Scala (Angelbound Origins, #2)

by Christina Bauer

Nineteen-year-old Myla Lewis has transformed into Great Scala, the only being with the power to move souls out of Purgatory and into Heaven or Hell. Trouble is, a magical object called Lucifer's Orb is limiting Myla's abilities. If she tries to move a soul, the Orb's forcing her to send that spirit straight to Hell. So, what's a girl to do? Send innocents to the fiery down-under? No way. Myla's gone on a supernatural strike. No souls go anywhere until the Orb's history. It's the right thing to do, but Purgatory's Soul Storage buildings are turning into time bombs. No spirits are moving out, while millions keep coming in. Myla's determined to find the Orb and send the innocent to Heaven, but she's running out of time. Soon, the containment fields will burst, releasing a mob of homicidal ghosts...

• ISBN10: 0989405052
• ISBN13: 9780989405058
• Publish Date: 29 November 2016
• Publish Status: Transferred
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Ink Monster
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 196
• Language: English

Reviews

[Angie]

I received an ARC through NetGalley.

Scala picks up two months after the closing of Angelbound. Myla is deep into her duties as the Great Scala, but there’s a problem: the ghost towers are full to bursting, threatening to overrun Purgatory with angry ghosts. Myla should be sending these souls on, but something known as Lucifer’s Orb is hidden somewhere and allowing only passage to Hell. While having this many souls trapped in Purgatory is dangerous, Myla refuses to send innocent souls to Hell. Then a crazy person from her past shows up and makes things even more complicated.

I did like Scala better than the first book. It moves fast and isn’t bogged down by a ton of senseless jokes. It does move too fast in places though. There’s no build up. Myla and Company have a problem, devise a plan, execute plan. Lather, rinse, repeat. And once again, I was bothered by something major that simply didn’t make sense. Myla can’t send souls to Heaven, but she can still send them to Hell. Her Scala powers also let her sort these souls so she knows where to send them. So why hasn’t she been sending the Hellbound souls along to relieve the pressure on the ghost towers?!

Scala was an okay sequel and overall read. I did like the darker tone much better, and I enjoyed learning more about Myla’s abilities. It’s a very quick read, but not very exciting. There’s a lot happening, but it’s all over so quickly, that I never got fully engaged. The ending is a happy one, but obviously there’s more to come. Myla has one more enemy to the peace she’s creating in Purgatory.

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