This review is also posted on my blog, Anatea's Bookshelf. 
 Why did I wait so long to read this book? Angelfall is amazing! Probably one of my all time favorite books! There is a lot of hype about this book, but it's all with a good reason. There are just so many things to like in this book, and now when I think of it, I can't recall a single thing I didn't like. It is really an outstanding read, and Susan Ee has such a way with words that you simply can't stop reading. 
 Angelfall is set in a post-apocalyptic world where angels are the bad guys. They have occupied the Earth and there is a war ongoing. People are afraid to go out, they hide in their homes if they haven't left already and try to survive. When Penryn, her mother, and her sister try to escape, bad luck found them. They see a few angels cutting wings of another angel and beating him up. Penryn helps the angel, but that only makes the other angels angry and they take Paige, Penryn's little sister while their mother got away. Penryn decides to help Raffe, the beaten-up angel, so he can help her find her sister and that's where the adventure starts. 
 Penryn is such a lovable character. You simply love everything about her. She is real, kick-ass, girl who knows how to fight, she is determined, always keeping her focus on her goal and not letting anything distract her, she is fierce, but there is also vulnerability to her and sometimes you just want to hug her knowing what she's been through before the angel apocalypse. Her mother has a schizophrenia, her father left them and her sister is in wheelchair. She became very strong character having dealt with all those things and by thus she became one of my favorite heroines of all time. 
 Raffe is by far my favorite angel, really, forget about Patch or Daniel Grigori. We don't know much about Raffe and I liked that there is such a mystery around him, but I can't help wanting to know more about him, about his world, about what's going on in his head. We know that he's very determined, just like Penryn, he has a goal to put his wings back and to be whole again. 
 The romance in this book is secondary to the plot, something I very much appreciated. It builds slow, and it stays slow without many romantic thoughts, but it is still there. It is quite unimaginable how much meaning there was in every look, in every glance and how much it contributed to the story. 
 Ee has built such an interesting, unique and amazing world full of action, strange creatures and unique perception on angels. The ending caused a real rollercoaster of emotions in me, and even though I adored the whole book, the ending was my favorite part of the book. There are just so many unexpected things that happen that I found myself crying in one moment, and only 5 minutes after that, wanting to jump around of happiness. 
 I'd recommend this book to everyone because it is not something you want to miss out. 
 Thanks to the amazing Aa'Ishah for joining me in this read-a-long. 
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