As most reviews point out, yeah, there's absolutely no way you can read this series and understand what's going on unless you've already read Nephilim's Destiny. I tried and couldn't get past the first chapter before hitting the metaphorical pause button to go hunt down the series Angel's Fate is spun off of.

I'm partial to multiple POV stories so, in that sense, I enjoyed this series more. Similarly to Nephilim's Destiny, there was a lot of trauma going on. Essie's character's main traits got divided between Bane and Amiah. The cheeky fae got the constantly being in pain trait, while the healer angel got all of her emotional neurosis. I hope Amiah deals with her issues faster than Essie did because otherwise, I can already see it getting annoying and repetitive really quickly—100 years is more than enough time to deal with your emotional issues and get over them.

But I'm glad that Angel's Fate will tackle a whole different side of this universe than Nephilim's Destiny—the Fae realm. I think it's safe to say we'll get to see all brand new stuff, and fae courts are always very complicated and interesting!

I'm also willing to bet that this book already put into words the idea the whole series will be centered around: "A treasure hunt where the competitors are trying to kill each other". Which, again, is a departure from the "different villains for different books" of ND, and an idea that, at least for now, I like better. I'd rather an overarching plot than an individual one per book. And I'm also curious about how many mates Amiah will end up with. Four seem to be confirmed already, but there's a fifth one roaming on the very edges that I'm super curious about.

And I'm already wondering whether Essie's team will make an appearance in the future as Bane seems to be struggling with something I think she could easily fix for him. I think everyone coming together in the last book (kinda like in the Narnia series) will be a lot of fun.

But for now, cliffhanger ending!