REVIEW: Angels of Darkness by Ilona Andrews, Meljean Brook,
Sharon Shinn, and Nalini Singh  Dear Mss. Andrews, Brook, Shinn,
and Singh,  Are angels the new vampires in romance novels? It
seems like the number of books starring angels continues to
expand exponentially. When choosing to write about angels (or
winged beings, in the case of the Guardians), authors invite
introspection from readers about the nature of good and evil and
the balance of power.  Angels of Darkness Nalini Singh Vampires
are predators and humans their prey. When pairing a vampire and
human in a romance the power imbalance that writes must address
is one of prey and predator. With angels the power imbalance is
fundamentally different. Angels inspire awe but their otherness
isn’t necessarily predatory so much as inhuman and powerful. An
angel-human relationship isn’t about resolving the prey-predator
dynamic but rather about protector and powerless. Angels are a
like Knight-protectors (though without the horse and armor) and
they are ofte