When seventeen-year-old Ellie starts seeing reapers - monstrous creatures who devour humans and send their souls to Hell - she finds herself on the front lines of a supernatural war between archangels and the Fallen and faced with the possible destruction of her soul.
A mysterious boy named Will reveals she is the reincarnation of an ancient warrior, the only one capable of wielding swords of angelfire to fight the reapers, and he is an immortal sworn to protect her in battle. Now that Ellie's powers have been awakened, a powerful reaper called Bastian has come forward to challenge her. He has employed a fierce assassin to eliminate her - an assassin who has already killed her once.
While balancing her dwindling social life and reaper-hunting duties, she and Will discover Bastian is searching for a dormant creature believed to be a true soul reaper. Bastian plans to use this weapon to ignite the End of Days and to destroy Ellie's soul, ending her rebirth cycle forever. Now, she must face an army of Bastian's most frightening reapers, prevent the soul reaper from consuming her soul, and uncover the secrets of her past lives - including truths that may be too frightening to remember.
Hmm, so, I'm a little torn about this book. There were parts of it that I absolutely adored. Like, couldn't put it down in the middle of the night adored. The banter between Ellie and Will? Awesome. The fight scenes? Perfect. The connection with Ellie? Not so great. I don't know what it was, but in reading this, I felt like there was some distance between the reader and the MC--which isn't so great when it's a first person narrative, right? It's one of those classic examples of "distant first person" as I call it. Sure, we're following what's going on through the MC's eyes, but at the same time it reads more like third person--ie, very little insight into her mind. There were a few times when this cleared up (toward the end was much better), but overall I wanted to feel more for Ellie (because, let's be honest here, she kicks butt!) but I couldn't. Anyhow, I will certainly be checking out the second book: Wings of the Wicked, in hopes of seeing more of Will (um, yeah, yum) and hopefully more of Ellie's personality.
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