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A review by realpageturner
Angel Eyes by Shannon Dittemore
4.0
Summary (from Amazon) Brielle's a ballerina who went to the city to chase her dreams and found tragedy instead. She's come home to shabby little Stratus, Oregon, to live with her grief and her guilt . . . and the incredible, numbing cold she can't seem to shake.
Jake's the new guy at school. The boy next door with burning hands and an unbelievable gift that targets him for corruption.
Something more than fate has brought them together. An evil bigger than both of them lurks in the shadows nearby, hiding in plain sight. Two angels stand guard, unsure what's going to happen. And a beauty brighter than either Brielle or Jake has ever seen is calling them to join the battle in a realm where all human choices start.
A realm that only angels and demons-and Brielle-can perceive.
My Thoughts:
The thing about Christian Fiction is that I read it to be inspired and to read about a character I can see myself in. I want to be able to relate to the story, the struggles with faith etc. That being said I do enjoy Spiritual Warfare novels that usually involve quite a bit of adventure/action I have never nor ever will experience. So when I opened this book and found that Elle was relate-able and it was spiritual warfare I was intrigued. I also really LOVED that this wasn't an angel story which involved a human being romantic involved with a angel (fallen or other wise (I really don't like those).
ANYWAY all that to say Angel Eyes is a good romance, imaginative, intriguing spiritual warfare story that I did enjoy reading in a few short hours. The trilogy as a whole, however, lost something on the way. The second and third novels try to up the first and more drama and more suspense and more fantastical battles between the angels and demons. It reached such a point that I felt like I was reading a fantasy and not Christian Fiction.
In Short I did enjoy this novel, but not the series.
Jake's the new guy at school. The boy next door with burning hands and an unbelievable gift that targets him for corruption.
Something more than fate has brought them together. An evil bigger than both of them lurks in the shadows nearby, hiding in plain sight. Two angels stand guard, unsure what's going to happen. And a beauty brighter than either Brielle or Jake has ever seen is calling them to join the battle in a realm where all human choices start.
A realm that only angels and demons-and Brielle-can perceive.
My Thoughts:
The thing about Christian Fiction is that I read it to be inspired and to read about a character I can see myself in. I want to be able to relate to the story, the struggles with faith etc. That being said I do enjoy Spiritual Warfare novels that usually involve quite a bit of adventure/action I have never nor ever will experience. So when I opened this book and found that Elle was relate-able and it was spiritual warfare I was intrigued. I also really LOVED that this wasn't an angel story which involved a human being romantic involved with a angel (fallen or other wise (I really don't like those).
ANYWAY all that to say Angel Eyes is a good romance, imaginative, intriguing spiritual warfare story that I did enjoy reading in a few short hours. The trilogy as a whole, however, lost something on the way. The second and third novels try to up the first and more drama and more suspense and more fantastical battles between the angels and demons. It reached such a point that I felt like I was reading a fantasy and not Christian Fiction.
In Short I did enjoy this novel, but not the series.