*The following text is an honest review. Thank you and please enjoy the review.*
Hey everyone I have some breaking news, I found the American, Angelic version of the anime Blood +. No one noticed that? If you think about it the plot is exactly the same: a really powerful girl who has an ancient magic sword, a crush on her sworn protector who refuses to love her because of promises and is half whatever magical being they are, and is trying to get rid of a race of evil beings that will try to kill them at all costs. Who knew the Japanese and American authors had so much in common?
Ellie is a living, mortal version of the angel Gabriel, who has been tasked for lifetimes now, by heaven, to kill the demons that infect our world. If she only knew from the start. No, she only finds out on her 17th birthday when her protector Will reveals this to her (another thing that Angelfire has in common with Blood +). Then she gets shoved into this world of secrecy, pain, and fear.
It’s interesting to see how something spanning two different languages could be so similar in plotwise at least, and still manages to infuriate you the same amount since the two characters won’t end up together even though you know they are end game. Really are stories just filling one archetype or another? No creative ideas? Okay I guess I have to settle for remakes.
This series doesn’t really get original till the second book and the third one I just couldn’t finish because it played into another typical YA trap of stereotypes of having an injured, comatic, or partially dead main character and they have to go on a quest to save them. Okay at best this series is a filler series between two great series. It’s full of sweet nothings in which you will most likely not remember after reading them.
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars. Cait Out
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