Early on in the book we were introduced to a new character, who again, is just a plot macguffin when all is said and done. Thus begins the chase where Azoth is chasing the daughter and the assassin/kidnapper, and Doll Girl comes back and chases both. At this point the girl basically has served her purpose and is forgotten except for one more point in the book. Doll Girl was out, and Azoth was distracted so the other assassin walks in and kidnaps their girl. This goes on for a bit with Azoth playing the night vigilante and killing people in defense of others (breaking a promise to doll girl) until another assassin from their old hometwon (who'd tried to kill Azoth previously) appears and attacks. Doll Girl has become a serious Christian (well, analogue church anyway), and won't sleep with him and refuses to let him think about hurting others and is constantly yelling at him to sell his equipment from his assassin work. The second book basically opens with Azoth and Doll Girl living semi-normally in the new town, although Azoth is frustrated because he's used to being out at night and just being active, while his new lifestyle has him rather sedentary (by comparison anyway). While at the end of the first book everything goes to hell, it still ended on a happy note, with the main character (Azoth) giving up his life of being a deadly shadow and instead moving to another town with his girlfriend (Doll Girl) and adoptive daughter (almost inconsequential except being a living macguffin). The ending causes it to trip up as it starts moving REALLY fast (to fast) and has everything go to hell to set up the second 'act' (book). There were some bad spots to me, like the idea that the world needs to have the underworld highly organized and structured in order for the nation to work (basically being the honest to god shadow government). It builds itself well, explains it's own mythos and allows for the reader to be drawn into the world, even if (after a bit) you start to loose track of a few characters. Well paced the characters are fun, and it's not so bleak that you loose all hope. I read it before going out and buying the second and third books because I don't want to buy them and then regret my purchase (which is ultimately what ended up happening anyway). Understand, this isn't going to be a comprehensive review, it's going to be more of a rant.Įarlier this year I was playing AC and needed some more Assassiny stuff to work with in my head, so I picked up the first book in the Trilogy.

The night angel trilogy review