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Halo (Halo Trilogy Book 1) (edition 2010)

by Alexandra Adornetto (Author)

Series: Halo Trilogy (1)

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When three angels are sent from heaven to protect the town of Venus Cove against the gathering forces of darkness, their mission is threatened as the youngest angel, Bethany, enrolls in high school and falls in love with another student.
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Title:Halo (Halo Trilogy Book 1)
Authors:Alexandra Adornetto (Author)
Info:Feiwel & Friends (2010), 428 pages
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Tags:young-adult, paranormal, 06-owtr

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Halo by Alexandra Adornetto

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    Unearthly by Cynthia Hand (Anonymous user)
    Anonymous user: Both books revolve around a teenage angel falling in love with a human boy
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    Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick (becksdakex)
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    Remember Me by Christopher Pike (dylamyy)
    dylamyy: This is suuuch a good book! It's also spiritual and it has a hint of romance. Read all 3 volumes! This is a cliff hanger if you don't read all of them book-by-book.
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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? ( )
  Gmomaj | May 11, 2023 |
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. ( )
  librariefellngs | Nov 20, 2022 |
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. ( )
  xofelf | Apr 5, 2022 |
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. ( )
  reader1009 | Jul 3, 2021 |
I have no idea what this was. It started off okay, but then It just got real weird. Some of it conflicted with the Bible a lot and Bethany was more or a rebellious teenager than an angel. Gabriel and Ivy were too much like her parents. I feel like this might have been a teenage romance with strict parents and it would have been a whole let better because then the author could have felt with family relations and perhaps religion conflicts if they were super extreme. Also, none of the angels seemed to be doing much good work to resort man's good faith, and I guessed who the demon was way before Bethany was even suspicious. It's so sad that this book had so much potential yet it flopped out if the sky, sadly. ( )
  afrozenbookparadise | Apr 22, 2021 |
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De engel Bethany (17) wordt als tiener naar een slaperig stadje in de V.S. gezonden. Met haar broer Gabriël (de strijder) en zus Ivy (de heler) vormt ze een gezin, dat zoveel mogelijk hun identiteit verbergt. Op de middelbare school krijgt Bethany echter, tegen de regels van de Hemel, een relatie met Xavier. Als er nog een bovennatuurlijk persoon op school verschijnt, ontbrandt een strijd tussen goed en kwaad. Dit in de ik-vorm geschreven internationale debuut van de jonge Australische schrijfster (1993) begint met een wat ouwelijke beschrijving van de gezinssituatie. Humoristisch is de confrontatie van de onervaren Bethany met de wereld en het schoolleven. Spannend wordt het door de badboy en zijn invloed op gebeurtenissen in het stadje. Vlotte dialogen tekenen deze strijd tegen de machten der duisternis, die deze roman voor 14-plussers ook een moralistisch tintje geeft.
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O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art
As glorious to this night, being o'er my head,
As is a winged messenger of heaven
Unto the white-upturned wond'ring eyes
Of mortals that fall back to gaze on him.
--William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet
Baby, I can see your halo
You know you're my saving grace
--Beyonce, "Halo"
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To Frau Hale, for teaching me about the things that really matter
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Our arrival didn't exactly go as planned.
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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 must work hard to conceal their luminous glow, superhuman powers, and, most dangerous of all, their wings, all the while avoiding all human attachments.Then Bethany meets Xavier Woods, and neither of them is able to resist the attraction between them. Gabriel and Ivy do everything in their power to intervene, but the bond between Xavier and Bethany seems too strong.The angel’s mission is urgent, and dark forces are threatening. Will love ruin Bethany or save her?
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