Review: Nice elements, but uninspired
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2013
"Angel's Dance" takes place 400 years before the rest of the Angel books. The story centers upon J--, the angel with a crippled wing who teaches the angel children; and G--, who teaches fighting. The plot is a straight forward romance, where J-- realizes that it is her behavior and not her wing that has eliminated intimate relationships from her long life. G-- is the catalyst, a young and blunt spoken angel, who meets J-- and woos her.I really didn't feel any spark between J-- and G--. That is a pretty big mood killer for a romance novella. J-- spends most of the story repetitiously whining about her crippled wing. Sure this is a bummer, but at 2600 years old I wanted her to have a bit more confidence and a lot less self pity. As a story element, it just got old. G-- mostly struck me as a nothing character. He could have been fascinating, but didn't really do anything after the opening sequence. Another missed opportunity was the angel children. Nothing much is done with them, and that is a real shame.Basically, I recommend skipping this novella.