Angel Burn

Angel Burn By: L. A. Weatherly

Rating: Great

Age Group: 13+

Summary (from Amazon.com):  Willow knows she’s different from other girls, and not just because she loves tinkering with cars. Willow has a gift. She can look into the future and know people’s dreams and hopes, their sorrows and regrets, just by touching them. She has no idea where this power comes from. But the assassin, Alex, does. Gorgeous, mysterious Alex knows more about Willow than Willow herself. He knows that her powers link to dark and dangerous forces, and that he’s one of the few humans left who can fight them. When Alex finds himself falling in love with his sworn enemy, he discovers that nothing is as it seems, least of all good and evil. In the first book in an action-packed, romantic trilogy, L..A. Weatherly sends readers on a thrill-ride of a road trip - and depicts the human race at the brink of a future as catastrophic as it is deceptively beautiful.

They’re out for your soul . . . and they don’t have heaven in mind.

My Thoughts:  This book was pretty dang amazing!  I thought that Alex and Willow were really well developed characters and I loved both of them.  They both had strong, clear voices and they were both interesting.  I liked how Mrs. Weatherly switched from first to third person when she switched from Willow’s to Alex’s point of view, mostly just because it was interesting and because it helped to show that Willow was the main voice of the story.  And I loved their relationship!  I thought that it was very sweet.  It did bother me how much Willow dwelt on the fact that she’s part angel, though for the most part I can understand were she’s coming from.  I just thought it was unnecessary how much she brought it up and dwelt on it.  But that’s one of my pet peeves, so take that opinion with a grain of salt.  It’s a long book that takes it’s time developing the plot, however the plot starts going early in the book so I didn’t mind the time spent on it.  The only thing that bothers me with waiting for the plot to develop is the time before hand when the characters aren’t necessarily doing anything except build their character, but as long as things are actually happening I don’t mind.  The plot really is interesting enough that it could be so long, and I really liked the twist on angel’s natures.  It has so much potential and I can’t wait to see where this series goes! 

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