Angel Lover

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Summary: Angel Lover
Review: I loved it - I couldn't put it down! A moving and touching story of unexpected love. More please!

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Summary: Angel Lover
Review: I loved it! I had borrowed a copy from a friend but I have now got my own copy. It was an easy read and one that kept your attention to finish in a couple of sittings. I got the same feeling reading this book that I got reading "Mists of Avalon". One feels like this author has an inside track on that world that most of us believe in but push aside. I want more from this author! You are left contented but knowing that there must be more to this story.

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Summary: Reviewing Angels
Review: I loved it! I had borrowed a copy from a friend but I have now got my own copy. It was an easy read and one that kept your attention to finish in a couple of sittings. I got the same feeling reading this book that I got reading "Mists of Avalon". One feels like this author has an inside track on that world that most of us believe in but push aside. I want more from this author! You are left contented but knowing that there must be more to this story.

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Summary: "It was meant to be..."
Review: She was death, she was winter, she was sorrow. This is who she was, who she is, and who she would always be. It would never be any different...

Not only did Joshua Collin's witness his best friend, Brad, commit suicide by shooting himself and having to live with the guilt of not being able to save him in time but later in life he also lost his mother to breast cancer and was struggling with a strange disorder of hallucinations. Mainly because of his constant cuts and bruises due to hurting himself whenever he went into one of his episodes, he was the center of everyone's gossip in the small town of Nickel, Texas where he bought a house with the money he inherited from his mother's passing, sealing all the windows shut, which is an issue that has to do with the traumatic death of Brad back in High School. He lives a rather lonely life for he's afraid of hurting those around him and so he stays within his safety zones, rarely leaving the house only to see his psychiatrist several times a week or to do some grocery shopping to insure that if he's about to hallucinate again he'll have enough time to return home and lock himself within his own padded cellar that he can time for his eventual release. Then, out of nowhere, a stranger appears with her black flowing robes, armed with a sword at her side. She introduces herself as the Angel of Death - collector of souls - and is just as confused as he is about why He has sent her to this "familiar" mortal. At first she seems aloof and wary but they soon become closer, cherishing what little time they get together and falling in love as they realize that they both live in isolation. However, there's another who has much in common with the darkly cloaked servant of God, and that would be Lucifer who was once her friend but now her enemy, banished from the gates of Heaven. They too are alike and not only in the way they are dressed but also in how they're extremely different from all the other angels, and so she finds it hard to hate him for she sees herself in the Devil as well. She refuses to let her guard down, though, for she knows he's a menace, and he will do everything in his power to put an end to this growing union between her and Joshua.

I just finished reading Cynthia Cody's first novel, "Angel Lover", and I have mixed emotions about it. I felt that she needed to incorporate far more depth and far more realism to the character's development. The writing could have used some improvement too, and with better editing, but other than that I thought it was an interesting and engaging story that was fast-paced and an enjoyable, easy read. I did, however, think that at times it was a little TOO simple. The concept was good, though, and proves that Cynthia Cody has much potential and I do hope there's a sequel to this book (perhaps it will explain the ending better).