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Angels on Fire

Angels on Fire

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Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good idea...
Review: ... but it seemed to be a little too drawn out. The story itself was very imaginative, but it just moved so slowly- until the ending. I thought the ending was a cool finale. The way Collins described the angel's point of view of heaven and hell was unique.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Nancy could start a series with this Angel..Watch out Sonja
Review: Another great book from Nancy Collins (most of her stuff is great). I was a little skeptical on buying this book but wanted to read everything I could get my hands on at a reasonable price. It strayed away from her vampire and werewolf books, not that their's anything wrong with those books. Angels on Fires ties together what happens when on of the pretenders dies, the whole Heaven and Hell thing. Great book for all of us who are Nancy Collins fans and will make a fan out of you if this is your first novel by her.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Nancy could start a series with this Angel..Watch out Sonja
Review: Another great book from Nancy Collins (most of her stuff is great). I was a little skeptical on buying this book but wanted to read everything I could get my hands on at a reasonable price. It strayed away from her vampire and werewolf books, not that their's anything wrong with those books. Angels on Fires ties together what happens when on of the pretenders dies, the whole Heaven and Hell thing. Great book for all of us who are Nancy Collins fans and will make a fan out of you if this is your first novel by her.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A brave effort that falls short
Review: I adored the Sonia Blue books (I've given them as gifts more than once), and had also enjoyed Nancy's work on the Swamp Thing comic years ago. I would categorize myself as a fan - I think she can usually write circles around other more "successful" horror genre writers (who shall remain nameless).

I really looked forward to reading her as she tackeled something different from Sonia. It's a brave thing to do - depart from what your fans expect. I applaud her effort.

I think the effort doesn't come to fruition though, and, forgive me, this book came off as what I would call a "knock-off". The characters aren't TRULY fleshed out (although there's a nice start with Lucy). And the denouement happens in a "wham, bam, let's close up this book and pick up the check, ma'am" manner.

While I applaud not dragging the tale of the fallen angel out over a series of 4 novels, a la Anne Rice, this was too skeletal, too fast.

It's a shame really because in the way she handles the various mythos involved in the story, she again has her own unique spin on things. I could tell it's Nancy. I just found myself wanting it to be deeper, meatier.

That said, I enjoyed the read. If you like Nancy A. Collins, you definitely should give the book a read.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: THIS IS A "GOT TO READ"
Review: I AM A SONJA BLUE FAN AND REALLY HAD SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR'S BRANCHING OUT FROM THE VAMPIRE GENRE (A SELFISH NEED, I KNOW); BUT I'LL BE DAMNED, THIS BOOK TOOK ME FROM THE FIRST PAGE TO THE LAST. I COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN. I LAUGHED AND I CRIED AND I READ. IT MADE ME FEEL GOOD - NOT JUST ABOUT NEW YORK AND NOT JUST ABOUT PEOPLE BUT ABOUT LIFE. MS. COLLINS HAS SUCH A TALENT THAT LIKE THE MUSE'S MENTIONED IN HER STORY, SHE IS ONE OF THE "SPECIAL ONES" THAT NEED TO BE WATCHED AND ENCOURAGED TO EXCEED AND SUCCEED(IF POSSISBLE) HER PAST SUCCESSES. I LOVED IT AND I LOVE NANCY COLLIN'S WORK. DAMN SHES GOOD.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: this book was wonderful
Review: i have been reading all the nancy a. collins that i can get a hold of and this has been great. i was a little skeptical because i have never enjoyed angel stories that much but i was very impressed with it. it must have been a challenge for her to write something different than her normal books but she did a good job.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: This is a great and touching book. A must for any reader.
Review: I just finished reading this book and I am shocked. I am a great fan of other books by this author, and knew this was different from her Vampire novels. I read it simply because of her, and was expecting to be disappointed. I was amazed, this book was an excellent piece of writing. The story is faced pace and touchingly sweet. While still holding to the violence mixed with dry cool wit that makes Collins' characters memorible. If you like books you should purchase this one.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Good , but not her best .
Review: I read this in one sitting and I have to say that personly ...I didn`t enjoy as much as the Sonja Blue novals . I love when authors try somthing different , but there are times where trying somthing different is not always going to work . This book is inbetween that notion . It went too fast . As I read this book I could almost see as a cable movie . That`s what it felt like to read Angels on Fire . I love Nancy Collins works , yet this book just dosen`t capture you as other writings do . Yet all in all it was a a good book . But this is my opinoin .

Rating: 0 stars
Summary: A Brief Comment Concerning ANGELS ON FIRE
Review: It's always a gamble when an author decides to do something different, but I hope those readers who have enjoyed my Sonja Blue series will see ANGELS ON FIRE as a natural extension of the world described in my "darker" contemporary urban fantasies. Personally, I like to think of ANGELS as an life-affirming romantic fantasy that would have gotten me burned at the stake for heresy 300 years ago.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Just go buy it!
Review: My favorite of Nancy's books, and I've enjoyed them all. This book sneaks up on you!


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