Adrian's Eagles (Life After War Book 2)

Definitely not up to Books 1-3. Too much violence and way too much magic. On top of that some times it was hard to keep up with which character was speaking. Can't follow the story line but that might just be me. Bought book 5 anyway just to see what happens but was disappointed again.

I really found this book to be very frustrating...I wanted to like it, but mostly found myself putting it down in disgust at some new misstep by the author. I really enjoy post-apoc books, and Life After War has all the right ingredients to make it excellent, but they just aren't put together all that well. Here's a few of the things that bothered me and killed much of my enjoyment of the story...in no particular order:
1) People cannot be trained to competancy, let alone expertise, in a martial art within a few weeks.
2) Brady seemed like a good character in earlier books...now all he does is stalk around and loose his temper. He musta "turned beet red in fury" once a chapter.
3) The male characters are charactitures...the author really doesn't grasp how the male mind works.
4) Adrian is also a full-time lurker...never has a literary character been lurking in the shadows so often everytime people talk about him.
5) Way to much about training and how good the Eagles are...yet they can't manage to keep an eye on the two traitors in camp. It was just silly.
6) How many flash floods have there been now that occur just at the right time? 5? 10? I have this feeling that flash floods rarely roll across corn fields...
7) Why did Angela jump into a pack of wolves, leaving safety, endangering those that had to follow to protect her, just so she could toss away her gun and stab a wolf? If there was any doubt of whether she was fit to serve and lead, this absurd example proved when was a danger to self and others...yet it was used to show the opposite.
8) I would think that even evil mexicans would get tired of gang-raping night after night, month after month. Did they loot a truckload of viagra?

Ok, I feel somewhat better now...

I love love love this series by Anglea White. Captured my attention from the very first book and I have read all of them that have been published and cannot wait for the next one!! Tells a very detailed story that makes you feel like you could almost be there with them!

Iam not really one to write reviews. I find these books compelling even though this type of book is not what I usually lean toward. Started the series with the first 3 books being free. I was hooked enough to buy 2 of the later books. I think the writer is good at character development, which is tough in a book series with so many characters. I could see these books developed into a TV series. A little more fighting violence than I prefer, but it fits into the story line.

"Life After War" delves into the lives and trials of survivors of an atomic war. It sheds a whole new, realistic light on the problems that might be caused by such a calamity. If you weren't a survivalist before, you may very well become one after reading this saga.

Good storyline and characters but the author has a writing style that lacks flow and becomes confusing at times, causing you to go back and re-read a few paragraphs to work out which character is saying what. The most annoying thing about this book in the series is the lack of progression in the story. Half the book is just arguments between the 4 main characters over the same issues… we get it 1. Marc and Ken don't want Angela to be an Eagle 2. Angela and Adrian want her to be an Eagle. 3 Ken hurt Angela in the past and everyone hates him. These themes are done to death. I'm pretty sure the author (like many others) just wants to drag it out as long as possible and force everyone to buy a few extra books before the series concludes.

Wow, I simply love this series. I've bought several other books by different authors, but never completed any series ~ they were just to predictive after a book or two. Not this series, you can't foresee what's going to happen. It's a series that will entrap you into feeling like your part of the scenes described. You want to be like the hero's of the book, and you can relate to almost every situation there. It's like your actually there. The web that is weaved is tight, it doesn't stray so far that you loose the initial characters, situation or goal. I especially liked how Marc had a job to do. I wasn't sure that would resurface, but I'm glad to say it did. How the author handled Kenn was magnificent. Good job Angela. Adrian is, well, Adrian. Who wouldn't want to be part of that herd!

I can tell you when I got to the end of book three my husband was laughing at me at my reaction to actually having to wait for book four. I was doing the "frustration" dance around the house. I wanted more and I wanted it then. The wait was worth it. I feel like an addict that just got a dose of whatever was needed. I can now wait till book five.

This series motivates you to want to do better. Probably not on purpose, but the effect is wonderful.

You really need to read the entire series in order - this is book 4 - to understand the whole story. Good read. Well written post-apocalypse story with some twists and turns to the plot and well developed characterizations.

Wow, I simply love this series. I've bought several other books by different authors, but never completed any series ~ they were just to predictive after a book or two. Not this series, you can't foresee what's going to happen. It's a series that will entrap you into feeling like your part of the scenes described. You want to be like the hero's of the book, and you can relate to almost every situation there. It's like your actually there. The web that is weaved is tight, it doesn't stray so far that you loose the initial characters, situation or goal. I especially liked how Marc had a job to do. I wasn't sure that would resurface, but I'm glad to say it did. How the author handled Kenn was magnificent. Good job Angela. Adrian is, well, Adrian. Who wouldn't want to be part of that herd!

I can tell you when I got to the end of book three my husband was laughing at me at my reaction to actually having to wait for book four. I was doing the "frustration" dance around the house. I wanted more and I wanted it then. The wait was worth it. I feel like an addict that just got a dose of whatever was needed. I can now wait till book five.

This series motivates you to want to do better. Probably not on purpose, but the effect is wonderful.

You really need to read the entire series in order - this is book 4 - to understand the whole story. Good read. Well written post-apocalypse story with some twists and turns to the plot and well developed characterizations.

The writer is talented, but has very little knowledge of the military. A small statured women, who has been the victim of sexual assault is able to become so skilled a warrior that she is able to surpass a number of male opponents with much more experience while travelling west to rescue her son. Her opponents view her as weak but her "quickness" makes up for it. I don't like to appear "sexist" but she apparently does not understand the difference in the sexes. Men are bigger, stronger, faster and QUICKER, than women, and it will take more than a few weeks to make a woman (or a Man) the equal of a 200 pound Marine with 15 years experience. But Angela becomes a Superwarrior in about two months. There are also a coupe of very explicit porn scenes that add nothing to the plot, so if you are bothered by this be aware. The book is well written,. although it gets caught up in minutia at times.I got so tired on Angie that I will probably skip the rest of the series. She is sexually attracted to too many men in the camp, including the ass that mistreated her for years.

Two many unnecessary imagined complications in writing this book. If husband abandoned Angela, after abusing her and she shows up in camp with Mark if she or Marc make the abuse, abandonment public, & the camp doesn't like it tough b/s. If there is a confrontation Kenn, is killed GOOD RIDDANCE TO A BAD PERSON.
Angela's witch identity is hidden because the camp won't like that she is saving their butts then the critical ones can leave the camp and go their own way. Passivity has no place when fighting for survival. Book is a very negative book, Worth what I paid zero cost.
Ward

i enjoyed every book and hated to finish each one, am reading the fifth book now, this with book 4 was really great. just want more of her books. look so forward to each time I have a chance to read. keep them coming. would make a great series of movies, hope they make them.

This is an enjoyable, fast moving story which is filled with flawed characters (like real life) , a good plot and great character development. Life after the "big war" is hard and depressing, but there are times of hope and inspiration. Ballanced well, they keep the reader turning pages.

One of the best Aplocalyptic Adventures I have read. I really like the format and the length of the book. At 700 pages you can get into the mood of the people and the complex relationships and interactions.

I love the confrontation with Kenn, and how protective the Eagles are over her. Marc needs to come around, but I am sure he will. I think I'd rather have the series end with the Marc/Angela hook up, not the Adrian/Angela. Not that I don't like Adrian, I do. Just not as a couple with Angie.

These books really stretch the imagination as to the effects that nuclear war has on the people who survive and the effects the war had on nature itself. Signs of witchcraft and the super natural abound through out the book.

EXCELLENT POST-APOCALYPTIC BOOK SERIES.IT LEAVES STEPHEN KING'S 'THE STAND' , STANDING STILL AT THE GATE.
I LOVE THE STORY, THE CHARACTERS, THE INTERACTIONS WITH EVERYTHING,THE MUTATIONS AND THAT THERE ARE ZOMBIES BUT THEY HAVE ONLY A SUPERFICIAL ROLE.
FOR ANYONE WHO LOVES THIS GENRE, BY ALL MEANS I
RECOMMEND THIS BOOK SERIES.
THANKS.

I can see why this currently a "freebie" through the Kindle version, but like $25 for the paperback version??? Give me a break! Yes, it is something like over 700 pages, but so what? 700+ pages of drivel is still drivel... and in this case repetitive garbage to boot. I wouldn't pay $2.50 (or $0.25 for that matter) for it.

It seems like it was written by an aggravated Middle School barely teen girl with a chip on her shoulder!

This one gets deleted from my device and Cloud!

A glimpse into the future. This story will give you an insight into what can happen after a major war. No police...no protection...the biggest bullies will try to rule. We will need to band together to destroy them.

Love this series! It is the summer... so have not yet finished this book, have loved all that came before this one! Plan on taking it traveling in the RV for when I don't feel like hiking! This series has made me start target practicing!!

Ive been hooked since book 1. This series is well thought out. I think our author took some of her style from thinking a little too much about "what if?" She's done an awesome job of answering the question. Her perception of the survival mentality, her images of battle and post war destruction, her dialogue, it's all spot on and wonderfully crafted. It's suspenseful, action filled and sometimes touching. You find yourself picking sides amongst the heros of the story and then you find yourself considering changing your allegiances as the story progresses. An amazing cliffhanger, come on book 5!

I started reading this story, knowing that it's the last installment in the series available at this time, so I tried to savor it and make it last. Once more, I felt connected to the characters, and I hated to see the story end. Angela White, please publish your next story soon!

Absolutely Loved Adrian's Eagles: Book Four! The whole series is wonderful!! The story is something that you fall right into and become part of! Type of book that I find myself up to all hours because I cannot put it down!! The characters are well thought out and filled with true life. The setting is so vivid that its scary. Very well written and the action keeps the story moving along. I look forward to every book in the series and without disappointment Angela White has delivered every single time! Seriously folks, a great read worth your time AND your money.

Most stories peter out by the forth book but this series doesn't . If anything, it skips a little too fast over parts that could be developed better. Love the mix of characters, you never really know who is going to do what

I'm still enjoying this series of books by Angela White ... She maintains enough action to keep me on the edge of my seat but allows small conclusions to enable the reader to focus on yet another adventure within the story line.