Review: My Home Away From Home Indie Week Review
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 30, 2012
Angels and Demons have become something of a new phenomenon this year and I find that when an author is daring enough to take similar concepts and twist them into their own tales, they really have to know where they want to go with the story in order to execute it well. There will come a time when they will tire out like vampires, but Ryals, with this amazing new series, has managed to create something different, spicy, and new, all while building on the same idea. I was horrifically disappointed that I finished Redemption so fast--actually, there was a point when I realized I was no longer reading, but consuming. I've never heard a single negative thing about Ryals' Redemption series, and I now know the reason. Quickly-paced and action-packed, Redemption could easily find its way into anyone's heart.I'm not going to say it. I think that by now my love for bad-ass heroines have been elaborated enough. But fiery, snarky redheads that can't seem to put an end to their quips and vulgarity? No, never. Dayton Blainey is my first and I honestly cannot get enough of her. She makes the story so much more enjoyable and believable. With the world she's suddenly thrust into with demons, blood, angels, and Nephilim, I'd expect her to flip out 24/7! But she surprised me, as well as Ryals.I actually learned a few things or two from R.K., from her writing and in the way she told Dayton's story. It's very `light' and almost carefree--daring, even--but I loved it. Ryals just seemed so intent on telling her story her own way that everything just fell into place after that. Yet again, it made me look at writing in a new perspective. And any author who can make me second guess myself deserves my acclaim.