I initially picked up this book because I had heard a lot of good things about the author. Unfortunately... I was somewhat disappointed. At first, the characters and the story are fairly interesting, but it quickly deteriorates from there. After the first few chapters, it was hard for me to continue reading because the story and characters no longer held any interest for me. The uninspired writing did nothing to help alleviate any of this. While I did eventually finish this novel, I cannot find anything positive to say about "The Angel and the Sword".