trinforeman's review
4.0
Okay I would really like to give this book a 3.5 stars. It was a wonderful spin on the fallen angels.
Aaron Corbet was just a regular teenage boy, with a bad childhood. He never knew his father and his mother died giving birth to him. Since then he's been funneled through the system until finally landing in the Stanley household. Now, having a home, he has become a top notch student, carries on an after-school job and has a loyal companion (his dog Gabriel). This all suddenly changes when he turns eighteen. For some reason that he cannot explain, he begins to understand the words his crush is speaking, in Portuguese. He understands exactly what his dog wants. Not only that, his dog can understand him.
Thinking he's crazy he seeks out the help of his childhood psychiatrist. This does nothing but confuse Aaron more. It's not until he is forced to save the life of the "person" he loves most that he realizes there is something truly special about himself.
I can understand why some people won't like this novel. It is VERY enriched in Christianity. Not exactly a popular subject. But people have to understand, where there are angels, there is God. Angels, Demons, the fallen, anything of that nature has it's roots in Christianity and to ignore that would be to undermine or negate the subject you have chosen to write about. Just sayin'.
Aaron Corbet was just a regular teenage boy, with a bad childhood. He never knew his father and his mother died giving birth to him. Since then he's been funneled through the system until finally landing in the Stanley household. Now, having a home, he has become a top notch student, carries on an after-school job and has a loyal companion (his dog Gabriel). This all suddenly changes when he turns eighteen. For some reason that he cannot explain, he begins to understand the words his crush is speaking, in Portuguese. He understands exactly what his dog wants. Not only that, his dog can understand him.
Thinking he's crazy he seeks out the help of his childhood psychiatrist. This does nothing but confuse Aaron more. It's not until he is forced to save the life of the "person" he loves most that he realizes there is something truly special about himself.
I can understand why some people won't like this novel. It is VERY enriched in Christianity. Not exactly a popular subject. But people have to understand, where there are angels, there is God. Angels, Demons, the fallen, anything of that nature has it's roots in Christianity and to ignore that would be to undermine or negate the subject you have chosen to write about. Just sayin'.
thatreadhead's review
3.0
This book was meh. I really appreciated all of the death though XD It's realistic. That probably makes me a really sad person, but what can I say. Makes for something different. The main aspect of this story that I really enjoyed was I mean, I did enjoy the whole budding romance, especially because When Why does this always happen? The Chosen One trope. Hate it. And of course Kind of intrigued to see where the rest of the books take me though.
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Aaron and Gabriel :D Dog-best-friend.Spoiler
it wasn't between a geek and a popular person, but rather two average students.Spoiler
Aaron came into his Angel form and kicked all that butt I was just groaning in exasperation.Spoiler
the bad guy would still live.lindaunconventionalbookworms's review
5.0
Excellent book! A pretty tough awakening for the Nephilim in this book, a lot of danger, and not understanding what's going on. Very exciting, and heart-touching at the same time.
alisonsoverbooked's review
5.0
Really enjoyed the changes we saw in Amos during this book...looking forward to the next one!
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