I thought that this book moved along a lot better than the first one. I liked getting to see Raphael and Elena's relationship grow. I thought that the relationship was strange in the fisrt novel. It seemed like Elena was trying to resist her feelings for most of the first novel only to cave-in one second then tell Raphael to back off the next second. I felt there was too much back and forth between their feelings. In this book I liked that we got to see how they really felt for each other. 
 I thought that the conflict progressed nicely and was well written in this book. One of the problems that I had with the first book is that we found out what the conflict was, but it took a long time to actually start figuring out a solution while Rapheal and Elena figured out how they felt about each other. In this book their relationship grows in the midst of all the conflict going on. The story didn't have to hault itself so they could grow and then pick up the moment they were on pause. 
 There were two conflicts going on in this book, but I think that one was overshawdowed by the other. So when we go to the end I didn't think there was as big of an impact. 
 This book took place away from New York City in an alternate angel kind of paradise. It was nice to get away and see where the angels populate when they are not in their cities. But with that came the exclusion of Sara and Ransom who were in the first book but I would have liked to have seen them more, get to know more about them. Hopefully in the next book where they will be going back to New York. 
 I really look forward to reading the rest of the series. The third book just came out this February and the next book I believe is due out later this year. I also look forward to going back and reading the first novel again with the knowledge I have now and seeing what new perspective I gain with a re-read. Until Then!