Review: Good beginning to a new trilogy
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2013
Lucifer by Annabell Cadiz is the first book in what promises to be an exciting new series. In a world where angels and demons walk among us, someone must keep the balance. And that includes Zahara's family and their very good friends.I was a little apprehensive about the book since I've read first novels by younger authors before and have been disappointed by the lack of continuity in their stories. This was not the case when reading Lucifer though. Ms. Cadiz really knows how to keep the reader engaged throughout the novel.The characters in Lucifer are very believable and real. Their dialog sounds like the way normal people talk :) I know that sounds strange...like shouldn't all book characters sound like normal people? Sadly, I've read novels that make me cringe at the dialog. With Lucifer, I feel like I could totally pick up the phone and talk to Zahara's mom, and my 18 year old daughter would be Becca and Zahara's third BFF.The descriptive scenes in the novel are great. Though I must add here that I pretty much skimmed the descriptions of the clothes :) My daughter, who is writing a novel as well, puts clothes descriptions in hers too. It's just kind of not necessary and if it is going to stand the test of time, people in twenty years really won't get it. Ok, back to the point :) The actual descriptions of the settings themselves are awesome. You really feel immersed in the scenes. And the action is totally kick butt!Being totally honest again, there were a couple of things that made me uncomfortable. I realize that young adult books contain language, and I read those novels. But when I read that Ms. Cadiz is a proud Jesus Freak (and so am I!), I was a little surprised that her book contained it. It shocked me when the girls were at a churchy thing and someone used the word whore. Not something I'd expect to hear in youth group :)Ok, not that it doesn't happen, but I know people who will not read this book because of the language (that wasn't the only word used). I don't want the author to lose out on readers because of something like that.The ending of this book blew me away! I cannot wait to read the next book and see how this cliffhanger plays out! I give the book 4/5 stars.