Review: Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton

Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton
Pages: 464
Format: Hard Cover

First there are nightmares.

Every night Ellie is haunted by terrifying dreams of monstrous creatures that are hunting her, killing her.

Then come the memories.

When Ellie meets Will, she feels on the verge of remembering something just beyond her grasp. His attention is intense and romantic, and Ellie feels like her soul has known him for centuries. On her seventeenth birthday, on a dark street at midnight, Will awakens Ellie's power, and she knows that she can fight the creatures that stalk her in the grim darkness. Only Will holds the key to Ellie's memories, whole lifetimes of them, and when she looks at him, she can no longer pretend anything was just a dream.

Now she must hunt.

Ellie has power that no one can match, and her role is to hunt and kill the reapers that prey on human souls. But in order to survive the dangerous and ancient battle of the angels and the Fallen, she must also hunt for the secrets of her past lives and truths that may be too frightening to remember.

Summary from Barnes&Noble

   When I first saw Angelfire I didn't actually pick it up because the title had screamed at me. No,I picked it up because I saw an awesome sword but, hey, after I read the summary I realized that I had gotten a great read. The first page had me entranced. I mean, the first page was really nothing special but to me, being able to get into the teenage mind with such ease is an accomplishment that kept me going.
   Angelfire may start off a little slow... oh wait, she spots Will right after she leaves school in the 1st chapter. After that the story really begins with Ellie learning from Will (after giving up on avoiding him) that she is the Preliator, destined to destroy the Reapers who kill humans and send their souls to Hell. As Ellie comes to accept this, Courty Allison Moulton writes out the rest Angelfire amazingly making a beautifully written first book in the Angelfire Trilogy. Amazing!

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Brittany B.