the author surely manages to do with this short novel, the first instalment in a yet to be published series, is to rely heavily on JudeoChristian imagery without any religious overtone.
This is not necessarily a good thing in itself but it is certainly a feat and it spares the reader unwanted and unnecessary musings about the essence of faith, religion and belief.
What she does not manage to do, unfortunately, is to keep narrative tension constantly high,
The plot is well thought of characters are likeable and fairly well rounded, but their inner turmoils sometimes feel in the way instead of adding to their depth villains are good enough but not unforgettable action scenes are good but few sex scenes are many, explicit but lacking in imagination curiously enough the scenes preceding or following the "deed" are emotionally intense.
The end result is a fairly entertaining but by no means memorable read, The God Code is an exciting, dystopian story based on Christian mythology, Much of the story is rather bleak although there are some quite bright moments and characters are various shades of grey.
I think this quote from Indigo describes it well: "There are no good guys, Neko, Just mortals and immortals. Chaos and Serenity. "
All of the characters are interesting and well drawn, My favs are Ariel and Luci, There are several great smexy scenes, There is also a lot of violence, which is necessary for the storyline/plot,
I enjoyed Adrienne Wilder's writing and how she revealed details of the "hidden" world throughout the story.
I did find that there were more typos such as missing or extra words than I have seen in her other books that I have read.
However, it was still a terrific read, I look forward to the next installment in the series, which the epilogue sets up nicely,
At the time of writing this review, this book was available for loan from Amazon Prime and Unlimited programs.
The God Code has an interesting take on the world of angels and demons, Indigo is a human that has the ability to see demons and fight against them, Ariel is his guardian angel and the two have worked together for years in the war between good and evil.
Neko is a young man who is a nephilim with a soul and both the angels and the demons want to make him their own.
He is unaware of his what he is as both sides fight to take control of him and Indigo tries to protect him.
This story was unique and I enjoyed parts of it a lot, I really enjoyed the three main characters, They were all very different from each other but all were engaging, There are two love stories going on at the same time, Neko and Jake and Indigo and Ariel, Both sets are complicated and filled with problems, Both were sweet in their own way, Indigo and Ariel were also had some pretty steamy scenes, The plot moves at a fast pace and had a lot of action in it, It read like an urban fantasy which is a genre I like a lot,
My only issue with the story was that the world building did not make a lot of sense to me in places.
I found parts of it overly complicated or just not logical for me, That being said I think the good parts out weighed the parts that bothered me and I liked it enough that I will read the next book in the series when it comes out.
I really was unsure of this book, It looked a bit complex and at times it is, The writing was excellent. The descriptions used were detailed without being overwhelming, I thought the world building was very interesting considering the immense complexity of the world being created.
The characters were each unique, They grab your attention and hold it, They arent pure characters. They show their individual good and bad sides, In overall I would say the overall feel to the story is more on the dark side than light and good.
The story line is interesting and complex, I wouldnt say overtly complex but it keeps you guessing as to what is happening and definitely what will happen next.
I enjoyed the whole of the story but was a bit disappointed with the end, Ive become too complacent with simple HEA endings, This isnt necessarily one of those, I wont say it is an unhappy ending but it wasnt all smiles and rainbows either, I am thrilled there will be more books for this world, There is no doubt I want to see what will happen to these men,
Has a surprising number of spelling and grammatical errors, like it wasn't edited at all, Story didn't grab me as much as I hoped, Fascinating!!
This was definitely very well thought out, How one links all these lores and stories together is beyond impressive, I can just imagine the amount of research this requires!
Anyway, I gave this only four because it wasnt a smooth read.
Its a lot of things to digest and remember so it took some effort to read the book.
But the story was well crafted, The plot line was solid, I just cant believe its not finished yet and potentially might continue!
I hope theres a sequel because this much thought and research shouldnt go to waste! Its definitely an interesting storyline.
Kudos to the author! The angstometer was set to extra high for this one, A very tortured and angstridden Angel romance with a tobecontinued ending not quite at cliffhanger level, but enough to be sad that the next book not out yet.
Generally stories involving Angels, Demons and Religion are not my thing, but Ms, Adrienne Wilder is most definitely my thing! She really can write anything and make the story so incredibly unique.
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This was a interesting read for me, . . at the beginning I was lost I didn't know what the book was really about, . . but I kept reading. . the when I got the just about the plot I was like I hate books like this.
. . it was the subject matter, . . I really don't care for stories about heaven and hell, . . but Ms Wilder is such a good story teller I couldn't stop reading!!! I was engrossed with these characters and I was just sucked in.
. . now I can't wait for the next book!!! Magnificent job Ms Wilder!!!,