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fmcfranny's review
5.0
The first page had me with its comparisons to toddlers and cake because well I so understand both her and her brother's point of view and I often feel one or the other. So I just burst into laughter at the very first snarky sassy paragraph. (And I know it makes no sense now but buy it and you will understand and laugh also I promise).
Lex is exactly how I would have been if I were a half demon teen. The juggling of two different worlds cannot be easy and she does it with sass and sarcastic humor. Exactly the kind i like most. I even love the big brother that tries so hard to make her his little sister even if she is growing up. Can any big brother or father figure ever admit their little girl is growing up? I loved the characters because despite the fantasy aspect they were real.
The story is funny. The frog in the beginning alone had me thinking oh my god there really is a frog like demon and he's kind of gross and a sleaze and this is real. It was a ridiculous demon but so damn amusing. I cannot wait to read more of this series. Snark is my favorite urban fantasy personality ever. :)
Lex is exactly how I would have been if I were a half demon teen. The juggling of two different worlds cannot be easy and she does it with sass and sarcastic humor. Exactly the kind i like most. I even love the big brother that tries so hard to make her his little sister even if she is growing up. Can any big brother or father figure ever admit their little girl is growing up? I loved the characters because despite the fantasy aspect they were real.
The story is funny. The frog in the beginning alone had me thinking oh my god there really is a frog like demon and he's kind of gross and a sleaze and this is real. It was a ridiculous demon but so damn amusing. I cannot wait to read more of this series. Snark is my favorite urban fantasy personality ever. :)
mommasaystoread's review
3.0
Nephilim Falling is well-written and fast-paced. It started out with action, but then started to lose me. The premise is an interesting one with twists and turns, but there were just too many things that were similar to other books of this type that I've read. At times, it felt like I was reading a combination of several other books instead of an original one. Despite that, I did manage to get back into the story for awhile, but it just wasn't the same after that first action-packed scene.
leanner's review
3.0
The story line was interesting, but I just couldn't connect. I struggled through the majority of the book keeping up the twists and turns but I really wanted to see how it ended. There are some gaps in the story but I figures the 'whys and wherefores' become clearer in further editions.
slc333's review
4.0
So this was one of those books were something happened that I didn’t like so I wont say I loved it because I was not happy that
Spoiler
Lucas dies, because I prefer a HEASpoiler
but it was still really good in terms of drawing in me into the story, the pacing and the action. I am very keen to read the next one.prationality's review
3.0
Precusor to a new urban fantasy (I think?) series this was quite engaging. I do think it was much more exposition happy than I tend to enjoy however.
Also Team Wes. If that's a thing. Mostly because dude Lucas rubbed me the wrong way.
Lex is the kind of UF heroine, whether its YA, NA or other, that we're all super familiar with now. She's tough, ballsy, wants to prove herself and is reckless as she tries to. She has natural skills, but lacks the finesse of experience and constantly seems to worry about the wrong thing at the wrong time.
Oh and she's got special powers, tragic (and somewhat vague) family history, one guy who is Gaga over her and another who seems to want to ignore he is (for his own reasons) and a best friend who is the bubbliest creature ever.
Actually one of the few missteps here was the ending when Elena and Lex have a reckoning. It was very rushed feeling, and it didn't gel with the Elena we had met throughout the book. It was rather contrived feeling in order to set up the plot for the first book, which is set 7 years later. While I appreciated their fight/falling out wasn't over a guy, that scene was handled REALLY MATURELY which was a breath of fresh air, I do think Elena's reaction to finding out Lex is part demon was WAYYYY overblown and abrupt. .
Lastly gods damn it, Damian almost ranks next to Tadashi as best big bro with similar gods damn results . Overall I enjoyed this enough that I want to continue the series.
Also Team Wes. If that's a thing. Mostly because dude Lucas rubbed me the wrong way.
Lex is the kind of UF heroine, whether its YA, NA or other, that we're all super familiar with now. She's tough, ballsy, wants to prove herself and is reckless as she tries to. She has natural skills, but lacks the finesse of experience and constantly seems to worry about the wrong thing at the wrong time.
Oh and she's got special powers, tragic (and somewhat vague) family history, one guy who is Gaga over her and another who seems to want to ignore he is (for his own reasons) and a best friend who is the bubbliest creature ever.
Actually one of the few missteps here was the ending when Elena and Lex have a reckoning. It was very rushed feeling, and it didn't gel with the Elena we had met throughout the book. It was rather contrived feeling in order to set up the plot for the first book, which is set 7 years later.
Lastly gods damn it, Damian almost ranks next to Tadashi as best big bro
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