Overall impression: I really should have read the book before spending 900 AUD on special editions of it 🤡. Because, wow...that was bad. The writing was beyond lazy, the plot predictable and overly-convenient, the romance felt forced and characters were immature. For the amount of pages each of these books have, you'd expect there to be some sort of world-building and plot. But, it didn't stand out at all. Boo.

Overall impression: Nalini is a great writer normally but the plot was so messy in Archangel's Consort. The chapters ended bizarrely (in the middle of a scene) and they didn't link together at all. I completely lost interest in the characters and storyline. A disappointing end to the trilogy but I'll try the next book and see how it goes with new characters.

Tropes: ➵ Archangel x vampire hunter ➵ Immortal love ➵ Changed into an angel ➵ Training montage ➵ Morally grey possessive MMC ➵ Marked with angel dust ✨ (not nearly enough) ➵ Touch her and 💀 ➵ Political intrigue ➵ Reawakened from the grave ➵ Natural disasters & catastrophe ➵ Happy-for-now

Overall impression: it was a struggle to finish the audiobook. I preferred sitting in silence on the train than starting the next chapter...which is never a good sign. I liked the character voices but the cringy dialogue, one-dimensional plot and slow pace ruined it for me. I've heard great things about T.J. Klune but this book did not live up to the hype at all.

Tropes: ➵ Inventions & gadgets ➵ Killer robots ➵ The last human ➵ Found family ➵ Queer love ➵ Happy-ever-after