Release Day Review! The Angel Trials by Michelle Madow

The Angel Trials (Dark World: The Angel Trials #1) by Michelle Madow 
Genre: Young Adult (Paranormal Romance)
Date Published: March 19, 2018
Publisher: Dreamscape Publishing

She thought magic didn’t exist. She was so, so wrong. 

Raven Danvers is a typical college student… until she’s attacked by a demon on the night of her twenty-first birthday. Luckily, she’s saved by Noah—a mysterious, sexy wolf shifter who appears and disappears in the blink of an eye. 

When Raven returns home, she discovers her mom has been abducted by the same demon who came after her. And who turns up at the scene of the crime again? Noah. He’s hunting the demons who are taking humans, and he’s ultimately heading to the place where Raven needs to go to save her mom—the mystical island of Avalon. 

Now Raven’s tagging along on Noah’s demon hunting mission whether he wants her there or not. And he makes it no secret that his journey would be a lot easier without her dragging him down. But Raven isn’t going anywhere, so she and Noah will have to learn to work together—if they don’t kill each other first. 

The Angel Trials is the first book in the Dark World: The Angel Trials series by Michelle Madow. 

This story is told mostly from Raven's point of view, but you get bits from other character's perspectives as well from time to time. Raven is a fun character. She doesn't take herself too seriously, and she's devoted to her family, in this case her mom. She has a mystery to her, one she doesn't even know. I want to know it too!

 Noah is more guarded and has mysteries of his own. You'll know some of his secrets if you've read The Vampire Wish series. You can understand and enjoy this book without reading it, but I highly recommend that series as well. Noah doesn't  let people in easily, and he's got a similar devotion to his cause as Raven does to finding her mom. Well... for different reasons of course. I was already a fan of Noah, before this book, and  now, I really like how Raven is making herself a part of the team.  Needless to say, I'm attached to the characters. There was lots going on that kept my attention, and the turn of events towards the end has me counting down the days until the next book. It wasn't really a cliff hanger, but it sure makes me want to know what happens next.

I love that this series takes place in the same "Dark World" as the Vampire Wish series. That series was fantastic, and if this first book is anything to go by, it will be too. 

The ARC of The Angel Trials by Michelle Madow was kindly provided to me by the author for review. The opinions are my own.

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She grew up in Baltimore, and now lives in Boca Raton, Florida, where she writes books for young adults. Some of her favorite things are: reading, pizza, traveling, shopping, time travel, Broadway musicals, and spending time with friends and family. Michelle went on a cross-country road trip from Florida to California and back to promote her books and to encourage high school students to embrace reading and writing. Someday, she hopes to travel the world for a year on a cruise ship.

To learn more about Michelle Madow and her books, visit her website. You can also find the author on Instagram, Goodreads, Pinterest, Facebook and Twitter.