Kissed by an Angel

The book I have is a three- in - one. The original trilogy, released in 1995, was combined into one big book. At first thought, I would read the first book and then just put the book away for a while. Yeah. That didn't happen. The story wasn't close to being over at the end of the first book, it wasn't even close to having closure. And then there was the end of the second book. Wow. Talk about a cliff hanger! There was no possible way I could have just put the book back on the shelf without finishing all three stories.

The stories are good. They are young adult books and are a very easy read. The story caught my attention and kept me going. The books revolve around Ivy, a new girl in school, who falls for the star swimmer, Tristan. show more Besides her crush, she is trying to make friends, and deal with her mother's new marriage, her young brother, and her step-brother Gregory. After a horrible car accident kills Tristan, he becomes an angel watching over Ivy. She needs a lot of watching out for. The car crash wasn't an accident and strange things keep happening. Slowly she begins to put the pieces of Tristan's murder together and she wonders if she was the intended victim.

While not everyone will enjoy the simplicity of this young adult novel, I do recommend it to those who like a little mystery, a little fantasy, and a little romance. It has all three. show less

I read the three in one edition which flowed very well, the only indications of a different book being the subtle recaps, jumping forward in time a few weeks and the use of main characters last names.

All the time you hear about books that are big tearjerkers but they never seem to affect me, that was until this book. It makes it very clear on the blurb that Tristan dies, he even dies on the third or so page, but I could not get over it. The author giving us an account of how Tristan and Ivy started dating was necessary but made it that much harder to move on from his death, when it repeats his death I started crying because I had come to love Tristan because he was so caring and funny. That scene in the pool where he teaches her to show more float is so heartbreaking. After he dies, every time Tristan is mentioned by Ivy tears well up in my eyes and I get all choked up because it is just so unfair, why did he have to die?

This book was completely amazing and also gets into my books as one of the most romantic ever mostly due to that beautiful scene with the Moonlight Sonata. Credit where its due to the author for also making this a great mystery novel with some great comedy thrown in. show less

A charming story of love, trust, grief and the ability to believe. Tristain's character made me wish so many times that he wasn't dead and stay with Ivy. So many tender moments in this story, that were truly heartbreaking.

Cute and sweet. Pretty light for a book about angels and death.

I thought it was cute but the writing seemed pretty light and young. I'm interested to see if it changes as you get farther in the series.

Ivy e Tristan foram feitos um para o outro. Eles discordavam apenas em um ponto - Tristan nunca acreditou em anjos. Ivy, por sua vez, fez dos anjos seus protetores nos momentos mais difíceis. E quando Ivy sente ter encontrado o amor de sua vida, um acidente muda o rumo desta história, fazendo com que Ivy questione a existência de algo que era certo em sua vida - os anjos.

[Tuesday, August 4, 2010] I started this book. But couldn't finish it past chapter 4!

[Wednesday, March 30, 2011] I reached chapter nine, and I think Tristan is such a great guy, but Ivy'a step-brother is creepy. I felt sorry when Ivy had to give up her cat Ella, I had to do the same to my cat Miri.

[Tuesday, ‎February ‎26, ‎2013] This year I plan to read all the books that I left hanging, so this is the second on the list. I had to re-read the few chapters to remember what the book was about, in any case, I like it immensely so far, can't wait to see what will happen next, though I have a hunch. I liked reading something written in the 90s, it felt cute and strange reading about people not having mobiles and so on. It felt simple.

[Tuesday, August 4, 2010] I started this book. But couldn't finish it past chapter 4!

[Wednesday, March 30, 2011] I reached chapter nine, and I think Tristan is such a great guy, but Ivy'a step-brother is creepy. I felt sorry when Ivy had to give up her cat Ella, I had to do the same to my cat Miri.

[Tuesday, ‎February ‎26, ‎2013] This year I plan to read all the books that I left hanging, so this is the second on the list. I had to re-read the few chapters to remember what the book was about, in any case, I like it immensely so far, can't wait to see what will happen next, though I have a hunch. I liked reading something written in the 90s, it felt cute and strange reading about people not having mobiles and so on. It felt simple.