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Date Posted: 16:03:03 01/20/06 Fri
Author: Syl
Subject: Fallen Angel

I thought I’d do a review this time! Hope you like it. The author, Kim Wilkins, is actually a friend of my nephew’s in Brisbane, Australia. She’s a really nice girl, and the first time she emailed me, she asked if she could call me Auntie Sylvia!




TITLE: Fallen Angel

AUTHOR: Kim Wilkins

GENRE: Supernatural Fiction


Journalist Sophie Cabrel is desperate for money. She needs to pay the rent, and is sure a story of the occult would be a sure fire winner. She starts off her research with a meeting with the leader of the Lodge of the Seven Stars, Neal Gardiner, who encourages Sophie to join his cult, but with a warning – beware of the Wanderer. Of course, this feeds Sophie’s curiosity and she goes in search of the mysterious woman called the Wanderer.

She finally finds the woman, who has a very intriguing story to tell.

In the seventeenth century live three sisters – all daughters of poet John Milton. Mary, Deborah and Ann, in their curiosity of worldly and unworldly things, call up a guardian angel called Lazodeus.

At first, all is well and they enjoy the angel’s company as a friend. Then things turn more sinister as each sister becomes beguiled and they turn against each other. It’s up to the more sensible youngest sister to avoid tragedy and heartache.

There’s also Milton’s struggle with his blindness while writing his epic poem and how he copes with three young growing daughters and their stepmother, his second wife.

Some of the characters are real in this story – Milton and his wife and daughters – but the rest, even though it’s fiction, takes on a believability.

Even though the story skips backwards and forwards between the 17th century and present day, I never really lost my way. And all the way through the book I kept wondering who exactly the Wanderer was. I also felt slightly sorry for Lazodeus, even though he could be cruel and selfish at times ……… not your average guardian angel, that’s for sure! And then there’s The Curse. I did find there were some slow bits to the book, but I kept going. I think it was worth it. It’s a pretty dark book, but you kind of expect that with the nature of the genre.

I’ve read some of Kim’s other books – Grimoire and The Eternal – also supernatural. They were excellent. Go to: Kim Wilkins to read more about her.

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[> Thanks, Syl - sounds like a good one. I'll be sure to check out her website, too. -- annieo, 16:19:26 01/23/06 Mon


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[> Sounds like a good one, although I generally don't like this kind of book, but the addtion of Milton makes it tempting. Historical figures always seem to be lost in the dreary past until a writer takes the time to make them real people again. -- beccabee, 16:53:25 01/24/06 Tue


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[> KIm Wilkins is the BOMB -- Aroha, 01:25:03 02/20/06 Mon

HI ..this was the first book I read by Kim Wilkins...I love her books and also Barbara Erskine. You won't regret reading them!


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[> I don't know how I missed this review when it was posted, but I picked up one of hers today, called The Autumn Castle, and though I've only just started it, it seems gripping already. -- Margy, 14:52:54 03/24/06 Fri


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