Review: Review from A&A Book Reviews
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 1, 2012
"Of Darkness and Light" by Lily Crussell3 out of 5 starsPOSITIVE:I really did enjoy this story line. I have to admit that after I got hooked and was no longer pushing myself to read it, I did not want to put it down. Lily has a wonderful storyline here. When I reached the end I did say; NO! I need more. So that deserves 3 stars. The cover was sort of bland for my taste but not bad.NEGATIVE:I almost gave this two stars...but it grew on me.The first half (even a little over half) was SO hard to get through, honestly. There are many grammatical errors, a lot of times the flow of sentences were off, words were missing, etc. I also found the scenes in this section the book more choppy with endings than the rest.I feel there should have been a bit more shown to the beginning, to the relationship development part.OTHER THOUGHTS:I feel that the book could have been longer if the first section was done better and had less choppy of scenes. I feel like we didn't get to see the relationship develop between Raziel and Elora in the beginning much and it almost seemed like they went from strangers to I love you.Though I do think the relationship did grow later on and that was shown....I also feel that her relationship with Barachiel and Lucifer were a bit odd and developed to a point of love...seeming as if it was in the same sense that she loved Raziel. Then again, it seemed to work for the story and made it even more interesting.I would love more in the relationship of Raziel and Elora. I also feel that this friend she keeps speaking of, I think her name was Sarah, almost doesn't exist sense she is not even really in the story. Last but not least, I felt that her best friend Thomas has a crush on her...but then again I feel (from the way he is presented and acts) that he is gay. I am not sure about Thomas, honestly.I would recommend this book IF the author fixed up the grammatical errors, the flow, the choppiness, the words missing, and maybe adding in a little meat to the first part.  Do I want to read the next one?  YES.  As I said, Lily has a wonderful storyline here, BUT I just think it could have been executed better.