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A review by airic_fenn
Devout: An Anthology of Angels by Quinton Li
5.0
Note: Received this book as an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
Beautiful. Wicked. Disgusting. Angelic.
I'm not even sure I have enough words to describe Devout, and I wish I had the time to analyze every poem, story, and art piece within this anthology because they were all truly incredible. Many of them touched me in ways I couldn't describe, with the way they handled relationships, religion, and the trauma that can come with them.
And oh, the angels, the angels. Each author had their own perfect and terrifying interpretation of them, whether it was the concept of angels as a whole, or specific characters like Lucifer or Mephistopheles, reimagined for the text. What I loved most was how in several of the stories, the lines between angel and demon were blurred. The angels border on incomprehensible, both the most beautiful and the most disgusting creatures you could witness… and the demons, well they were angels once, before they fell. ("And The Mountains Melt Like Wax"; "Misery in Company"; "Swarm Behavior").
I also loved how despite the perceived wickedness of the angels, the true horrors often came from Man, and the people who claimed to speak for God… and even then, those lines, too, were blurred. ("Seasons of God"; "Resta Con Me").
Favorite Works:
- Seasons Of God - Angela Sun
- And The Mountains Melt Like Wax - Tyler Battaglia
- The Mountains, The Mountains, The Mountains - Tyler Battaglia
- We Suffer In Fire - Tyler Battaglia
- Misery In Company - Morgan Dante
- Swarm Behavior - Aurelio Lauren
This otherworldly anthology has a range of genres, from contemporary to horror and everything in between. I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to explore into something wrong, holy, and full of longing.
Beautiful. Wicked. Disgusting. Angelic.
I'm not even sure I have enough words to describe Devout, and I wish I had the time to analyze every poem, story, and art piece within this anthology because they were all truly incredible. Many of them touched me in ways I couldn't describe, with the way they handled relationships, religion, and the trauma that can come with them.
And oh, the angels, the angels. Each author had their own perfect and terrifying interpretation of them, whether it was the concept of angels as a whole, or specific characters like Lucifer or Mephistopheles, reimagined for the text. What I loved most was how in several of the stories, the lines between angel and demon were blurred. The angels border on incomprehensible, both the most beautiful and the most disgusting creatures you could witness… and the demons, well they were angels once, before they fell. ("And The Mountains Melt Like Wax"; "Misery in Company"; "Swarm Behavior").
I also loved how despite the perceived wickedness of the angels, the true horrors often came from Man, and the people who claimed to speak for God… and even then, those lines, too, were blurred. ("Seasons of God"; "Resta Con Me").
Favorite Works:
- Seasons Of God - Angela Sun
- And The Mountains Melt Like Wax - Tyler Battaglia
- The Mountains, The Mountains, The Mountains - Tyler Battaglia
- We Suffer In Fire - Tyler Battaglia
- Misery In Company - Morgan Dante
- Swarm Behavior - Aurelio Lauren
This otherworldly anthology has a range of genres, from contemporary to horror and everything in between. I highly recommend it to anyone wanting to explore into something wrong, holy, and full of longing.