Halo, by Alexandra Adornetto

Before starting, let me just tell you that the author, Alexandra Adornetto, was 18 when she wrote Halo.

Halo was a very unique book, especially surrounded by all the other teen fantasy novels. Instead of vampires, there were angels, but the book didn't seem overly religious, like it was trying to convert you (well, mostly). The angels were different, not how you would imagine angels on earth to be, but still angels. Bethany and her two angel siblings, Gabriel and Ivy, were sent to a small town somewhere in Australia because there were strong dark forces there and they need to be counterbalanced. Bethany is a young angel, and the most human of the three. She meets Xavier and they fall in love, which is the forbiddenest of the forbidden. But, although the love story is a main focus of the book, dark things occur and the angels must rescue all the stupid teenagers of the town.

This was a very interesting book, even if it get a little bit generic with the love story. What I didn't like was that nothing happened for a hundred pages, then the next two hundred covered the love story, and the last hundred and plus was where the dark side came in.

4.5 stars