Bitches be crazy and Rachel is the craziest of them all.
This quote:
{“Gabriel thinks I am that lawless. I am that vengeful. I am that cruel.””You have given him reason to think so,” Josiah said very gently. She nodded. She was so weary she wanted to sink to the floor, sift into the earth, dissolve into particles of dirt. “Every reason,” she said tiredly. “But he still should not think it.”}
made me about want to throw the book across the room. Rachel is mad at Gabriel because he thinks she is cruel, which she is, and has been, but instead Rachel thinks Gabriel should think she is nice. This borders on emotional abuse!! Later he wants to stop her from going but knows she wouldn’t like it, but then she gets angry that he doesn’t stop her. WTF!! These types of interactions are repeated over and over throughout the book. This is not a lover, this is someone who is seriously bad for your health.
At the end of the book: Gabriel knows he loves Rachel, and Rachel realizes that Gabriel loves her but she STILL drugs him to complete her total dominance over him. This isn’t a case of simply humbling an arrogant person – this is destroying everything about who they are and making them a slave. Rachel’s ultimate revenge.
Other issues I had with the book:
- I realized Raphael was the bad guy the first time Rachel meets him face to face (27% in) so it made the rest of the book boring and predictable.
- I didn’t like the disbelief in God. I myself am an Atheist but if Angels appeared who could sing and change the weather on command I would consider that sufficient proof that a god did exist. The reasons for not believing were weak – “Oh sure god can change the weather but he has never killed me so I think he is fake”. WEAK!
- I was not impressed by the angels overall – this is a simple Cinderella story. Replace archangel Gabriel with Prince Gabriel or Rich Gabriel or whatever. Same old story with no new information. I am all for a new spin on an old fairy tale, but this wasn’t it.
I’m have heard the other books get better, and I’m sorry to hear that because I won’t be reading them. I wish this one was good. I did not like this book at all, and spent most of my time yelling at the characters and their actions. This book was an exercise in frustration.
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