CHAMI'S REVIEW
Name: Halo – (The
Halo Series #1)
Author: Alexandra Adornetto
Publication Date: August 31st, 2010
Publisher: Harper Collins
Format: Paperback
Pages: 496 pages
Rating: 4/5
Blurb: Three angels are sent by Heaven to bring good to a world
falling under the influence of darkness: Gabriel, the warrior; Ivy, the healer;
and Bethany, the youngest and most human. They work hard to conceal their
luminous glow, their superhuman powers, and their wings. Then Bethany meets
Xavier Woods, and they are unable to resist their attraction to each other. But
the angels’ mission is urgent, and dark forces are threatening. Will love ruin
Bethany or save her?
Review: I remember buying
this book and then discovering that the author was from Australia and from my
very own town, so I guess that’s what helped me begin with the Angels. I have
read several Angel series and I don’t mind them…but they do have their separate
clichés that drive me crazy. So I decided to give this one a try.
Alexandra Adornetto’s writing style
is lacey and very intricate and I feel like that’s a good and bad factor in
this book. She has made it clear that that is her writing style and I hope for
her sake, that it is truly her and that she’s not just doing that for the
public, so they won’t criticize her in that side…though they will always find a
way. But I don’t really mind because I normally skim read long chunks of
description if the Author has gone to “Full out” on it…but an author should
focus on that less than the story, but I’m not even an Author so just ignore
me. So her writing style is a 3 out of 5 for me. She has her way of words but unless
it really astounds me, then I won’t really comment on it.
Alexandra can tell a good story and
has managed to kick most of the clichés away, but she also has discovered how
to cuddle them in the process. Bethany, however, is somehow clichéd in her own
part. She can be whiney, annoying and totally dependent on a guy just to
survive. At one part of the book, she even goes out of her way to make herself
rot to death in her own bed because Xavier does not believe her in matters that
contain spoilers. That is not very…comforting that the character can’t withhold
her own life without someone else intercepting. Overall, she is quite enjoyable…but
unrealistic at times.
Xavier, the boy we know she’s going
to fall for is a good interpretation of a high school boy and that is what I wanted
to see. He is different to all the other romantic interests in other novels in
the sense that he shows more realistic emotions, but I’m not all about realism,
I quite like the paranormal.
The Story is Great and I especially
like the addition of Jake and him coming in quite late to the novels opening…which
Alexandra has successfully transferred. I was surprised by that because I always
expected another love interest to come in for the 2nd book if not
mixed into the middle-start 1st book.
I’ve read Hades and I do really love
that book so I can’t wait to post a review. Thanks guys!
Xoxo Chami.
