Heaven (Alexandra Adornetto)

      **Contains spoilers to "Hades"**

When Xavier asked Bethany to marry him, neither of them quite understood what Heaven would think of it.

But giving up everything they had besides each other was not part of how they imagined marriage. They did not think Seven angles would try to hunt them down for disobeying Heaven.

Xavier did not think he would have to leave his family.

Beth did not think of what Ivy and Gabriel would have to decide between.

Neither of them thought Gabriel would have to give up something so important to him.

But marriage is about sacrifice, so they should have already known what they were going to have to give up.

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There was a build up since "Hades" for a war between Heaven and Hell. IT DID NOT HAPPEN!!! I am so disappointed in that.

This book had way too much going on. There were, like, 4 mini climax's, but not a real big one at the end. Mostly, because the ending was so predictable. It was what everyone thought would happen at the very end.

I was shocked by how much Gabriel changed in this book. He did things that he would have not even conciered doing at the beginning of the series. His dynamic change made everyone else seem static.

                            *******SPOILER ALERT******

There was so many story lines that did not end. Gabriel and Molly was the one that bugged me the most. There was so much build up for them to become a couple. I was routing for them. But they did not even say if they got together at the end or not.

Another thing; did Gabriel stay being an Arch angle? Was did bumped down because his disobeyed The Seven? Did his wings grow back? Does he still have human emotions???

Also, the fight between God and Satin. That would have been so interesting to read! Ont thing that really annoyed me was the fact that God never interferied with Beth and Xavier's relationship. Even Satin had a role in it!

But at the same time, it ended when it had to. Beth and Xavier got there "happily ever after". But It would have been nice if there was an epilogue saying if they had any kids, if Xavier's family forgave Beth or how Ivy and Gabriel were affected by Beth becoming a human.

Personally, I think Xavier should have died and then became an angle like everyone knew he would. Now, I think the ending is a little less sweet, because we know when he dies he will become an angle, and Beth won't be with him.

This book was good, but there are so many unanswered questions.

4.5 out of 5 stars.

Hades (Alexandra Adornetto)

When Beth's friends decide to preform a séance, Bethany got a little nervous, but then she figured; what could go wrong?

Firstly, a demon was able to come to Earth and take Bethany to Hell, or Hades, to make her his prize. 

Secondly, Hell is not a nice place for an angle to be living in, with all the suffering souls and demons.

And thirdly, angles can't get in or out of Hell without a portal.

But the most important question is; why is one of the highest ranked demons wasting time on making an angle his bride?

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Well this one was a lot better then the first.

I think going to Hades was good for Bethany. She became less of the self- absorbed person she was at the end of "Halo" and more of the strong, independent girl I loved reading about at the begging of the book. Her change in personally was opposite from what it was in "Halo".

I really enjoyed the antagonist, because I don't really think he was so bad. All he really wanted was for Bethany to be happy. Even though he manipulated her, caused her pain, and wanted to kill the person she loved, I believe he did love her, in his own creepy, evil way.

The ending, again, I predicted. But not from the first page, which was nice. But it would be really nice for the ending to not be predictable.

I however, did not enjoy the lack of imagery. I know completely how all the character look, but it would be nice to know what Hell looks like besides its people and buildings. I want to know what the scenery is like, what colour the sky is, and all of the other little things.

But overall, it was an amazing book

4.7 out of 5 stars

Halo (Alexandra Adornetto)

With all of the bad things happening on Earth because of demons from hell, angles are coming down from heaven to towns with lots of bad things happening in hopes of saving humans from the evils of Hell.

Bethany, Ivy and Gabriel are angles that came to Earth. But no one knows why they chose Bethany to come; she is one of the angles who deals with people when they die, not one of the powerful ones.

Bethany decides to try and have every important moment teenage humans get, 'cause she does not believe she will ever come back to Earth. But when her want to do human things involve love, the whole mission of saving Venus Cove could be in jeopardy.

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That book had the most predictable ending ever. I guessed almost that exact ending when I finished the first chapter.

The theme to this book was horrible. I really hope what I got from

 this book is not what most people get from this book; to disobey every rule you are given for love. To potentially destroy Earth as we know it for love. Not a good theme in my opinion.

The best thing in this book was characterization. Bethany changed so much throughout it. Personally, I think she became a dependent selfish girl, but was a selfless powerful girl at the begging of the book. But the change was interesting to watch.

Overall, I enjoyed this book. It was an easy read with nothing much too it. There was never a dull moment in this book, which was really nice.

3.75 out of 5 stars