Heaven

Heaven

Title: "Heaven"
Author: Alexandra Adornetto
Plot: The plot continues to thicken in the sizzling third and last book in Adornetto's "Halo" series which followed the relationship of Xavier Woods and Bethany Church (now of course Woods) and troubles that resulted due to that relationship, from both upstairs and and down. One of these troubles is that immediately following the secret wedding ceremony between Xavier and Beth, a Reaper appears in the chapel in Venus Cove. Beth gets her angel on shoving Xavier behind her to protect him. But the Reaper isn't after him. He instead turns his attention to Father Mel and takes him as divine punishment for having helped the newly weds even knowing that Beth wasn't regular flavored human.

"Halo" (book one) saw the start of the relationship between Xavier and Beth as well the friendship of Beth and Molly. it was also in book one that Jake Thorn was introduced with threatening clarity.

"Hades" (book two) saw Jake drag an unwitting Beth into Hell where he kept her as his, albeit luxuriously treated, prisoner. It also introduces the conflict between Beth and Lucifer.

"Heaven" (book three) is where that hostility is exacerbated. A lot of important events happen in this last installment like Xavier, Beth and Molly going to the college of their dreams as well as Molly getting engaged and serious about relationships. There are also some shocking revelations in store which I won't hint at lest I ruin the surprise.

Apart from the ending my other favorite part of this last book was the scene on page 97 when Beth meets not only her room mate, Mary Ellen, but Mary Ellen's family and the exchange is between Mary Ellen and her brother Jordan about the unsuitability of a particularly short dress that his sister is planning on wearing to parties with boys on campus.

Also points go to Miss Adornetto for her awesome James Dean reference on page 100 which was quite nicely done and hilarious.

Rating: 5/5 beats of an angels wing. This is a definite for my book wishlist!!

I found that I enjoyed "Heaven" even more than I enjoyed the other two because the writing felt more polished. It was easy to see how, even in "Halo", how Miss Adornetto matured in herself and her writing from the start of the book to the middle and the best part is that you can see a definite further maturation of herself and her talents as a writer in this last book of the series. As she started to lace biblical elements and legends into her story her writing got stronger and more detailed as a result. This series was such a fantastic one to read and one that I will happily be buying for my personal library.