Can I give this 10 stars? I can't believe I didn't read this sooner. Full review coming when I can actually write it down. ( )

Oh, man. I have things to say. Or, well, one thing to say.

LAZINESS.

I get the feeling that the author just really wanted to start off with the plot right away. Which usually, you know, would be good.

But in this case, the plot involved the main character and the main love interest being in love.

So what did the author do?

Well, she certainly did not give any time whatsoever to developing a relationship between the two of them.

It was like this: Chapter 1 Eden and Az meet and go on a totally unrealistic first date, five minutes after they meet. Chapter 2 Gabe (another character) watched Eden and Az make out on a beach, presumably a couple weeks later. Eden and Az declare their undying love for one another right before Az tells her that he's an angel.

Yeah. And I never really got into them. I Just don't know why they love each other, so everyhting in their relationship is baseless for me.

Because the author was LAZY. Put some work into it!

Actually, I do have one more thing to say-- Now, I haven't necessarily heard of anyone disliking this book, but I can definitely see how large percentage of the world's population could be offended by the ending.

Also, I fully intended to skip the rest of the series, but the end got me hooked. I gotta know what happens to Gabe.

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[Sunday, ‎June ‎03, ‎2012] Eden, once a lonely human who lost her heart to a fallen angel and now trapped between Heaven and Hell, discovers that her Touch can strip away morals and logic of mortals, but may also be able to provide Siders like herself with release.

I found myself unable to get into this book. I was confused and just lost through a lot of it. Also I felt the cursing in this book was gratuitous. I loved the cover. ( )

I picked this book up thinking, "Wow, this is exactly the kind of thing I'll enjoy!" I mean, angels, romance, strange immortals, well, those are things I generally really find fun in a book. And then I started reading. And I honestly couldn't get into this book at all. I really hate to say this, but I don't know why I bothered finishing it. By halfway through, I knew it wasn't going to get any better. I just have a hard time putting a book down. It's like I'm failing it or something :) Anyhow, I really had no connection with any of the characters, felt like the explanations for the Siders, and their random "touch" were not explained at all, and well, just really couldn't get into it. And a few times I wanted to just tell the characters to stop fighting--that they just needed to grow up a bit. (Okay, yeah, I know, they're teens, but they were acting much younger...) Anyhow, yeah, just really not my kind of book. Not at all interested in seeing what happens in the next books either. I hate writing reviews like this, but honestly, I definitely should have just put this one down and read something else. ( )