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3.74 AVERAGE
3.74 AVERAGE
Original review posted @ www.bookgoonie.com May 2011
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Willow has a gift. She is psychic. She can see various paths a future might take. This got her labeled a freak in school, but Willow doesn't care. If she can help someone, she wants to. If she can bring home a little extra money, so her aunt will quit griping about how put out she is by letting her and her mother live there. But when her classmate Beth asks for help this skill might get her killed.
Alex is an Angel Killer. At the age of 17, he is a lone angel assassin for the CIA. He is also alone. He lost his whole family at the hands of angels. I am not up on all my angel mythology, but these aren't so nice. They feed off the energies of humans, eventually leaving them ill and/or dead. Alex has been dispatched to Pawtucket for his next hit. Alex can't do it...something isn't right.
Alex ends up helping Willow escape instead. They are running across the country trying find some answers and not end up dead. Along the way Alex stops thinking of Willow as one of them...starts seeing her for who she is...his hardened heart softens.
Willow is a neat character. She is caring and does right. Even when it isn't comfortable, she seeks out doing the right thing--trying to make someone else's life better by her actions. Willow conveys a powerful empathy that you can feel hit you in the gut. She is soft and feminine, but also knows her way under the hood of car. Alex is strong and completely capable of protecting himself and anyone near. Neither of them have had the typical boyfriend-girlfriend relationships growing up--nada for either. The dialogue gets a little middle-schooly in the relationship areas, but given the experience of the characters it is understandable. It took me to between page 70-90 to totally get into the story, but stay with it. It settled into a quick easy pace flowing between points-of-views.
It is kind of Terminator Meets Maximum Ride. Terminator because of the two having to be on the run, there is lots of gun-toting, and Willow may be the key to protecting humanity. Maximum Ride for the obvious Angels and Willow kind of dwells on feeling like a freak.
http://wp.me/p1h3Ps-c4
Willow has a gift. She is psychic. She can see various paths a future might take. This got her labeled a freak in school, but Willow doesn't care. If she can help someone, she wants to. If she can bring home a little extra money, so her aunt will quit griping about how put out she is by letting her and her mother live there. But when her classmate Beth asks for help this skill might get her killed.
Alex is an Angel Killer. At the age of 17, he is a lone angel assassin for the CIA. He is also alone. He lost his whole family at the hands of angels. I am not up on all my angel mythology, but these aren't so nice. They feed off the energies of humans, eventually leaving them ill and/or dead. Alex has been dispatched to Pawtucket for his next hit. Alex can't do it...something isn't right.
Alex ends up helping Willow escape instead. They are running across the country trying find some answers and not end up dead. Along the way Alex stops thinking of Willow as one of them...starts seeing her for who she is...his hardened heart softens.
Willow is a neat character. She is caring and does right. Even when it isn't comfortable, she seeks out doing the right thing--trying to make someone else's life better by her actions. Willow conveys a powerful empathy that you can feel hit you in the gut. She is soft and feminine, but also knows her way under the hood of car. Alex is strong and completely capable of protecting himself and anyone near. Neither of them have had the typical boyfriend-girlfriend relationships growing up--nada for either. The dialogue gets a little middle-schooly in the relationship areas, but given the experience of the characters it is understandable. It took me to between page 70-90 to totally get into the story, but stay with it. It settled into a quick easy pace flowing between points-of-views.
It is kind of Terminator Meets Maximum Ride. Terminator because of the two having to be on the run, there is lots of gun-toting, and Willow may be the key to protecting humanity. Maximum Ride for the obvious Angels and Willow kind of dwells on feeling like a freak.
This YA series starts with a twist - there are angels on earth, but they are evil not good, sucking energy from humans to leave them physically or mentally damaged. A small group of humans have become Angel hunters, tasked by the CIA with killing any they find. Alex is a hunter, Willow just a teenage girl whose mother was 'angel burned' - or do her psychic powers make her something more dangerous?
The book is well written and pacy, with plenty of action to counteract the inevitable, duller passages where the two teens discover their feelings for each other, while remaining resolutely PG-13. I will definitely go on to read the sequel.
The book is well written and pacy, with plenty of action to counteract the inevitable, duller passages where the two teens discover their feelings for each other, while remaining resolutely PG-13. I will definitely go on to read the sequel.
So I could sum this book up in one word. Wow! But then that wouldn’t be much of a review would it? But really Wow! If I ever had any doubts about how good this book was going to be they were completely banished by the end of page one. Right from the start I was completely and utterly hooked.
L A Weatherly offers something incredibly new and different to the Young adult market. Evil angels passing themselves off as divine celestial beings bringing kindness and hope to humans when in fact they’re feeding off humans, inflicting mental illness and disease on thousands. I thought the way that the angels appeared as heavenly and divine to the people they were slowly killing was fantastic. I’m always amazed at how easily people will believe what they want to believe instead of seeing what’s actually there with such blind faith, even when it’s at their detriment. However bizarre and unlikely it is that angels do actually walk among us draining our life forces, I thought this was a very convincing plot.
I loved Willow straight away. Not your typical sappy love struck girl found in a lot of YA paranormal romance, she’s cool and tough. She dresses how she wants, she refuses to hide her psychic abilities and she loves fixing cars, even if these things give her a reputation for being weird, even when her best friend tells her she’ll be accepted more if she quit and acted more ‘normal’. A girl who knows her own mind is a girl after my own heart. But Willow is more than just a very cool girl; she’s incredibly compassionate too. She cares tirelessly for her mother, who is diagnosed with catatonic schizophrenia and is locked in her own dream world. She’s worried and frightened for Beth when she realises the danger she’s in and knows she has to do something to help. Willow’s turmoil with herself once she realises what she actually is, is convincingly heart wrenching and touching.
Alex is fantastic too. Dark, brooding and brave with an air of danger - oh how he made my heart flutter. But again, L A Weatherly doesn’t make him a cardboard cut out or typical hero/love interest. He has a fascinating back-story, which is trickled in slowly and gives him a great deal of depth. He’s everything you want in a hero and if you fail to fall for him, then to be quite honest there must be something wrong with you! The chemistry between both characters is electric and tense, starting with distrust and dislike and developing slowly but tantalisingly surely until I was jumping up and down screaming at them to just admit how they feel. I loved this, as all too often we see characters falling into each other’s arms without any really intensity or build up, leaving the reader less than satisfied. But hell, was I satisfied by this romance and when they finally get their act together it’s tear-inducingly beautiful.
Most of the book takes place as a road trip across America. The imagery L A Weatherly conjures is so perfectly vivid I felt as though I was sweeping along with them on their amazing journey. With a mixed first person narrative from Willow and a third person narrative allowing us to see the whole big picture, the pace was fast, action packed, and utterly compelling. At 500 pages long it’s a book of truly epic proportions with Weatherly’s skilled writing carrying you on at a breathless speed. There is nothing at all predictable about Angel, I had no idea where it would take us and as I raced towards the ending I found myself right at the edge of my seat unable to turn the pages quick enough. The finale is staggering, shocking and vivid and leaves the door open beautifully for the next book in the series. Angel is a phenomenally successful start to a new and exciting series and leaves you desperately wanting more. Completely divine!
L A Weatherly offers something incredibly new and different to the Young adult market. Evil angels passing themselves off as divine celestial beings bringing kindness and hope to humans when in fact they’re feeding off humans, inflicting mental illness and disease on thousands. I thought the way that the angels appeared as heavenly and divine to the people they were slowly killing was fantastic. I’m always amazed at how easily people will believe what they want to believe instead of seeing what’s actually there with such blind faith, even when it’s at their detriment. However bizarre and unlikely it is that angels do actually walk among us draining our life forces, I thought this was a very convincing plot.
I loved Willow straight away. Not your typical sappy love struck girl found in a lot of YA paranormal romance, she’s cool and tough. She dresses how she wants, she refuses to hide her psychic abilities and she loves fixing cars, even if these things give her a reputation for being weird, even when her best friend tells her she’ll be accepted more if she quit and acted more ‘normal’. A girl who knows her own mind is a girl after my own heart. But Willow is more than just a very cool girl; she’s incredibly compassionate too. She cares tirelessly for her mother, who is diagnosed with catatonic schizophrenia and is locked in her own dream world. She’s worried and frightened for Beth when she realises the danger she’s in and knows she has to do something to help. Willow’s turmoil with herself once she realises what she actually is, is convincingly heart wrenching and touching.
Alex is fantastic too. Dark, brooding and brave with an air of danger - oh how he made my heart flutter. But again, L A Weatherly doesn’t make him a cardboard cut out or typical hero/love interest. He has a fascinating back-story, which is trickled in slowly and gives him a great deal of depth. He’s everything you want in a hero and if you fail to fall for him, then to be quite honest there must be something wrong with you! The chemistry between both characters is electric and tense, starting with distrust and dislike and developing slowly but tantalisingly surely until I was jumping up and down screaming at them to just admit how they feel. I loved this, as all too often we see characters falling into each other’s arms without any really intensity or build up, leaving the reader less than satisfied. But hell, was I satisfied by this romance and when they finally get their act together it’s tear-inducingly beautiful.
Most of the book takes place as a road trip across America. The imagery L A Weatherly conjures is so perfectly vivid I felt as though I was sweeping along with them on their amazing journey. With a mixed first person narrative from Willow and a third person narrative allowing us to see the whole big picture, the pace was fast, action packed, and utterly compelling. At 500 pages long it’s a book of truly epic proportions with Weatherly’s skilled writing carrying you on at a breathless speed. There is nothing at all predictable about Angel, I had no idea where it would take us and as I raced towards the ending I found myself right at the edge of my seat unable to turn the pages quick enough. The finale is staggering, shocking and vivid and leaves the door open beautifully for the next book in the series. Angel is a phenomenally successful start to a new and exciting series and leaves you desperately wanting more. Completely divine!
I didn't finish this book, but GR won't let me take the star away. At least not on the app which is all I have right now.
I'm sure this book is good for others it just wasn't for me.
I'm sure this book is good for others it just wasn't for me.
Ohhh this one was so much better than the first book and I'm sad I finished it and even though like the world was literally falling apart, I was happy that Willow and Alex worked things out but my Seb x Willow shipper heart hurts and I wish they could have both been in love but yeah I don't see that happening now :( Aww but Alex you can have her but MY SHIPPER HEART OKAAJ :(
Well, whaddya know? Another trilogy ruined by a love triangle or in this case square....why Why WHY??!! I absolutely loved the first book why did this have to ruin it for me this is what I thought went on during this long long long book:
Willow: I love Alex,but I can't stop thinking of Seb...HEY!! why is Kara making gogo eyes at my boyfriend. I'm hurting Alex, I should make up a stupid story about me and Seb so he can be safe
Alex: I love Willow, I want her to be happy(conscience: she's spending a lot of time with Seb) Seb is just her friend she needs another half angel (conscience: you're gonna lose her) no I'm not (You are) that's it I've had enough it"s either him or mefights...regret it when she almost dies... Willow lies...heart broken...kiss Kara...can't do it...big fight scene...discovers Willow misunderstood something..back together again
Seb: Willow is my soulmate because we're the only half-angels there is and I loved her before I even knew her name and she'll choose me over Alex eventuallykisses Willow...Willow realizes it was a mistake...lie to Alex to protect him...Seb gets sad because Willow is miserable...tells Willow it's safe to be with Alex because he wants her to be happy
Kara: I wanna make out with Alex cause he looks like he's brother and cause he's hot, and I also hate Willow
other AKs: we'll just stay here and make Willow feel miserable and unwanted
and the plot was all figuring out how to break in to the angel council building and the fight scene in the end was really rushed..I only liked the very beginning and the very end
2 stars
Willow: I love Alex,but I can't stop thinking of Seb...HEY!! why is Kara making gogo eyes at my boyfriend. I'm hurting Alex, I should make up a stupid story about me and Seb so he can be safe
Alex: I love Willow, I want her to be happy(conscience: she's spending a lot of time with Seb) Seb is just her friend she needs another half angel (conscience: you're gonna lose her) no I'm not (You are) that's it I've had enough it"s either him or me
Seb: Willow is my soulmate because we're the only half-angels there is and I loved her before I even knew her name and she'll choose me over Alex eventually
Kara: I wanna make out with Alex cause he looks like he's brother and cause he's hot, and I also hate Willow
other AKs: we'll just stay here and make Willow feel miserable and unwanted
and the plot was all figuring out how to break in to the angel council building and the fight scene in the end was really rushed..I only liked the very beginning and the very end
2 stars
sigh This book was ok but I feel like the middle was a huge waste of time, the love triangle/rectangle was COMPLETELY unnecessary and pretty much every plot point was predictable. Still though I'm gonna finish this series because I am now invested. And if I hear the phrase "oh god" one more fucking time istg