I didn't bother reading reviews before I delved into this book. Because, honestly, I'll read anything having to do with angels. They're kind of my thing. What I wasn't expecting is this basically being the same story as our favorite vampire story, except, well, he's an angel. And if you know anything about me and how I feel about Twilight, this isn't saying much. 
 I'll say one thing, though--thank God it wasn't as long. But even as it stands, nothing really happened in the first three-quarters of the book. Patch is stalking Nora. We get it. And stalking=love, which is the bizarre conclusion we've gathered from teen literature lately. 
 I don't feel like getting into character development (or lack therefore) and illogical details. But I did read somewhere that the "angel" aspect of this was an afterthought, and it kind of shows. There's absolutely no indication of what Patch is up to until those mysterious scars appear, three-quarters of the way in. And then my interest was piqued. I'm also doubting the logic behind the fallen/nephilim/et al, but I don't know enough about them to complain. (Really, my only knowledge of fallen angels comes from The Fallen and the movie Michael, and they all contradict each other.) 
 The positives: Fitzpatrick knows how to write. The story was against her, really, but something kept me turning the pages. There were moments that I felt the sexual tension between Patch and Nora and, like Nora, wasn't sure how it should resolve. Now that's getting inside a character's head. In a sense I could relate to her, but couldn't understand half the things she did. Example: you think everyone's out to get you, yet you take a bus to the bad part of the city after nightfall. But I said I wasn't going to get into that.