Angel Mage

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Angel Mage is the best written book I've read this year. Garth Nix is a painter with words, everything in this world was vivid, interesting and exciting, combine this with an unique magic system and impressive characters like Liliath, Rochefort, Dorotea and Agnez and the result is an amazing story that kept me engaged until the very last word.
The world building is absolutely epic, there's angelic magic, a magic “plague”, a mysterious mission, lots of angels summoned, 4 characters (Agnez, Dorotea, Henri and Simeon) that have a bound they can't explain which leads them to a loyal friendship, a rivalry between Pursuivants (the cardinal's soldiers) and Musketeers (the queen's soldiers) and I couldn't put my Kindle down. This story enthralled me completely, I was invested in these characters' stories and there was actually a time I found myself rooting for Liliath but also rooting for Agnez, Dorotea, Henri and Simeon. I think this speaks volumes about how deep Garth Nix managed to pull me into this book. I loved this society, how there were so many female strong roles and also the diversity in the story. Yet, I'm rating this book 4 stars and not 5 because there was too much information, too much happening at the same time and I think that I would love this more if there had been more depth to some story lines, for example I wanted much more from Rochefort (and her feelings for Dorothea) and from the rivalry between Pursuivants and Muskeeters. I think this story shouldn't have been a standalone, I'm hoping that Garth Nix will give us more from this world. I NEED more! Overall, I highly recommend this book and, after writing this review, I am going to order a physical copy from BD because I need this book in my bookshelf so I can reread again and again.
*I received a copy of this book from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. Thank you to Garth Nix, Katherine Tegen Books and Edelweiss for providing this copy. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. *