Cocktails and Books
Written on Oct 12, 2014
There is a brewing war between good and evil. Lucifer and the Archangel, Michael. And warrior angle, Serah, has been tasked to go to Lucifer's realm and convince him to give in. Serah who once had very strong belief on what was right and wrong, and a love for Michael, soon finds herself questioning everything they believe in...including how evil Lucifer really is. It hard for the angel who believes everything the angels have been told. She has to come to terms with her twin brother falling and realizing that Luce, what Lucifer prefers to be called, may not be the evil being everyone has made him out to be. Despite him being a complete ass to her, often threatening her, she finds the small remnant of the archangel he used to be. She sees his goodness, even if it's buried under six thousand years of anger.
When we met Luce, he really does come off as Satan. But it's understandable how he can be bitter and want to war with his perfect brother. He was punished for having the one thing humans take for granted: free will. And while he'd do anything to take down Michael, even go after his lover, Luce finds himself equally draws to Serah. The strong willed angel is afraid of him, but she doesn't really fear him. And it's that lack of fear that starts to break down his walls and causes him to regret some of the actions he's put into place by using her.
The ending of EXTINGUISH breaks your heart, because Luce truly suffers at the end. In a no win situation in the battle between Michael and Luce, it's Luce who's finally broken when the one thing he loves more than his existence is jeopardized.
Even if you don't enjoy an Angel/Demon storyline , this is definitely one to try. It's uniqueness made it so I needed to know what happened next. Because the last person you expect to be rooting for is the devil himself.