why he felt betrayed by Raffe. I was really hoping he would get some kind of redemption but instead he died still not wanted or loved. That was very depressing for me. The author was amazing in emphasizing just how important Raffe's wings were to him to the point where I was absolutely shocked and sad that he gave them up in the end. I was rooting for them to be together but I thought it would be one of those rare YAs where the girl doesn't end up with the guy she loves. In this case, I'm glad to have been wrong about that.