Sunday, 26 August 2012

Hells Angel by Kim Faulks

Let's see how you like them after a few hundred years, her father The Accuser had said as he cast Kellah Slater from her home, into a land of unemployment, mortgages and a declining stock market… welcome to Earth.

To survive Kellah does what she does best, steal, lie and cheat. So, when she forces a human male in an alley to part with his wallet, she thinks no more about it… But the human male does.

Detective Darrion Hunter has lost everything his wife, his daughter, his soul… and now his wallet. Kellah is everything he despises, everything he hates and he will sacrifice all to see her where she belongs, behind bars.

In this world that she calls Hell, Kellah will begin to learn the true nature of her demonic self, while also uncovering her unearthly connection to her greatest enemy, Darrion Hunter.

Is Darrion Hunter her own personal demon… or is he her path to her salvation? Book Description.
We are all familiar with the saying “Never judge a book by its cover”, well the it was the cover of this book that drew me in. It just screamed “Come read me” and I was not disappointed in the slightest. "Hells Angel" by Kim Faulks is a dark, twisted and gritty read and would fit the bill for any horror or dark paranormal fan. 
The author’s dark and graphic writing grabs you from the very first page as you are introduced to Kellah who is a perfect blend of twisted evil, hate, anger and humanity.  A very interesting combination in my opinion.  Kellah is a demon and is cast from hell to wander earth. She has learned to adapt, blend in and manipulate the world around her to gain what is needed to return home.  She is complex as she is a demon trapped in a human body and with the human body comes human emotions which she has to learn how to control. Her fate is intertwined with Darrion Hunter a police officer who has lost everything and is on the brink of losing his grip on reality. It is these two main characters that move the story along in two parallel stories that crescendo in a most explosive way at the end.
I feel the author did a fantastic job of slowly laying the ground work of these Kellah and Darrion, for as I read I felt the tension in the story build almost to the point of frustration as I was waiting to see how their two lives intersected. I felt like a spectator on for a scary ride and I couldn’t get off or rather didn’t want to get off. Kim’s descriptive writing really brought the story to life and which engaged my imagination to play out the scenes of the story in a very visual way.
The characters were slowly introduced and as I mentioned before left me a bit frustrated, but that was down to my own eagerness of wanting to know what drove the characters. The author did not disappoint, as I read the characters fleshed out before my eyes in their own time.  The supporting characters were believable and had depth that really added to the feeling of the book.
This is the first book in the “No Angel Series” and the foundations have been laid for what I feel will be a very good Series of books.  With the creation of the character of Kellah there are so many possibilities for storylines. The book was well written and easy to read and a fairly short read with only 187 pages. The only issue I had was my copy was in the PDF Format and is hard to read on the kindle. I am sure with the ebook on Amazon the formatting will be much better.
 I for one am looking forward to reading the next book in the series. I would like to note that this book is for adults due to its graphic content and violence. So if you are looking for a easy to read horror book then Hells Angel is for you! With that said I give this book 5 Stars.

                                                               Reviewed by Rayven

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1 comment:

Alan Evans said...

Seems this book is one to keep an eye on.