Small Angels: 'A twisting gothic tale of darkness, intrigue, heartbreak and revenge' Jennifer Saint

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While the story itself is compelling, the way it’s told is not. I just couldn’t sink myself into it like I have other ghost stories and horror tales that have been released this year. It just wasn’t my cup of tea. Small Angels simmers with menace and ancient fury, shot through with sorrow, compassion, and hope. Gorgeously atmospheric and gripping!” —Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne

Miłosz (1911-2004) was a Polish-American poet who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. In this poem, Miłosz reminds us that the word ‘angel’ literally means ‘messenger’ (from angelos). And here, the angel delivers a message of hope, inspiring the poem’s speaker to face another day. This story of bewitchment and revenge weaves a spell over you, and won’t quite let go’ Susan Stokes-Chapman, author of PANDORA So the premise of this book intrigued me as soon as I saw it as an August @bookofthemonth selection. Woods that are living? A bride in danger? A dead boy haunting those woods? Sign. Me. Up. Unfortunately though, this one felt a little too drawn out for me and I didn't really get overly interested until the very end. In a hypnotic tale of sisterhood, first love, and hauntings, a wedding in a small English village stirs up unsettling magic and forces a troubled family’s secrets out into the open. The reason I say this is because there’s just so much going on in this book: non-linear timelines, shifting POVs, shifting of characters at the wheel, shifting of POVs within the same character’s section, and more. And yet, this book has very uneven pacing and I have a feeling that which character you like reading about most will be different for different readers (I liked reading Chloe’s POV the most, but someone else might like reading Kate the most). Usually, uneven pacing is a sign the book is either too long or that it’s too busy giving attention to some sections while not giving enough attention to others. Either way, it’s an editing issue.

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A twisting gothic tale of darkness, intrigue, heartbreak, and revenge.”—Jennifer Saint, author of Ariadne

The forest holds onto its memories and the families that grew up on the edges are bound to its foreboding requirements, for thou shalt not fail to uphold thier promises. Its love runs so deeply, it does not ever let go. It keeps its stories and it remembers. I think I saw this classified as a horror book somewhere, but I didn't get that. Is it a little eerie in parts? Sure, but horror seems a bit extra. This was well written and the story was decent but it never really grabbed me. By the end I was sort of skimming along. Typically, angel figures are related to spirituality. The angels can also signify earthly sentiments, such as doubt, romantic love and wrath.

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This tattoo design holds a lot of significance in one’s life if one believes in angels. The angels are actually a sign of Christianity but now a day with people excepting all religions it doesn’t matter about the religion everybody makes it. If the mood was right—if there was a clear moon and no call to retire early, maybe you’d go further: