History Literature / PenrynAndTheEndOfDays

** Laylah's eyes are describes as “Aryan”. This, combined with what she does, evokes images of [[ThoseWackyNazis Mengele]].

* {{After The End}}

* {{Broken Angel}}: Raffe.

* {{Fallen Angel}}: (Duh!)[[spoiler:Beliel is likely one. Raffe gets marked as one, too.]]

* {{Dumb Muscle}}: Penryn dryly remarks that their captor Boden at least is right in that she and Raffe were caught by an idiot.

* {{Grey and Gray Morality}}: Penryn falls back on quite harsh, if desperate measures, to get to Paige, like brute force or blackmail. Many humans live as gangs, terrorising, mugging and killing others and trading with parts of angels. Others live as servants and courtesans to the angels. Most of the angels, however brutal and dangerous, don't even know why they were sent to Earth. There are also the nephilim, offspring of angels and humans. If the humans slept with the angels voluntarily is not clear.

* {{Never Found The Body}}: Gabriel. At least the humans did.

* {{Waif Fu}}: When trained soldier Boden attacks her, nobody expects penryn to win. She does so nonetheless.

* {{Good Wings Evil Wings}}: [[While not ''good'' per se, feathered wings are those of actual angels, while angels fallen from grace have leathery batlike wings.]]

Seventeen-year-old [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Penryn Young]] lives in this world with her [[TheMentallyDisturbed schizophrenic mother]] and her wheelchair-bound little sister [[WheelchairWoobie Paige]]. The night she wants to flee the gang-infested neighbourhood to search a safer place to live, she witnesses a fight between some angels, one of which [[BrokenAngel gets his wings cut off in the process]]. The others leave, but not before abducting Paige. Desperate to find her sister, Penryn decides to pair up with the wounded angel, [[Archangel Raphael Raffe]], whom she blackmails into helping her by withholding his wings. The two of them travel to San Francisco to the Aerie, the angels' stronghold.

* {{What Measure Is A Non Super}}: The angels refer to the humans as “monkeys”.

The world as we know it ended six weeks ago, when hordes of angels came from the heavens, prompting the humans to panic and shoot their leader, Gabriel. The angels thus wreaked havoc upon the humans, forcing them into animal-like lives.

Seventeen-year-old Penryn Young lives in this world with her schizophrenic mother and her wheelchair-bound little sister Paige. The night she wants to flee the gang-infested neighbourhood to search a safer place to live, she witnesses a fight between some angels, one of which gets his wings cut off in the process. The others leave, but not before abducting Paige. Desperate to find her sister, Penryn decides to pair up with the wounded angel, Raffe, whom she blackmails into helping her by withholding his wings. The two of them travel to San Francisco to the Aerie, the angels' stronghold.

On the way, they witness strange murders involving cannibalism, and stumble into the camp of a rebel group led by the charismatic Obi. All the while, Penryns mother, who was the only person present when Paige became paraplegic, who doesn't stop rambling about demons and who made Penryn learn all sorts of self-defense so whatever happened to Paige won't happen to her, stays close to them, unseen.

This dystopian YA book series is the first work of Susan Ee. It was first vanity published but soon became so popular that it was handed over to professionals. So far, it consists of:

* {{Fallen Angel}}: (Duh!) Raffe, literally. [[spoiler:Beliel is likely an actual one.]]

** Laylah's eyes are describes as “Aryan”. This, combined with what she does, evokes images of Mengele.

** Obi's spymasters Dee-Dum look, act, and talk like the Weasley twins from ''Literature/HarryPotter''

* {{Fallen Angel}}: (Duh!) Raffe, literally. Beliel is likely an actual one.

* {{Estrogen Brigade Bait}}: Obi as well as almost every single angel.

* {{Minor Injury Overreaction}}: Justified. Raffe is not used to walking long distances, so his feet become raw pretty quickly.

* [[spoiler:{{Downer Ending}}]]

* {{Obfuscating Insanity}}: Not even Penryn knows how sane her mother is. If the demons and ghosts she keeps talking of are real or due to her paranoid schizophrenia is unexplained.

The world as we know it ended six weeks ago, when hordes of angels came from the heavens, prompting the humans to panic and shooting their leader, Gabriel. The angels thus wreaked havoc upon the humans, forcing them into animal-like lives.

* {{If It's You It's Okay}}: Even though she understandably hates angels, Penryn starts to feel attracted to Raffe.

* [[spoiler:{{Humanoid Abomination}}: Paige, after Penryn saves her.]]
** The nephilim also count

* Angelfall
* World After (upcoming)

{{Needs More Love}}

* {{Action Survivor]]: Again, Penryn.

* [[spoiler:{{Human Abomination}}: Paige, after Penryn saves her.]]

Seventeen-year-old Penryn lives in this world with her schizophrenic mother and her wheelchair-bound little sister Paige. The night she wants to flee the gang-infested neighbourhood to search a safer place to live, she witnesses a fight between some angels, one of which gets his wings cut off in the process. The others leave, but not before abducting Paige. Desperate to find her sister, Penryn decides to pair up with the wounded angel, Raffe, whom she blackmails into helping her by withholding his wings. The two of them travel to San Francisco to the Aerie, the angels' stronghold.

* {{Grey and Gray Morality}}: Penryn falls back on quite harsh, if desperate measures, to get to Paige. Many humans live as gangs, terrorising, mugging and killing others and trading with parts of angels. Others live as servants and courtesans to the angels. Most of the angels, however brutal and dangerous, don't even know why they were sent to Earth.

** Penryn's strong bond to her sister is likely a Shout Out to {{The Hunger Games}}
** Obi's spymasters Dee-Dum look, act, and talk like the Weasley twins from {{Harry Potter}}

* {{Fallen Angel}}: Raffe, literally. Beliel is likely an actual one.

Seventeen-year-old Penryn lives in this world with her schizophrenic mother and her wheelchair-bound little sister Paige. The night she wants to flee the gang-infested neighbourhood to search a safer place to live, she witnesses a fight between some angels, one of which gets his wings cut off in the process. The others leave, but not before abducting Paige. Desperate to find her sister, Penryn decides to pair up with the wounded angel, Raffe, whom she blackmails into helping her by withholding his wings. The two of them travel to San Francisco to the Aerie, the angels' stronghold. On the way, they witness strange murders involving cannibalism, and stumble into the camp of a rebel group led by the charismatic Obi. All the while, Penryns mother, who was the only person present when Paige became paraplegic, who doesn't stop rambling about demons and who made Penryn learn all sorts of self-defense so whatever happened to Paige won't happen to her, stays close to them, unseen.

* World After “(upcoming)”