HALO

HALO

Alexandra Adornetto

2010 (United States)

This book is the U.S. debut of the Australian author, Alexandra Adornetto with the book being published when she was at the age of 18.

The story focuses on three angels, Gabriel, Ivy, and Bethany. Sent down to Earth by Heaven, they were sent to get rid of the evil forces of Hell that plague the small town of Venus Cove.

OVERALL, I generally liked this book. It was ok. It was an easy read for me and I got through it quickly.

I feel that it could have been better though. It’s a 484 paged book that took 300 pages to actually get to the actual ‘fighting against the dark forces.’ The book is in the view of Bethany and there were so many clues given to her about the evil going on, but it seemed like it went in one ear and out the other.

Another thing is that Bethany falls in love with a human. It’s typical and their relationship is mostly “I can’t live without you” or “My very existence aches when I can’t be with you.” It’s kind of cheesy and that’s all that’s talked about whenever they’re together.

I feel like I should give the opinions of others so that whoever might read this doesn’t go by my opinion alone. Compared to others, I gave this book a good rating.

From reading the other reviews that were given of this book (on goodreads.com), generally summed up, call this book the “Catholic version of Twilight.” The characters are shallow and what I wrote about with it taking so long to get to the action. And I can see where they’re coming from.

If you’re a Twilight fan, this might be the book for you.

Even with all of this, though, I gave this book a rating of 3. It’s an ok book and I generally liked it. It wasn’t the -worst- book ever, but there is room for improvement like there is for a lot of books.

My rating:

3