Review: Atonement
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2012
I have completed the entire series of Alfonzo to date.  I enjoyed Ascension and Anarchy very much, but I especially enjoyed Atonement. Atonement put Alfonzo, Selange, and Nico through a test of a lifetime, including the entire Palazzo-Diaz family. (It's a devasting test of human fraility that none of us would ever, ever want to find ourselves going through, but happens often to us mere mortals). It's called matters of the heart. As for atonement, I do not think anyone has really found total satisfaction for the outcome; hearts are broken, many tears shed, trust forfeited and the threat of death loomed. Some of the ties that bind have been severed, allowing all an opportunity to move forward and salvage whatever is left of their shattered lives. I am anxiously awaiting Volume V, Awakening, to assuage my own psyche about the outcome of my favorite characters in this series. At this point I still do not know who I  am routing for the most, but time will tell. SW, thanks for a job well done.  There was never a dull moment in any of the volumes, but many surprises and some serious "OH NO"! moments.  Absolutedly awesome!!