Review: Sad to see it go.....
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 29, 2013
Why must all good things end in "Battle"?  The WInged series has taken readers on one hell of a fantastic roller coaster ride!  From the very first book, Winged, we were introduced to an amazing world of archangels and the winged - each book taking us deeper and deeper into the trials and tribulations of Joanne, Raphael, Michael, and the rest of the group.Battle is the final journey of this series.  Everyone knows the end is coming - the final face off with Azazel and the Fallen is inevitable.  Will Joanne regain her memories?  Will she be able to suppress her fears of Azazel long enough to help her friends & lovers do what must be done?  L.M. Pruitt takes us on this last ride to answer these and many other questions we've all been left pondering throughout the series.It was kind of weird at first to see how toned down the sex scenes were this go round, but Pruitt had a method to her creative madness.  Every touch, glance, word spoken made the story that much more intense.  Sometimes you just have to succumb to emotion of the things going on...leading to honest, heartfelt lovemaking.It was really great to see Raphael be a part of everything this time as well.  I was beginning to get a little frustrated with Joanne falling all over herself for Michael, but yet not being emotionally fair to Raphael.  Granted, she loves them both, but to me she was only showing it to one of them.Battle brought the whole Winged series full circle and wrapped it up in a way that leaves you wanting more, knowing there will be more (to an extent), but also the satisfaction of knowing you have just completed one of the most amazing series of 2013!