Review: Like a kids birthday party
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 2, 2013
It is unusual for me to ever form opinions on the cover art for a novel. Obviously the front is a transient part of the piece, and shouldn't influence the reading. Nonetheless I found myself looking at the cover of Angel Unraveled and thinking 'That character could be friends with Bridge Jones' Then I read the blurb, and wondered just how such a character could possible work with such a dark demonic apocalyptic book.Well I guess thats what Angel Unraveled is. Buhrke borrows heavily (steals) from the following series proportionally:Sookie Stackhouse (True Blood) - majorlyAnita Blake - for the abrupt sexualityRachel Morgan Hollows - for the demonology plotlineand finally Odd Thomas - for the humorous miming ghosts.Despite being so extremely unoriginal Buhrke actually shows real talent by throwing these concepts together and getting something other than a disgusting dinner meal with too many ingredients.This is largely achieved by cheeky, funny prose and a well paced novel that doesn't leave the reader hanging around anywhere long enough to worry to much about the above complaints.So in total Angel Unraveled is like an embarrassing film that while you don't lament your money or two hours of life, you don't admit to your friends that you went.