Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1) by Susan Ee

I must have checked out Angelfall by Susan Ee at least three times from the library and I just kept sending it back unread, but I needed it for the "book by a self-published author" Pop Sugar Reading Challenge prompt and I told myself I would read it this time. 

And so I did on one cold November afternoon. 

Penryn is trying to keep her family together. Six weeks after the angels of the apocalypse arrived, it's tough out there for humans and Penryn's mom is battling with mental health issues and her seven-year-old sister is in a wheelchair. Penryn finds an allyship with an angel after her sister is kidnapped by other angels and they try to find her sister.

I don't know, friends. This was readable, but I suspect that there's going to be angel/human romance happening later in this series and I am not here for it. 

The writing was fine. The story was fine if a tiny bit predictable. Maybe I don't want to read about the apocalypse right now. Maybe I don't want to think about biological warfare. Maybe I don't want my fantasy to be so serious. It's me, not the book.

It was fine! Fine! 3.5/5 stars

Hat mentions (why hats?): 

I tip my bag of frozen peas at them like a hat as I try to step between them. (page 119)

Several of the angels going into the club are in old-fashioned gangster zoot suits complete with felt hats and jaunty feathers. (page 177)