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Soul Trade (Angel) >
Customer Review #1:
 THIS WAS TRULY BAAAAD! (NOT)
I dont think youll ever see this episode on tv. It was much too graphic in the gore and ugh department. Yet, it was very creative and gripping. I could not put it down. (That says a lot. I usually start books and dont finish them!)
If you like a lot of action and science fiction, this is your book. Doyle is awesome as Angels sidekick. I truly miss him on the show. He was Angels anchor. (As Cordy started to be in the later episodes.) The "big bad" in this book are very evil. So evil, its hair raising creepy! Stealing childrens souls: how low can you go!
My only critique is I wish our main characters, Angel, Doyle and Cordy were allowed more emotion and thoughts. Thats okay, though. This book wasnt about that. Its about nasty people who sell their childrens souls to pay their debt to a demon. The demon and his keeper are the darkest of dark creatures. Theyve been together for many, many years. So far they have been winning. Enter Angel.........
Soul Trade (Angel) >
Customer Review #2:
 Thrilling read!
This is a really good story that tugs at your heart, mainly because theres a child involved and someone has taken her soul. Angel and the gang were awesome in their pursuit to right this wrong. Highly recommend.
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Customer Review #3:
The Soul of a Child
This has been a happy time of year for Buffy and Angel addicts. New novels keep appearing about both heroes, and even a new series starring both. Now, turning this surfeit into an embarrassment of riches, comes yet another foray into Angeland#8217;s Los Angeles, written by Thomas Sniegoski, noted for his comic book narratives.When Doyle has a vision of a young girl under attack, Angel and his team speed to the site. In a calm, suburban neighborhood they find a comatose child and her distraught mother. When hospital staff is unable to discover what has happened to little Aubrey Bentone, but Angel fears the worst. A small container, dropped by the assailant, provides a vital clue. The soul of an innocent child has tremendous value in the underworld, and someone has ripped Aubreyand#8217;s from her once vibrant body. Angel, Cordelia and Doyle race against death or worse, for they must restore the childand#8217;s soul before the empty shell left behind withers and dies. For Angel, haunted by visions of his young sister, a victim of his vengeful hunger centuries before, the search becomes a personal quest for redemption. Doyle struggles to come to terms with his demonic nature. And, on the lighter side, Cordelia struggles to make ends meet while taking on a master magician, countless homunculi, and a very, very overweight demon who is the last of his soul-eating kind. Sniegowski starts out a bit slowly, but then catches fire as he develops his characters and tells the story of the innocent child who is the victim of the predators. Dialog is well crafted, and and#8220;Soul Tradeand#8221; has a dimensionality which is often lacking in this kind of fiction. Once into the story I was unable to keep from reading the novel in a single sitting (well, I did take a break for lunch). This author displays considerable talent, and I hope we see more from him soon.
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