The Fallen: Genesis

[b:The Fallen: Genesis 44591368 The Fallen Genesis (Deadly Virtues, #0.5) Tillie Cole https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1554887657l/44591368.SY75.jpg 69218178] is a prequel to the first book in the series [b:Raphael 46352480 Raphael (Deadly Virtues, #1) Tillie Cole https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1560845706l/46352480.SY75.jpg 69218190]. You HAVE to read this first before you read the first book, or it wont make sense.There isn't a love story in this one. The main character of this book is Joseph/Gabriel. He and his brother are orphans at Holy Innocents Home for Children. Joseph is on his way to becoming a priest, whereas his brother, James/Michael has a deep, deep darkness within him. But Michael isn't the only one with darkness inside him. When Michael does something vile, he gets sent to Purgatory, a place that tortures and punishes their prisoners at the hands of their “Holiest” Priests. There are 5 other boys that are in purgatory too: Barachiel (Bara), Raphael, Selaphiel (Sela), Uriel, and Jegudiel(Diel). This novella was pretty short, I think I read it within like 2 or 3 hours? (& I had to do other things in between.) But, even though it was short, I think that it was a perfect introduction into the series. I'm a huge Hades Hangmen fan & for some reason I kept putting this series off. (Maybe because it wasn't motorcycle related! Ha!) Now, I'm so glad that I picked it up, I can't wait for the other books in the series to come out!