Review: well written but not my type of read.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 17, 2013
Strange Angels. Andrea Speed.ARC supplied via NetgalleyWell, it's called Strange Angels and the title was so apt for me - I found the whole book a little strange....Brendan thinks he's human, then suddenly discovers he's not, and that his dad was a death god. Now Brendan has inherited his powers. That comes as a shock as he's very few memories of his father, and they're nothing Godlike :) totally opposite in fact.  Along with his inheritance he gets a guardian angel Dar, and the two soon become lovers. Don't expect much sex in this book though, chaste kisses and hints about more were the most content in that area.Dar doesn't seem to be the greatest guardian given that poor Bren seems to lurch form crisis to crisis...They meet a variety of super-naturals, some are allies and some out to kill him. There's lots of subtle humour here, some of the best comes from Bob. Amidst all the drama, and with having inherited his dads powers Bren ought to be able to protect himself, but he doesn't know how to access them, and while he learns Bob and Dar are his much needed protectors.I loved the humour but....there were so many different characters here that I didn't really understand much of the novel. It seemed to jump from one crisis to the next, and I couldn't really work out what the aim was, except to keep Bren alive when others want him dead. It isn't really the kind of novel I enjoy - I want to follow the plot, empathise with the characters, but I was just lost in this book :( Fantasy seems to run a gamut of options, and this one is opposite end of spectrum to that which I enjoy. Prachett, Tolkien, Eddings, Rowling are at the end too - so its just a taste in books issue, and not quality of content that makes this book not one for me. It is well written, and if you like this kind of fiction I'm sure you'll love this book. Priced at 3.29 for 109 pages/595kb its - as most gay fiction is - not cheap, but if its the sort you like then you'll likely re read it. Just a shame its not to my taste.Stars: Again, its a reflection on personal taste not content/quality but its just a two from me, I just didn't enjoy it.