Overall, I find Barbara Taylor Bradford novels to be pretty decent reads. "Angel" was another one of those books.
The four main characters met as teenage orphans in the late 1970's. They vowed that they would always remain a family and loyal to each other. Rosalind Madigan is the leader of the group. She is an Academy Ward winning costume designer. Gavin Ambrose is a Hollywood star. His personal life is falling apart. Nell Jeffrey is Rosalind's best friend and the head of an international public relations firm. Kevin Madigan is Rosalind's brother and an undercover police officer. They all have regrets, including not being as loyal to each other, as they could have been. The plot follows their relationships with each other and others. Another well-written novel with a great ending. ( )

The story of four special friends whose lives take them from New York to Hollywood and Paris.

Four high-powered friends feature in this exciting book which has some surprises and a shocking climax. However it's unfortunately padded with a lot of detail about the past lives of all the characters, which was tedious and unecessary. Hard to relate to any of them, too. ( )

“Angel” is an extremely long novel about Rosie, Nell, Gavin and Kevin who are friends. Gavin is a movie star and Rosie designs costumes for his movies and, in theory, other people’s movies. Kevin is Rosie’s sister and an NYPD officer. Nell is a successful publicist. The first 140 pages of this book introduce these people and tell us what they all think of each other. The next third of the book elucidates how, even though they are all fabulously rich and successful (except Kevin’s not rich, because he’s a cop, but he’s still very good at it), none of them are very good at having a personal life and managing romantic relationships.
In the last third of the book, the four friends seem to begin to suck slightly less, but alas, they do not. The book also begins to suck slightly less, but then, just as it threatens to have some sort of plot, the loose ends are abruptly severed (NOT tied up) and the book ends happily ever after. Wow, was this a giant waste of my time. ( )

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