The Darkangel (The Darkangel Trilogy)
by Meredith Ann Pierce
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Author: Meredith Ann PierceEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-04-01
ISBN: 0316067237
Number of pages: 238
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Book Review: Darkangel
Summary: 5 Stars
When Eoduin is stolen by a black-winged vampyre called the darkangel, Aeriel sets out on a dangerous journey to avenge her mistress. She is taken to the darkangel's castle and forced to serve his thirteen wives, once beautiful women, but now wraiths whose souls were eaten away by the darkangel. There, she befriends a dwarf-like creature called the duarough, who tells her that once the vampyre takes his fourteenth wife, he will come into his full power, and there will be no hope of redeeming the wraiths. He gives her a rime to follow, and after a daring escape, Aeriel flees to the plains in search of the starhorse. Along the way she acquires allies and enemies, experiences joy and trials. When the time finally comes to kill the vampyre, will she be able to do it and end his reign of terror, or will she spare him for the modicum of good that remains?
This book was really good, a dozen times more creative than Stephenie Meyer's "Twilight", which was what drew me into it. It reminded me a bit of the old fairy tales - East o' the Sun and West o' the Moon, and Beauty and the Beast, and also was a bit reminiscent of C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia. It was a very enjoyable story, with believable, likable characters. It was very easy to put myself in Aeriel's place, and to see why she did what she did. Everything about the story was great, but there were parts that should have been described more clearly. For example, the Starhorse. I gather that it's some kind of horse, but what did it look like? And what on earth is a day-month? I could only make an educated guess based on the context. Also, the author uses several different names for some of the characters, such as translating the names into Latin, and then there were others. I was able to keep track of who was who, but you really have to pay close attention to puzzle it out. A reader doesn't want to have to work their minds for something so trivial! The only other thing is just me being weird, but the author has a magical lyon guardian, and one of the several name's of the darkangel's "mother" is the White Witch. That's a bit too much for me, being a huge fan of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.
Sometimes...it seemed as though the book could have used another rewrite. Then, it would have been awesome. No complaints.
Really, though, it is a good book, and though I can go on and on about what little faults it has, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and recommend it to anyone who wants a break from the "Twilight" vampires.
Summary of The Darkangel (The Darkangel Trilogy)
The Darkangel, a vampire of astounding beauty and youth, can only summon his full power when he finds his 14th and final bride. But for Aeriel, whom he kidnaps to serve his brides, there is something about him--something beyond his obvious evil--that makes her want to save him rather than destroy him. The Darkangel--Pierce's first book, originally released in 1982--was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults, a New York Times Notable Children's Book, a Parent's Choice Award Superbook, and a Booklist Best Book of the Decade.Horror Books
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