Growing up, Autumn and Finny were like peas in a pod despite their differences: Autumn is “quirky and odd,” while Finny is “sweet and shy and everyone like him.” But in eighth grade, Autumn and Finny stop being friends due to an unexpected kiss. They drift apart and find new friends, but their friendship keeps asserting itself at parties, shared holiday gatherings and random encounters. The finely drawn characters capture readers’ attention in this debut.Īutumn and Phineas, nicknamed Finny, were born a week apart their mothers are still best friends. Although major characters come across as standard-issue romance heroes, a few of the minor characters stand out, such as rakish archangel Raphael. Most egregiously, late in the book readers learn a crucial fact about Xavier that may change everything, but the story never again refers to that point. Her prose flows along quickly despite this, but the plot seems hastily thrown together, leaving some minor but noticeable holes. What will Bethany have to do to reunite with Xavier? Adornetto writes from a staunchly Christian viewpoint, stopping frequently to discuss fairly standard Christian doctrine. The Sevens stay on the hunt, however, until Bethany and Xavier find themselves compelled to make a desperate bargain that leads to their possibly eternal separation.
The couple goes into hiding, protected by Bethany’s brother, the archangel Gabriel, and her sister Ivy. At the beginning of this volume they marry, thereby incurring the wrath of Heaven or, at least, the wrath of a faction of warrior angels called the Sevens. Fun read but lacking in the end.This final installment of the forbidden love story in the popular Halo trilogy stands on its own well, with only a few references to events in previous books.īethany, an angel, fell in love with handsome Xavier, a human with turquoise eyes, back in the first book. And what really happened to psycho Wade, why was Ivy missing? Maybe I missed something. Same with Gabriel and Ivy.away on business. Blame the angel in him? Molly was one of my favorites and I felt really disappointed not to see what really happened to her in the end, the beach wasn't enough. And Xavier.why didn't he fall to his knees crying, fainting.I don't know, sometimes he was a bit to cool i think. I like the world AA build and I liked most of the characters.In the end I felt like AA had a deadline or something.I wanted a big reunion after our little angels 2 years in heaven away, not just Xavier. So I audioed this, heard the whole trilogy in a couple of days. Turns out she is a pretty good narrator as well, reads her own books as a pro.
I honestly couldn't tell that she was that young. SPOILERS!!!SPOILERS!!!SPOILERS!!!DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK!!!I'm very impressed by Alexandra Adornetto, 20 years old and already written a YA trilogy.
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