The Blurb
Maia
It's hard to be normal when you see the dead everywhere. So I gave up. I just
focus on staying out of their way. But the guy haunting my roommate is
different. He’s impossible to ignore, and now other people can see him too.
He says my roommate is the only one who can save him from an eternity of
torment. But one night he follows me into my nightmare and rescues me from my
demons. Now he’s all I think about. This must be what it's like to fall... for
someone who can never be mine.
Caleb
A lifetime ago, I found my soulmate in the human world. But being angelborn
means I don't have a soul. When I lost my one true love, I lost my future and
my freedom. Now, I have a second chance — she's been reborn and I must gain her
love again or serve out the rest of my eternal sentence alone.
But this time I am a fugitive with powerful angels hunting me, and I'm running
out of time. You only get one soulmate, and mine isn't the broken, scarred
girl, who sees what no one else can. She's a distraction I can scarcely afford
— but I'm unable to stay away from her.
*** A standalone, new adult paranormal romance. 40,000 words.
My review
As soon as I finished this book I bought book two of the series,
Angelfall. I couldn’t believe how good it was. I love a great paranormal and I
definitely got one. The romance between Maia and Caleb was amazing, subtle
until it wasn’t anymore. I enjoyed the growth and complexity of Maia and how
she learned to deal with her gift and gave so selfishly of herself. Oh the
power of love.
Although Maia has a dark personality because of what she’s gone through
in life, she brings quite a bit of humor to the story.
I’m so happy I found a new author to love.
I give this book five out of five portal shaped chocolate bars.
The Blurb
Their love could break the
world.
Lyrix, the first new angel to emerge in a millennium, brings hope for her
endangered race. But the weight of duty is heavy. As the newest and strongest,
she is expected to become a Seraph, one of the stoic angel kings and queens.
She dreads the prospect of losing all her emotions in the transformation, but
avoiding her destiny may lead to extinction for her kind.
Wren is half-human and a second-class citizen among angels. A chance meeting
with Lyrix leaves them both yearning for a life lived on their own terms. A
relationship between an angel and an angelborn is unprecedented, and powerful
forces oppose their union. On a journey to the human world, tragedy strikes,
and Wren and Lyrix realize their love may destroy both worlds.
My Review
I believe it’s the uniqueness of L. Penelope's writing that I enjoyed most about
this book. It didn’t fall into a linear pattern, and yet everything came out so
clear and entertaining. I liked Wren from book one when he helped Caleb. The
story between Lyrix and Wren was involving and heart wrenching at
times. A wonderful angelic tale.
I like that the angels in her books are different from what I’ve ever
learned. It gives me a completely different perspective about angels and their
politics as created by one author.
I purchased this book from Amazon.
I give this book five out of five rainbow shaped chocolate bars.
Do you recall back in the day when everyone started talking
about angels? Well, maybe they didn’t start, but they became really popular.
The show Touched by an Angel became
huge. And Michael Landon played an angel in Highway
to Heaven. (Am I dating myself?) Angel paraphernalia was everywhere. I’m
sure Hallmark made loads of money.
I’ve been reading about angels in novels. Not messenger
angels either, but kick ass ones. It got me thinking about what kind of angel
I’d be if I were ever called to be one (a lot of laughter coming from this very
faulty human). I’ve decided on an archangel – yes, can’t you see it? Archangel
Nana. None of this “Hail, I come with glad tidings” for me. I’m the kind who
wields a sword and knows how to use it. 
