What if there were teens whose lives literally depended on being bad influences?
This is the reality for sons and daughters of fallen angels.
Tenderhearted
Southern girl Anna Whitt was born with the sixth sense to see and feel
emotions of other people. She’s aware of a struggle within herself, an
inexplicable pull toward danger, but Anna, the ultimate good girl, has
always had the advantage of her angel side to balance the darkness
within. It isn’t until she turns sixteen and meets the alluring Kaidan
Rowe that she discovers her terrifying heritage and her willpower is put
to the test. He’s the boy your daddy warned you about. If only someone
had warned Anna.
Forced to face her destiny, will Anna embrace her halo or her horns?
Anna is the epitome of a sweet southern girl, until she meets Kaidan.
That sounds all dramatic, like love at first sight or something, but
besides for her incredibly obvious immediate crush on him, meeting him
leads to her discovery of who she really is-a Neph (I hate that word!!!
Stop trying to be cool and just say Nephilim!!), a child of one of the
twelve dukes who walk around the Earth trying to get humans to sin.
Anna's dad has been in prison since the day Anna was born (which she
actually remembers-one of the odd perks of being a Neph) for drug
trafficking and Kaidan, who is also a Neph (AAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!!), is the
son of the duke of .......I don't really want to discuss that but let
me tell you-what Kaidan has to do for his dad is messed up. Almost as
messed up as what the twins have to do. Anyhow, back to my not-so-short
synopsis, Anna is an extra-special Neph because she's also half angel,
which means she is literally torn between good and evil. The dukes,
demons, and Neph all expect her to try to get poor mortals (I never got
why humans are called mortals in some books when the supernaturals are
also mortal) to sin, while the other side of her is trying to stay the
innocent little good girl. And trying to resist Kaidan's many charms.
SPOILERS AHEAD
What
was up with Anna's dad? I get the whole good guy pretending he's bad
thing but it felt like he was too forthcoming with Anna about it. What
if she had been turned totally evil or, even more probable, someone was
listening in? Kaidan could have been spying for his dad, but instead
Anna trusted him completely while for all she knew it could have been an
act because Kaidan is very good at manipulating girls.
As much as I've been complaining about Kaidan and his ahem
talents, the romance between him and Anna was adorable, tragic,
tragicly adorable, and adorably tragic. The sucker for romance hidden
right under my totally translucent surface thinks it is so perfect (and
typical, but still perfect) that someone as dangerous as Kaidan should
fall for someone as genuine, innocent, and honest as Anna. (I used the
word "sweet" to describe her once and didn't want to use it again.)
The
only real problem I had with this book was that despite the riveting
storyline and sudden plot-twists, there were times when I felt as if the
writing itself was too juvenile for the story it was telling at some
points. However, because I was so focused on the story, once the magic
started (not literal magic, don't get excited) I didn't care about
sophistication (not that I'm one to talk) and just wanted to read and
read and read and read and read and I think you got the point.
I
used a lot of parentheses in this post. There should be a duke of
parentheses. Or bad grammar. He could go around to schools teaching kids
bad English and convincing them that it's ok to send professional
emails as if they were text messages.
5 stars. Watch out-the events in the last bit are totally unexpected and may make you weep a little. Poor Gerlinda.
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