ALA Booklist (Thu Dec 01 00:00:00 CST 2011)

This middle book in the paranormal trilogy picks up where Angel Burn (2011) left off, with Willow and Alex headed towards Mexico City. The arrival of the Second Wave and the Seraphic Council means the angels are spreading their power base beyond the United States. Alex's relief in meeting up with the surviving Angel Killers is tempered by the discovery of Seb, a second half angel who has been searching for Willow for years. The love triangle may be difficult for new readers to invest in, but fans of the series will be choosing teams and looking forward to the trilogy's conclusion.

Horn Book (Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 CDT 2012)

Willow and her boyfriend Alex (Angel Burn) escape to Mexico City following their semi-successful attempt to destroy the angels. Willow bonds with an attractive fellow half-angel, to Alex's dismay, and Alex prepares a ragtag group of killers to attack the angels once again. The intense love triangle and another riveting ending will keep readers engaged in this trilogy's middle volume.

Kirkus Reviews

An epic fight against evil, predatory angels takes a back seat to romance in the second of this planned trilogy. Angels intend to turn humans into farm animals as they invade the earth. They feed on human auras, leaving their willing and ecstatic victims sick and dying. Meanwhile, heroine Willow, a half-angel, basks in her true love for boyfriend Alex, an "angel killer," as they travel to Mexico City to hunt the angel high council. Another half-angel, a Mexican boy named Seb, strongly senses that Willow exists and constantly searches for her. Willow finds herself drawn to Seb when they meet, yet she never wavers in her love for Alex. Alex, however, breaks up with her in a fit of jealousy. Amid all of this repetitious romantic torment Weatherly keeps up the plot against the angels, although it simmers in the background through much of this shamelessly overlong story. The book needs to be cut by at least a third in order to sharpen the romance writing. The author writes the exciting suspense portions of the story with far more clarity. Nonetheless, the target audience likely won't complain. Certainly the book's imaginative twist on angels deserves a look. This lengthy installment in the series has inventive premise and some thrilling moments, but both are largely smothered by adolescent angst. (Paranormal romance. 12 & up)

School Library Journal (Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 CST 2012)

Gr 8 Up-Angel-killer Alex and half-angel Willow travel together to Mexico City, where the angels' powers are growing. There they meet Sebastian, another half-angel, and Willow feels an instant connection to him despite her blossoming romance with Alex. Tensions run high when the teens join a group of inexperienced angel killers who don't like or understand Alex and Willow's relationship, but they all must work together to have any hope of defeating the Church of Angels. The strain of living in a small, tight-knit community, along with Willow's increasingly confusing feelings about Seb, drives a wedge between her and Alex, and when he starts showing signs of angel burn, she begins to wonder if she is causing him harm. In the meantime, the group of angel killers is developing a dangerous plan to infiltrate the Church of Angels headquarters, and when help arrives from an unexpected source, they must quickly decide whom to trust, because failure will almost certainly result in the death of some or all of the group. Full of action, romance, and suspense, Angel Fire is a must-read for fans of the first book. Misti Tidman, Licking County Library, Newark, OH