Plot: eh. 3.5/5
Sort of like your average ghost story (the Mediator by Meg Cabot, Haunting Emma by Lee Nichols, etc.) but sorta not.

The Characters: 4/5
Meridian: is a believable character. She had believeable reactions to things.
Tens: Uh… why was he so mean to her in the beginning?
Auntie: sweet old lady. Sweet, sweet old lady.
Sammy: I think we should’ve gotten to know Sammy better, or he should’ve had a more active role in the plot of the book. Take Ethan from the Iron King. That was a little brother done well.
Perimo: One of the best characters, if you ask me. But then again, I do love my antagonists. Especially when they’re creepy like this. :D

The Romance: 2.5/5
Ah, instalove. You all know I usually take it, and I did enjoy Tens, but I didn’t believe this romance. Plus, I felt like I’ve read it somewhere before. It might be that I read half of this book about three years ago, but I also think that’s just an overdone concept. Have the boy start out really mean and the have the two characters fall I love. Correct me I I’m wrong, but didn’t that happen in Haunting Emma a little bit? Also, the Summoning trilogy.

1 point extra credit for being set in Colorado.

Overall grade: 10/15. A solid C. Not a bad book, but nothing exceptional, either. Exceedingly average.
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The epilogue was fantastic. I was really looking forward to a great story, This just was not it. Not enough character/world building, it was choppy. I think it was worth reading, it was interesting and new in concept. Perhaps a second book will build it more ? A super fasst read. ( )

Well written, interesting character you rooted for, world-building not same-old-same-old, no inexplicable love triangles or endless teenage angst despite main character's age (16) at start of this series. Angels and religion get to be angels and religion versus an almost unrecognizable paranormal race or mythology--except afterlife disturbingly left to chance so that if main character and her people are around when you die you go to heaven but if bad guys around you get taken to hell. The only reason I'm not rating higher is that there are areas of plot/action where both good guy rescues and bad guy threats are rather out of nowhere (can we all chant deus ex machina?). Not the best writing/plot to just have people popup as you need them. Looking forward to reading next book in series and have high hopes for series overall (could get really good if author does a good story arc; could suck if just degenerates into mysterious aid always appearing or adventure after adventure of characters on a quest for others with her powers just going from place to place -- but we'll see) ( )

The writing was a little loose and crazy sometimes but it was still and interesting read and concept. Looking foward to somemore. ( )

On her sixteenth birthday, Meridian is whisked off to her great-aunt's home in Revelation, Colorado, where she learns that she is a Fenestra, the half-human, half-angel link between the living and the dead, and must learn to help human souls to the afterlife before the dark forces reach them. ( )