FROM PUBLISHER: An angel is sent to Earth on a mission. Three angels--Gabriel, the warrior, Ivy, the healer, and Bethany, the youngest and most human--are sent by Heaven to bring good to a world falling under the influence of darkness. They work hard to conceal their luminous glow, superhuman powers, and most dangerous of all, their wings, all while avoiding all human attachments.

Then Bethany meets Xavier Woods, and neither of them are able to resist the attraction between them. Gabriel and Ivy do everything in their power to intervene, but yhr bond seems too strong.

The angels' mission is urgent, and dark forces are threatening. Will love ruin Bethany or save her? ( )

I hate this book. Here is a quick review of the book.

Halo is a not-very-inspiring story about three angels sent to a posh coastal town called Venus Cove for some bizarre reason. They live lives of luxury and self-righteousness, doing very little proper service other than volunteering. A melodramatic and meandering plot follows Bethany and her melodramatic romance with Xavier. Some genuine conflict eventually shows up, several hundred pages too late to make the book any good, but that’s okay; as the author emphasizes several times, this book wasn’t written for artistic merit! Basically, it’s just a way to take your money and preach to you.

A lack of personality was apparent in the heroine. As opposed to doing well, she put her feelings about Xavier first. I found Xavier’s perfection sickening. He’s good-looking, but what else makes you want him? No more talking about his hair and eyes.

I hated the climax. When these characters realize there is a demon in town, they do nothing. In the meantime, they “wait for higher authorities to intervene.”

It would be easy for me to go on, but I don’t want to.

The end. ( )

La llegada inesperada de los hermanos Church, Gabriel, Ivy y Bethany, supone un revuelo en la pequeña población de Venus Cove. Son extremadamente bellos, inteligentes y misteriosos. ¿De dónde vienen? ¿Dónde están sus padres y por qué sobresalen sea la que sea la actividad que emprenden? Los tres son en realidad ángeles con la misión de salvar al mundo de su inminente destrucción. Tiene instrucciones claras: no deben formar vínculos demasiado fuertes con ningún humano y deben esforzarse en ocultar sus cualidades sobrehumanas. Pero Beth, la más inexperta, rompe una de las reglas sagradas: se enamora de Xavier Woods, el chico más guapo del colegio e incluso llega a revelarle su secreto. Y será entonces cuando deba tomar una decisión definitiva: desafiar la voluntad del Cielo y entregarse a él completamente o no, además de enfrentarse a las fuerzas oscuras que pretenden tomar Venus Cove como primer paso para su plan de destruir a la humanidad. Ivy, Gabriel y Xavier deberán unir sus fuerzas para salvarla y utilizar sus poderes para hacer el bien para contrarrestar a las poderosas fuerzas de la oscuridad.

I finished this book and the thought that came to mind was: I don't know if i like this book or if i want to throw it across the room.
It did everything i knew it was going to do when i picked it up, and that was it. I was hoping for some twist or turn that would make it different from similar books, and it just didn't seem to.
It is an easy read however, which is always good. ( )

Teen fiction; angel/human romance. A pretty good accomplishment for a teenager, but it still reads like it was written by a teenager. Granted, a teen that has read a lot and loves wordcraft, but the long descriptive passages with the fancy words thrown in weren't as smooth and effortless as those of a truly skilled writer. I think Adornetto may come out with something really good in several years with some practice/honing, and perhaps a wider outlook on life (not to be ageist or anything, but there is a huge difference between the experiences of a highschooler and someone who's been through college). This, however, just didn't do it for me. ( )