Willow and Alex don’t particularly trust each other - Alex was sent to kill her and Willow is the result of everything he hates - but they have no choice but to rely on one another. In many ways, this is a road trip story and I’m fond of those kinds of narratives. After Willow’s existence is discovered, an angel assassin named Alex is sent to kill her but they team up when they realize that her hybrid nature might be the key to saving humanity from the angelic threat. While there was a romantic plot, it was balanced by an action thriller plot. This persistent desire to commune with angels usually leads to their own demise as prolonged contact results in any number of ailments and disease.įor the most part, this was a refreshing change from other paranormal YAs. To make matters worse, humans find the euphoria resulting from an angel’s feeding addictive and want nothing more than to experience that sensation again. In their home dimension, that energy source was ether. The dimension from which they come from has begun to collapse, which means they need to find a new home, one with an energy source to nourish them. They want you to think that but in reality, angels are parasites. In the world of Angel Burn, angels are not kind, benevolent beings. This is bad because Willow is the key to their destruction. Even worse, she inadvertently reveals her existence to the angels. However, Willow senses something is terribly wrong with this angel and wonders what exactly he’s doing to her classmate. When she gives a fellow classmate a reading, she discovers that angels are real. I find this aspect of her character fascinating because it both ostracizes her from her peers (who label her a freak because of it) but also makes her an object of interest because those same peers who scorn her have no problems coming to her on the down low for a look into their futures.Īnd it’s one of these readings that sends Willow’s life into chaos. Her father’s been a nonexistent presence in her life and according to her aunt, is the cause of her mother’s current mental state. In fact, Willow has been practically looking after her mother for as long as she can remember.
She lives with her aunt because her mother is mentally ill and unable to care for her. Willow is her high school’s resident social outcast, but there are actual legitimate reasons for this. But despite these things, I decided to give your book a try and I’m glad I did.
I know angels were one of those trends people used to tout as “the next vampire,” but they never caught my interest. Even after being introduced to Caris Roane’s brand of crack. It’s just that there’s so much of it these days that if I don’t, I’d end up buried under a pile of books until well into the next decade. I’ve become rather selective when it comes to urban fantasy, even in the young adult genre. Jia B- Reviews angels / Assassin / Paranormal / road trip / Young-Adult 3 Comments
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