WOOOO!!!!! Chapter 5 when they kiss! How hot was that! And on 5, my favorite number. Okay, meaningless, I know, but it’s personally super cool. It’s so easy to forget that Raffe and Penryn have only known each other for, I want to say, a month? Perhaps even a bit less than that.
Those thoughts where she wondered what it would be like if Raffe had touched her nipple. It may seem awkward to some but I found it relieving to see this teenager acting like a teenager. I know it’s weird to say but I was kind of glad Penryn had dirty thoughts. What 17-year old doesn’t? I love that for some chapters in this book, she just thinks like a normal teenager. That does occur in the previous books but there’s more in this. I love it because readers are constantly reminded that Penryn is a teenager. To Penryn these thoughts may even come across as foreign but it’s totally normal and it’s awesome. I never understood why people thought Katniss was annoying in Mockingly and the same goes for Tris in Insurgent. Their acting like ordinary teenagers and they deserve that moment of normality, especially after what they’ve dealt with.
I thought I would have Raffe in every chapter but he leaves Penryn in Chapter 24. Oh man. It was too soon for me. It was a bit heartbreaking. UGH! And frustrating because why can’t they just be happy together!!! It’s not long ‘till Raffe comes back and this time with his wings, so it’s not that bad. I was actually surprised by how soon he comes back in the picture. I thought it would be one of those cases where we wouldn’t see him until the end.
Hellions coming out of Penryn’s sword. That was quite interesting and random. I love that the rotten eggs’ stink are for keeping hellions away. That was pretty cool and kind of hilarious because it’s rotten eggs and it’s so random. Has there been a scenario in history or stories or folktales where rotten eggs are used to prevent such creatures? Regardless, Penryn’s mom is THE BEST!!
Paige hasn’t eaten in FOREVER! Well, it seems like forever but it’s probably only been a couple of weeks. Still. How can a kid last that long? And she refuses the temptation, like when that man was dying. My goodness, even I wanted her to eat that man because I wanted her hunger to end but she has more humanity than everyone because she runs away. Then when someone is offering themselves, she still says no, with Penryn interrupting, of course. Paige is awesome. I really can’t say that enough.
Mama Young and her cult. So funny!! I thought she started this cult at first, but she basically just used them. They were more like her followers. She was like an improvised leader for this cult. It was kind of insanely hilarious. I do wonder what she told them to get them to follow her. But that freaking woman who offers to sacrifice herself for Paige freaking helps turn Penryn in because there’s a bounty for her. So annoying. I, too, wish that Penryn let Paige eat her. And she goes back to Penryn’s mom saying she regretted it. I was like, stuff, you knew what you were doing. And how Penryn’s mother reacted to that. OMG! Penryn’s mom is so funny without trying!
I really didn’t think that anyone would turn Penryn in because I recall those people talking about her, saying that they wouldn’t turn her in. Guess that didn’t apply to everyone in the Resistance. By the way, Penryn should’ve started her way back to the camp instead of standing there all alone. She made it so easy to capture her. She could’ve been caught by anyone.
I can’t believe it’s only been about a day in the storyline by the time I got to the twenties chapters. It felt like a week had passed in the story.
They literally went to hell. I got so confused. Please tell me I was not the only one confused at first! I was like, what the hell happened to Beliel? One moment he’s alright, the next he’s blind. Turns out they travelled back in time to when the Watchers were newly fallen, I believe. Not newly but they still have their wings and the wings still had feathers. Penryn is in Beliel’s memory, only this time it was to get the Watchers out.
OMG! I knew it! I knew Beliel would doing something good. Well... sort of. He was their barrier. The thing is, I did feel bad for Beliel. His story just sucks the whole time. He had a wife and it was all taken from him. I think I felt bad because I actually liked the kind of angel he used to be and he helped Penryn. He was nice, a true warrior, and a very likable character. It was really hard to hate Beliel, especially when he found out that he was the barrier, it sucked! I couldn’t help but feel sorry for him. The way I pictured his face in my head, it was so sad. He was the first one who complied with Raffe and Penryn’s plan. He was so loyal to them. He’s been alone in hell all this time. I just felt so bad for him. Then he dies, just as I predicted. It was so kind of the rest of the Watchers to properly dispose his body. I didn’t cry but I just felt so bad for Beliel. He’s the only character I’ve felt this bad for in the whole series. Well, him and Paige.
One more thing, Beliel knew how this all ended up right? In a way, he probably knew along, or at least had a hunch, how everything would end up? Minus Raffe giving up his wings. But since he’s been alone for very long and Penryn went so far back in time when Beliel still had his angel wings, he probably suspected the outcome of things.
Chapter 41. When Raffe says that he rescued some of the Watchers’ Daughters of Man and he didn’t kill the Nephilims because they were just regular humans, that’s when I knew Penryn’s mom had to be a nephilim or at least part nephilim. It just makes sense how she knows it all. But we never find out because Susan Ee never tells us!
The talent show was super random. It was the most random thing in this book. I wonder what was going on is Susan Ee’s mind when she thought of that.
The end. It’s what we’ve all been waiting for. What we all wanted to happen. It was awesome. I loved it.
I totally predicted Michael being messenger. The people who do not want it usually get it. Take Paul Ryan for example (this was written when Paul Ryan agreed to run for Speaker of the House). Lol.
Obi dying was not entirely surprising as I’ve always thought it would happen since the beginning. What confused me about his death was how it happened. Correct me if I’m wrong but I believe it doesn’t state in the book how he just suddenly dies when Penryn returns to camp.
Perhaps Josiah told Penryn not to return to the Resistance camp to really warn her not to hide. Or Raffe told Josiah to do that because he knew what Penryn would really do. If Penryn didn’t go back to the Resistance camp, would Raffe have killed those humans? Does anyone wonder that all?!?! Angels killing humans seemed kinda too much, and it’s those bizarre things that certainly make this series stand out.
There are still some questions left unanswered, especially in regards to Penryn’s mom. I love Penryn’s mom. I think I’ve clearly stated that in all of my posts. It’s only natural to have questions about her because she’s so awesome. My main questions are: How in the world did she know about the rotten eggs? How did she know that enrolling Penryn in a bunch of self-defense classes will be useful one day? Why did she clip those news articles? What the hell is she saying when she speaks to her demons? Lastly, what is that “other language” she speaks or is that just gibberish?
What will happen to the Watchers? I’m assuming that they will follow Michael once he becomes messenger but it would be very cool if they kept in touch with Raffe. Raffe’s relationship with the Watchers just oozes bromance.
I feel like Raffe and Penryn’s story is over but there are many possibilities for spin offs. There could be Dee-Dum(which would be so full of fun), then there’s Mama Young(which would answer my question)
All the characters that I loved and thought would die, did’t. It was the best. Thanks, Susan Ee. This makes me want to read your future books.
I like that we get an update on Paige in the end but I kinda wished she’d go back to her old vegetarian ways. I’m not vegetarian but the fact that Paige has been since she was only 3 years old is so awesome. I’m always in awe when I read that part.
Lastly, I didn’t cry. Thanks again, Susan Ee.
Best quotes (a.k.a. some of my favorite parts):
“Just because I don’t have a problem on the outside visible for the world to see doesn’t mean I’m not messed up on the inside. That can be just as hard to deal with.”
Penryn’s mom cult was hilarious. Super. I’m not sure if it was supposed to be weird because it was at first then it just really cheered me up.
Penryn: “You’re not in a cult, are you, Mom?”
Mama Young: “Of course not. Those people are all nuts. They’ll regret having sold you out. I made sure of that. If Paige eats someone, it’ll be someone outside their cult. It’s the worst punishment they can imagine.”
Everything from the last chapter. Not the epilogue. The last chapter.
"Go, baby girl. It’s lunchtime!”
Chapters where I fangirl (meaning I ran around the house squealing, no joke):
5, 12, 50, 70, Epilogue, 70, 70, 70, 70, Did I say 70? 70 ;)
I finished this on October 26, 2015.
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