Present me any book with mythical creatures that aren't as largely used in media as, let's say, vampires and werewolves, and you can count me the fuck in.
As soon as I saw the blurb mentioning gargoyles, I was like, 'Yep, just found my next read'.
Nephilims, angels, demons, and the end of the world. Not to mention a chosen one and a betrayal so huge and heavy that it just made me want to rage.
There were moments in the book that made the characters just feel so, painfully real to me, that I honestly have no words for it.
Like the moment on the roof top Trinity has with Zayne, where she talks to him about her progressing blindness, and her explaining the reason she loves the stars... Holy shit man. I could just feel them; how difficult it must have been for Trinity to even open up, and for Zayne to hear about it.
My absolute favorite scene in the whole book.
“At my last appointment, about a year ago, my eye doctor asked if I could still see the stars at night. It was weird when he asked, because I had to think about it and I realized I couldn’t answer the question,” I admitted. “I hadn’t looked up at the stars in, like, forever, and it sort of hit me, you now? That one day I would look up and I wouldn’t see a star, and that would be it. I’d never be able to see something so...beautiful and simple again. Up until that moment, I’d taken that for granted. So, every night, I look up to see if I can see the stars.”
"Can you see the stars now?”
“I can see them. They’re faint.” Raising my hand, I pointed to two stars, one on top of the other. “Right there. Two of them.” I closed my right eye and the two tiny blurs of white became one blur of white. “Oh, wait.” I laughed. “There’s only one star there.”
Right in the fucking gut man, Jesus Christ. Armentrout did an absolutely wonderful job creating these two characters. New friends, that's what I feel like I've gotten, coming away from this story. Characters that I adore with my whole heart, and would do anything for.
Unfortunately, there were some setbacks, and that's why I'm ultimately giving four stars. Because as much as I wish I could give it five, I just know the story could've been even better.
There were moments that dragged sometimes, and the betrayal that came at the end, came at the absolute end. I just wish the author could've given the readers some time to absorb the painful experience and loss the character's must've gone through. Especially because it ultimately has such a big impact upon the story. There simply wasn't enough time to grieve.
