1st reread, I think. Why did I reread this? Its been awhile and I've started to catch up on the currently published books that I haven't read in this series. But I realized there was some stuff I didn't remember about Elena's childhood. Turns out there a bunch of foundational stuff I didn't remember as well.

I'd give this a 4 stars now because I'm not as enamored by Raphael as when I first read this. The world is still really interesting. A new twist on some old tropes. Plus, I still haven't come across such unique ideas for angels. I still think the love story is relatively realistic though too.