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23 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gutsy and action-packed, May 14, 2009
Dru Anderson and her father live an unconventional life; they travel across the continent, tracking and killing dangerous supernatural things. Thanks to her father, Dru is a physically strong, and due to her time spent with her superstitious grandmother, psychically strong as well.
At first, this new town in the Midwest is nothing new, and her father's unwillingness to allow Dru accompany him on his hunts familiar. But when he doesn't come home alive, Dru is forced to face reality. She's not as capable as she once thought, nor as smart. There are things about the night and the Real World that her father never revealed to her. And if she hopes to make it until morning, she'll have to draw upon everything her father and grandmother ever taught her and learn to trust.
Strange Angels is a fresh take on a popular subject in YA literature, showcasing a heroine that is strong, gutsy, and fallible. Fans of the TV show Supernatural will be happy to dig into this Pandora's Box of creepy-crawlies, blood-suckers, werwulfen, hexes, and many other assorted paranormal creatures and enchantments. Each supernatural creature possesses its own unique characteristics within the novel which makes Strange Angels stand apart from the mundane. St. Crow's writing is solid and wonderfully descriptive, and she skillfully balances out the novel with action-filled scenes and memories from Dru's past, transforming her world into a tangible and comprehensive one. Though she has a tendency to repeat herself in suspenseful scenes, St. Crow does an admirable job creating and building fear and apprehension. Her characters are well-rounded, the setting vivid, and the action scenes suspenseful: the perfect makings for a stellar new series that will spellbind readers and leave them begging for more.
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9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Outstanding! (Dru Anderson #1), May 20, 2009
Sixteen-year-old Dru Anderson and her father travel town to town hunting "Real World" bad guys like blood suckers, wulfen (werewolf), and occasionally zombies. Dru's father has trained her well in self defense, weapons, and anything else he thought she may need. Turns out for Dru that it is just the beginning of what she needs to know. When her dad is killed, his corpse is reanimated and sent to kill her. Having to put down a zombie made out of her father's body is traumatizing enough. But Dru was never told about her real heritage. Her genes make her very special and she is beginning to bloom into her powers. Unfortunately it also makes her a blinking neon target for every Real World creature. One ancient night creature in particular is hunting her, the very one that killed her mother long ago and her father recently.
On her side, Dru has Graves, an orphan teen who has recently been bitten by a wulfen, and Christophe, a half-human vampire hunter. Both guys are interested in her affections and neither will let Dru walk into the upcoming battle alone. They just might help Dru to survive the week, if she can keep from killing them herself.
***** Move over Buffy! You have met your match with Dru. Or at least Buffy will once Dru gets fully trained. This is the first book in the Strange Angels series. No cliff hanger ending to irritate readers. This story ends in a place that will leave you satisfied but eager for the next installment. Lili St. Crow is a pen name for the award winning author Lilith Saintcrow. I did not know that as I began reading, but once I found out I could see the similar writing style. Though the series is for teens, adults will be just as hooked. Dru is taking names and kicking major butts! *****
Reviewed by Detra Fitch of Huntress Reviews.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Wasted Potential, July 15, 2009
I was really looking forward to Strange Angels, a fearless girl with two supernatural guys lusting for her? Sounds good right? Well I was disappointed to say the least when I actually read the book.
Strange Angels takes off when lead girl, Dru's, father dies and returns as a zombie. She then teams up with local Goth boy, Graves who is on his own as well. The two teens escape many supernatural creatures that all seem to be going after Dru. It isn't until practically the end of the book when we meet lover boy #2, who quite honestly doesn't seem romantically intenerated in Dru at all.
Besides a fractured plot line, the story had so much going on it was hard to focus on the point of the story. I often found myself confused or waiting for an explanation that never came. Dru, as far as I was concerned was not the fearless teen the book portrayed her to be, but rather a cursing prone teen who feared the night world as much as any of us regular people would.
I give it three stars because the plot had potential, it really did. But with the awful writing, flawed plot, and confusing characters, the novel looks like the unedited version of a potential story. Read it if you must, but don't be fooled but the sypnopsis.
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