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A review by wandering_not_lost
Therefore, Repent! by Jim Munroe, Salgood Sam
3.0
"What if the religious right... are right? Once the Christians have floated bodily into the sky, life goes on pretty much as usual for the immoral majority... . except that magic works, if you're willing to risk demonic mutations." And also risk getting hunted down by the "angelic" army that seems to have been deployed to take out the "covenant breakers". Raven and Mummy, two lovers who live in this new world, find themselves smack in the middle of the mystery of what all these supernatural changes mean, as well as in the middle of more personal worries, like where their relationship is going (if anywhere).
The art was good, the story original. What WOULD happen, physically and sociologically, if all the "Chosen" ascended? Not, of course, what you'd expect. Talking dogs, magical powers, and "angels" with semi-automatic weapons included. The story fell a bit flat at the end, as this seemed more a concept book than anything: heavy on the characterization and world-building, but lighter on actual plot. There was also obviously room for a sequel, so what plot there was got truncated near the end. Original enough that despite all that it was memorable and consistently interesting.
The art was good, the story original. What WOULD happen, physically and sociologically, if all the "Chosen" ascended? Not, of course, what you'd expect. Talking dogs, magical powers, and "angels" with semi-automatic weapons included. The story fell a bit flat at the end, as this seemed more a concept book than anything: heavy on the characterization and world-building, but lighter on actual plot. There was also obviously room for a sequel, so what plot there was got truncated near the end. Original enough that despite all that it was memorable and consistently interesting.