Although, it’s easy to sympathise with the residents of Aerie and understand why they don’t believe that Aaron is the saviour of the prophesy, I was really disappointed in them, and how Aaron handled the criticism (not well). I liked that he was just as committed to finding his brother and avenging his parents as in the previous books. The joining of Aaron’s human and angelic natures is great to read about, and his training is pretty well realised. The brief sojourn allowed Aaron to come to terms with everything that happened in the two books prior and to discover more about his powers and heritage. I really liked the atmosphere the community had and the new characters of Lorelei and Lehash, and of course the father-figure Belphegor. The book is largely focussed on the safe haven of Aerie that the Nephilim and fallen angels have set up for themselves, and how Aaron’s arrival, as the Nephilim of the prophesy, affects them. In Aerie, we follow Aaron as he continues to search for his little brother, who has been kidnapped by the Powers, and in Reckoning we witness the lead up to the final battle between Aaron, the child of prophesy, and the misguided and increasingly delusional leader of the Powers host, Verchiel. This omnibus edition of the third and fourth books in Sniegoski’s series about fallen angels is just as entertaining as the first.
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