3.75* 
 It's been a while since I've read a book with angels in it and that's because the last angel books I read were the Fallen series by Lauren Kate, and I thought those were pretty horrible and could have been 2 books and not the 3 or 4 that the author chose to have... but I digress. This first book in the Penryn series was a little better than those last angel books I read. the author gives good descriptions so I was able to feel like I had a good idea of what people, places, and things looked like which I appreciate in this crazy post-apocalyptic world where angels have basically taken over. 
 There were, however, a few things I just couldn't quite get over which had me initially thinking that I was going to give the book 3 stars tops. The dialogue between Penryn and Raffe had me cringeing from time to time. It was so cheesey and littered with puns that literally no one would actually say. I'm not sure if this was the author's attempt at trying to show that Penryn specifically couldn't find witty or sarcastic things to say to Raffe because of his good looks ans charm, or if the author is just that awful and creating meaningful and driven dialogue. 
 Secondly, the author tries so hard to not create insta love that the book probably would have been better if there was actual insta love. Penryn's thoughts become pretty conflicted from almost the get go about being attracted to an angel (which are supposed to be a hated creature by society for what angels have done to Earth and humanity). it would have been better if the author had just created the insta love and saved us all the teenage angst that she went through. 
 However, even though I had an issue with that almost insta love feeling, I did appreciate that the main focus of the story kept to the idea that a human girl (Penryn) is trying to find and save her family versus focusing on a love between human and Angel. 
 The last scene ended up saving this book for me. I thought the ideas were pretty original and that the closing fight scene was pretty epic. The fight scene alone probably brought the book up the last .25 stars all by itself. I will be continuing on with the series, but I'm not sure if I will completely finish reading it.