Review: Angel Eyes by Shannon Dittemore

Title: Angel Eyes
Author: Shannon Dittemore
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
Summary: Goodreads
Buy: Amazon
Rating: 3.5 stars


*Obtained from Netgallery and Publisher for honest review


Summary: Once you’ve seen, you can’t unsee. Everything changes when you’ve looked at the world through . . .

ANGEL EYES

Brielle’s a ballerina who 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.

Review: The amount of Angel books out right now is almost ridiculous but I can't say I'm complaining.


The moment we meet Brielle I take a liking to her character. But I also feel incredibly sad for her. She lost her best friend and has this over bearing guilt that she constantly follows her. I can't even imagine what I would do if my best friend died; I'd probably be a complete mess. And I liked that the mourning period was appropriate; I hate when the moment the main character meets the love interest suddenly all their guilt or sadness just magically goes away. Something like that doesn't just go away and I liked that the author didn't do that. 


As for the angel aspect I liked that it was different. I tried comparing it to other angel books I've read but I always come up blank. It's like nothing I've read so far and I found that really refreshing considering how big angel books have been recently in YA. I loved the switch in pov's throughout the book, we even got to see things through the bad guy's pov. The action and mystery part of the book was well written and definitely left me on my toes at times.


I really like Jake but I felt like the romance part of the book kind of lacked. I felt like they just sorta  fell in love with each other and all they said was hi to each other. Okay I'm exaggerating but you know what I mean. It was a bit too cliche and fast to make it believable to me. 


I enjoyed Angel Eyes and I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a good angel read. I look forward to seeing what else the author publishes in the future.