When Reece Gilmore witnesses a murder in the mountains above Angel's Fist and tells the local sheriff, he does not believe her. He can't find a body or one shred of evidence. All he can find is that Reece herself has been the victim of a vicious crime and is emotionally unstable. Luckily for Reece, there is one man who believes her - the enigmatic Brody.
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Nora Roberts' Angels Fall is an easy-read romantic suspence hybrid about the romance that blossoms between Reece Gilmore, a traumatized young chef, and Brody, a sexy writer escaping his own demons, as they try to identify a woman Reece saw being murdered.
I can appreciate Reece's nerves and obsessive-compulsive behaviours when the novel opens - it makes sense, considering everything she's been through. What doesn't make sense is the ease with which she falls into a relationship with Brody. She falls in love and puts her trust in Brody too easily, considering everything she's been through - watching and hearing her closet friends being murdered. But at the end of the day this is primarily a romance novel so I guess the hunk and the heroine must get together.
Angels Fall is literary fast food. It provides an escape but doesn't teach any life lessons.
I know Nora Roberts is probably trying to tell the reader about the healing powers of love, but I don't buy it. If this is real life, Reese and Brody, and Lo and Linda-Gail won't last ten years. As Reese continues to heal she'll probably outgrow the perfect life that Brody has planned for them at the close of the novel. Lo will probably end up cheating on Linda-Gail.
2.5/5
Angels Fall is the 2007 made-for-tv movie starring Heather Locklear as Reese Gilmour.
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