Helpful Score: 3
Highborn is a richly layered dark fantasy or urban fantasy about a fallen angel named Brynna who seeks redemption and wants to return to Heaven.
This story remains close to most beliefs and gives you an entirely different perceptive on fallen angels versus what's been introduced in this genre because fallen angels are not romanticized in the least bit here.
The idea is great, I'm interested to see where this series goes. Brynna is kinda disconnected from people and society, which is understandable, her exploring this `new' human world and making funny mistakes but it might make it hard for people to like her or relate to her. In many ways she seemed fragile and even vunerable to her new emotions which is a sharp contrast to her take no prisoners attitude when she protects humans. Although there is a potential love interest in this book it is in no way mushy. I liked Eran, he changes by believing more. The paranormal aspect is fun, demon powers and all. There are well done fight scenes.
Will definitely look to the next book in the series. Concrete Savior -- The second novel in The Dark Redemption Series has been completed and is scheduled for publication in June 2011.
This story remains close to most beliefs and gives you an entirely different perceptive on fallen angels versus what's been introduced in this genre because fallen angels are not romanticized in the least bit here.
The idea is great, I'm interested to see where this series goes. Brynna is kinda disconnected from people and society, which is understandable, her exploring this `new' human world and making funny mistakes but it might make it hard for people to like her or relate to her. In many ways she seemed fragile and even vunerable to her new emotions which is a sharp contrast to her take no prisoners attitude when she protects humans. Although there is a potential love interest in this book it is in no way mushy. I liked Eran, he changes by believing more. The paranormal aspect is fun, demon powers and all. There are well done fight scenes.
Will definitely look to the next book in the series. Concrete Savior -- The second novel in The Dark Redemption Series has been completed and is scheduled for publication in June 2011.
Helpful Score: 1
Nice, enjoyable twist on the urban fantasy genre. I liked the way Brynna was allowed to grow from a disconnected outsider of society to someone who was beginning to find friends and feel emotions for all the "fragile humans with oh-so-brief lives". I also appreciated the lack of constant reminders in the text of how "kick-ass" the heroine was (kick-ass attitude, kick-ass boots, kick-ass jeans, etc.). Although Brynna did kick ass, she did it in a rather business-like way, instead of being defined by that attitude. I'm definitely looking forward to reading the next book in this series.
Helpful Score: 1
Very impressed with this new series. Kind of a different take on fallen angels,in the urban fantasy genre. Brynna is very easy to like, as she learns the human side of herself, and her quest for redemption..lenjoyed the author's prose, and how the story unfolds. Readers won't be disappointed I'm sure.
