Halo by Alexandra Adornetto is a tale about angels coming to earth trying to do their best to straighten things out. Three angels are sent down posing as siblings to Venus Cove – Gabriel, Ivy and Bethany with Bethany being the youngest and most inexperienced since she came to be only seventeen mortal years ago. Their mission is to conquer the dark forces that seem to be taking over everywhere.
As their goal is to fit in on earth, Gabriel poses as a music teacher at the high school where Bethany attends as a high school student. Ivy spends her days focusing on many charitable works. Of course high school is something very new to Bethany and her first days there are nerve wracking. She knew that to fit in is the most important thing to accomplish but luckily Bethany is quite beautiful and has no trouble making some friends. It was funny to read about her learning the normal things that teenage girls take for granted – for the most part she simply couldn’t understand how all this ‘stuff’ could be important.
Without even trying Bethany also captures of the interest of one of the most popular boys in school – Xavier Woods; a boy that, after losing his girlfriend in an accident, has been uninterested in any girls. However Bethany isn’t just any girl and Xavier is very attracted to her and she to him even though she knows she should be avoiding anything human like the emotions involved in caring about someone. Yet Bethany just can’t stop herself; she has fallen in love with Xavier. He knows the truth about her and doesn’t care. The only thing he cares about is he doesn’t want to ever be separated from her and yet they both know one day she will be sent back.
Allowing your emotions to get involved in your work though can lead to problems and it seems that some very dark forces have come to stay in Venus Cove. The angels must battle them while trying to keep the humans they’ve come to care about safe. It will take all of their powers – Gabriel being the warrior, Ivy, the healer and Bethany, the one with the closest connection to the human race to win the battle against evil…providing they can.
I enjoyed Halo, a YA novel which is classed as paranormal/fantasy/romance. It’s a great story that kept my attention throughout even though it weighs in at almost 500 pages. The amazing thing is it was written by a now eighteen year old and I found that surprising while reading it – it’s really quite well written. It’s also the first of a trilogy and I’m looking forward to reading more about Bethany and her ‘earth family’. I think this is the type of book that you have to just let go of reality and enjoy and isn’t that the point of enjoying a book in the first place? If you like to read books like this, make sure and read Halo – I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.
You can purchase your own copy of Halo by Alexandra Adornetto here in the US and here in Canada.
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My copy of Halo by Alexandra Adornetto was provided to me for review from Zeitghost Media.
I am so envious. I have been after this one for a while. I didn't realise how young the author was though, she obviously has a fantastic writing career ahead of her.
I also liked this book, and my review sounded much like yours! I was so impressed by the author's young age!
I'm not a big fan of paranormal, but I'm interested in this book because of the young author. I have a feeling we'll be seeing a lot more from her in the future.
I just read another review of this book the other day, and have to say that it sounds fascinating to me. I am also not a big fan of paranormal YA (at least not yet), but there is something about this story that really entices me. I also think the fact that it is written by such a young author is amazing. Great review, Dar, I am so glad to hear that this was a good read for you!
Thanks for the review Darlene! I am really impressed that such a young author can produce a work such as this, it sounds like a real accomplishment.
I have been taking a break from paranormals, but when I found out how young the author is, I could not resist. Have to carve out some time for it now!
Nice review.
But 500 pages, wow chunky YA book. I guess angels is what's happening
I have this on my wish list. I didnt know the author was that young.
Glad you enjoyed it.
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I've this book in my pile; I just need to find the right moment to read it. 😉 And I too was impressed by the author's young age!
I love that cover, Dar! And great review. I love the concept too.
Will definitely be adding this to my wishlist..
Ooooo I need to read this asap.
That sounds like a fun book. I don't read a lot of paranormal but it's neat to read about them!
I think the cover on this is just beautiful.
I love that she's only 18 herself!! I want to recommend this one to some of my older teen readers!
Darlene, sounds like a very interesting book! Have a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving!!!
Never heard of this until now. finally a YA book that doesn't revolve around vamps! Thanks for the great review and bringing this to my attention.
What a talented young author! Thanks for putting this under my radar. I'm very interested in the premise. I'm going to check if there's a Kindle edition for this one, or keep an eye for it in my next bookstore visit. I'm on a permanent book ban at the moment.