Angel Burn
l. a. weatherly
Released: May 24, 2011
Published by: Candlewick
Description from Goodreads:
They're out for your soul.
And they don't have heaven in mind...
Willow knows she's different from other girls, and not just because she loves tinkering with cars. Willow has a gift. She can look into the future and know people's dreams and hopes, their sorrows and regrets, just by touching them. she has no idea where this power comes from. But the assassin, Alex, does. Gorgeous, mysterious Alex knows more about Willow than Willow herself does. He knows that her powers link to dark and dangerous forces and that he's one of the few humans left who can fight them. When Alex finds himself falling in love with his sworn enemy, he discovers that nothing is as it seems, least of all good and evil.
And they don't have heaven in mind...
Willow knows she's different from other girls, and not just because she loves tinkering with cars. Willow has a gift. She can look into the future and know people's dreams and hopes, their sorrows and regrets, just by touching them. she has no idea where this power comes from. But the assassin, Alex, does. Gorgeous, mysterious Alex knows more about Willow than Willow herself does. He knows that her powers link to dark and dangerous forces and that he's one of the few humans left who can fight them. When Alex finds himself falling in love with his sworn enemy, he discovers that nothing is as it seems, least of all good and evil.
Um. Wow. I was really surprised by this book. I went in thinking that it will be very similar to Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton (Which is amazing. Go read it) and was completely blown away by the whole story.
Plot. Love it. I was never bored and I quickly read this from cover to cover. The only thing that really distracted me was the switching POV's. For Willow, it's was first person, which I was okay with because I was able to get into her head. Fine. But for Alex and some other characters, it was in third person that really threw me a curveball. A story with multiple POV's, HOW CAN IT BE!? The only other story I read with multiple POV's was the Beautiful Creatures books and that follows Ethan and the stories of the past. I became used to it by the time I finished, but that is really my only complaint.
Characters. I LOVE YOU ALEX. YOU ARE AMAZING AND PERFECT. DON'T CHANGE. Willow, you are truly unique. Love how good you are with mechanics. I am kind of jealous. I don't have a clue with what to do with my poor car, Jace. All of the people with the Angel Burn? You guys need to get a life and stop following those wackos. I worry about you.
Angels. It was really weird reading about angels being the bad guys. I have always viewed them as the good beings, the ones that will save us all, yatta yatta. This was nice to get another perspective on them. I just watched my first Doctor Who episode with the Weeping Angels and I will never look at statues of angels the same way again. So yeah. Angels can be bad also I guess. Dean and Sam, turns out you were right all along.
My one and only question:
If Willow and Alex are on the run from pretty much all of the wackos living in the U.S. why didn't they just, I don't know, dye Willow's hair a different color? It would have made much more sense than just hiding it under a hat. But that is just my thought.
So this was a pretty good read. If you are a fan of angels, try this one, because it offers a different perspective on them that I found pretty interesting. It is a really good book and I need to get my hands on the second one, even though Buffy has already spoiled half of the book for me.
Review by Sammi
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And now...Buffy's review on Angel Burn (which I am copying from her Goodreads account and she does not even know it...)
I will also apologize in advance for Buffy's vulgarity. I am working on filtering her mouth with her. (Love you lots, Buffy!)
I liked the concept of this book and how different Willow was without it seeming cheesy. Her relationship with her mother is so sweet but Aunt Jo I just wanted to slap the shit out of. Like jezum lady get emotional. I loved Willow's best friend! You go girly fight the power with the epicness of twitter.
Alex. Oh Alex. Did anyone else hear the song "So Seductive" when he did anything? Nope. Just me? Okay *in my head* SO SEDUCTIVE! Like I said before the concept was all dark and twisty, I loved that! I was thinking going into this book that its was going to be all "angel's are good" and happy shit. But that you open the book and get bitched slapped with an epic love story/ war.
One thing that I didn't like so much was how quickly Alex and Willow fell in love. It just seemed rushed. But the cabin scenes were lovely ;) I really do like Alex and Willow together. But this book would have been so much more wondefluff if Alex had been half angel, and Willow the bad ass in the Porsche saving his ass at the Church of Wackadoos.
Alex. Oh Alex. Did anyone else hear the song "So Seductive" when he did anything? Nope. Just me? Okay *in my head* SO SEDUCTIVE! Like I said before the concept was all dark and twisty, I loved that! I was thinking going into this book that its was going to be all "angel's are good" and happy shit. But that you open the book and get bitched slapped with an epic love story/ war.
One thing that I didn't like so much was how quickly Alex and Willow fell in love. It just seemed rushed. But the cabin scenes were lovely ;) I really do like Alex and Willow together. But this book would have been so much more wondefluff if Alex had been half angel, and Willow the bad ass in the Porsche saving his ass at the Church of Wackadoos.
Thank you Buffy for that lovely review.
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