Part of Irrylath’s magic is that he is so beautiful, so mesmerizing, that Aeriel is entranced by him even knowing at some level who he is and what he does is vile. The wraiths beg her to kill Irrylath, the winged icarus, the vampyre, and release them from their torment. Pity produces a heavy, uncomfortable yarn that breaks down easily where as patience or love spins out finer, softer, longer lasting cloth. She can spin them out of anything with her emotions for the wraiths determining the weight and fineness of the cloth. Aeriel’s chief task is to spin clothing for them. He must get one more bride and then his necklace will be complete and so will his transformation into his mother’s creature.Īeriel is brought to the wing icarus’ castle, not to be a bride as she thought, but to be a servant girl to his brides, wraith like creatures who wail and moan at their fate. He sucks the souls of his brides out of them and places them in vials that hang in a necklace around his neck. This is no Edward Cullen of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight, a dreamy to die for vampyre. The DarkAngel is a dark fairy tale of a young servant girl whose lady is taken by the Dark Angel.
I didn’t realize until I was done that this book was a reprint version of the original 1982 novel, the cover and the description so modern.
From the publishing house that gave of Stephenie Meyer, I thought another vampyre novel was worth a try.
In perusing the Little Brown catalog, I came across the Darkangel and the description. Now, however, I am all grown up and buying and reading all the books I should have read when I was a young adult. You see, I lived in a very strict household and I don’t know my parents would have allowed me to read something involving vampyres. Or maybe I can claim ignorance of this particular dark fantasy when it was originally publishing in 1982. Jane A Review Category / A Reviews Amazon / Young-Adult 23 Comments ApREVIEW: The DarkAngel by Meredith Ann Pierce
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