Review: Good story line, clunky writing
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2013
Admittedly I haven't read many fantasy/paranormal books where an angel is the main protagonist.  That may be why the plot and characters seemed original and interesting to me.  That's the good news.The bad news?  I found the writing to be clunky...that is the only word I can think to describe it.  I read a great deal and when I have to back track to make sense of what I have just read, I find that very distracting to the point of interfering with my enjoyment of the story.  That happened fairly often in Fallen Angels because Ms. Post eschews the use of dialog tags. I have found that unless an author creates a truly distinctive 'voice' for a character then dialog tags should be used at least occasionally.Further, the quality of the writing ranged from boring simplicity (most often) to fairly high quality (occasionally.)  Honestly, there were times when I felt that more than one person was writing this book.  For example, the book started off fairly well by giving us an introduction to Enoch, the fallen angel who is on earth to keep watch over Caleb, and angel who left heaven to join forces with Satan.  In the beginning, I was really 'getting into' Enoch, beginning to be able to picture him and "hear" him when the author's voice seemed to shift. My connection to Enoch was blasted away with a dry recitation of the events leading to Enoch and Caleb's leaving The One.  Good writing had devolved into an flat, uninteresting catalog of events.Finally, I think a good editor could have helped this author with the pacing of the story.  I found several plot devices that were used repetitively to the detriment of the story.  How necessary is it that Enoch and Danny share a meal in order to discuss the details of the series killer's next move.  Is it necessary to have Voronika (a centuries old vampire) try to cook or sew as a hobby?  Overall I felt that the story could have been much more gripping had these distractions been reduced.I understand that this is to be the first in a series of Enoch/Voronika books. While I like Enoch and his human cop/partner/friend, Danny, the rest of the story just leaves me cold.  One and done for me in this series.