Review: An interesting read
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 13, 2014
Review “Angelfire” by Hanna PeachI’d like to thank Hanna for the opportunity to offer my honest opinion of her novel, “Angelfire”.I will start by saying I’m not a great fan of Hanna’s style of writing, but that is a reflection of my tastes, rather than her writing skills. Hanna uses a lot of short, sharp sentences which impacted on the flow of the story.After reading the prologue, I was intrigued and looking forward to the story, but I had difficulty actually getting into it. I often found myself having to re-read sentences or paragraphs, or flipping from page to page to see if I had missed something, as I was unable to make sense of what I was reading did. There seemed to be lot of jumping around from one character or subject to another, without any obvious reason. This continued throughout the book meaning that it was hard for me to fully immerse myself in the story due to the lack of continuity.The story itself had a lot of potential, but I was well into the book before I had any idea of what it was about. Even then, I had trouble orienting myself as to when and where the book was set. Through the course of the book Hanna built Alyx’s character well, but many of the other characters were sketchy.There were so many new concepts, philosophies and abilities (which weren’t always explained) that I spent more time trying to understand, than simply enjoying the read. The Lightwarrior's protocols at the beginning of some chapters, which explained a new gift when it was introduced, was very useful.The concept of Hanna’s story was very interesting; the age old battle of good against evil, with a dollop of treachery, betrayal and love. Everything you need for a good tale.Well done Hanna.