Book Review: Angel Eyes by Shannon Dittemore

About the book:

Once you've seen, you can't unsee. Everything changes when you've looked at the world through . . .Angel Eyes

Brielle went to the city to chase her dreams and found tragedy instead. She's come home to shabby little Stratus, Oregon, to live with her grief and her guilt . . . and the incredible, numbing cold she can't seem to shake.

Jake's the new guy at school. The boy next door with burning hands and an unbelievable gift that targets him for corruption.

Something more than fate has brought them together. An evil bigger than both of them lurks in the shadows nearby, hiding in plain sight. Two angels stand guard, unsure what's going to happen. And a beauty brighter than Jake or Brielle has ever seen is calling them to join the battle in a realm where all human choices start.

A realm that only angels and demons-and Brielle-can perceive.



About the author, Shannon: 

Shannon is a wife and mother. A sister. A daughter. A friend. She was raised in Northern California by her parents-pastors of their local church and constant figures of inspiration.

As a youth, Shannon traveled with an award-winning performing arts team, excelling on stage and in the classroom. As a young adult, she attended Portland Bible College, continued acting, and worked with an outreach team targeting inner-city kids in the Portland-Metropolitan area.

It was in Portland that she met her husband, Matt. They were married in 2002. Soon after, they took the reins of the youth ministry at Living Way Community Church in Roseville, California where they continue to serve in that capacity. In October of 2004, their son Justus was born, followed by their daughter Jazlyn, born in 2008. 

Find out more at www.shannondittemore.com.

My Review:  I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.  I had a hard time putting it down and enjoyed so much about it!  I found my self sucked into the story from the very beginning and wanted to know more about each of the characters and what made them tick.  I really like the story line and reading about something that felt both fictional but real all at the same time.  My one downside is this, having read as many books as I have, it is hard to not compare them to one another.  I kept feeling like the book had a lot in common with our YA books that I have read lately; comically enough Shannon does reference Twilight on more than one occasion.  You know, the whole girl is broken, girl meets boy, boy is insecure himself, boy and girl rescue each other kind of thing.  On the other hand, the feeling that the book had qualities like unto the other books I have read and loved is not a bad thing, because after all, I loved those books.  I would definitely not recommend this book for anyone under 14 as it does have some content that I would not my children reading about at a young age (children being sold and violence).  I did greatly enjoy this easy read and look forward to the next in the series.

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Disclosure: I received a copy of Angel Eyes free of charge from Litfuse Publicity Group in order to facilitate a review. All thoughts expressed are 100% my own!