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Contemporary, Paranormal, Romance, Young Adult

Colorado

The night that Skye turns seventeen she meets two very different and enigmatic strangers. Their appearance in her life also manages to send it into a tail spin. Asher is dark and wild and Devin is his complete opposite being fair and aloof. The only thing Skye knows about them is that their presence seems to coincide with several strange events that are happening. She doesn’t know what they want from her or why they seem to follow her everywhere.

Skye ends up discovering a secret in the dead of a bitingly cold Colorado winter night. A secret that threatens to shatter the world she has always known. She is falling for Asher and yet can’t seem to stay away from Devin which is tearing her apart. What she soon finds out is that her choice will end up reaching farther than the three of them could begin to imagine.

This is the start of a series that starts out fast and pulls the reader into the story without letting go even after the last page is reached. The characters are well written and intriguing. The story slowly unfolds in such a way that it makes it very hard to put the book down until the reader finds out what is exactly going on. While it ends on a cliffhanger it proves to work with the story line and will have readers eagerly wanting to read the next book in the series. The story also takes some great twists and turns to keep the reader on the edge of their seats. This is one book worth checking out. It is also a book that while it seems to be lengthy once the readers starts they will find that they quickly reach the end long before they are ready too.


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A Beautiful Dark Jocelyn Davies Books Reviews

I LOVE when a book surprises me. It's always difficult for me to find a book that can capture my interest and suck me into their fictional world. That being said, A Beautiful Dark did just that. I loved all the characters, the story line and the romance. I had no idea what was going to happen or who Skye was going to end up with, and let me tell you, I was surprised.

A Beautiful Dark is about a seventeen year old girl named Skye. On the night of her birthday, she meets to enigmatic boys one with blonde hair and blue eyes and the other with dark hair and dark eyes. They both end up enrolling in her school and she has strange reactions to both. Soon we find out that the boys are anything but. They're angels sent to figure out Skye. As she learns about who she really is, she has a tough choice to make. Either join with the rebels aka the dark angels, or the Order aka the light angels. I was really happy that the angels in this book weren't obvious. I say that because an angel with the Order may not be as good as you might think, and vise versa for the Rebel angels. I also must say that even though this is a YA book, I really enjoyed that the author didn't paint the characters as immature or naive. They were just like normal teenagers. Just an all around great book that I would recommend to anyone.
Recently I have read quite a few books that have settings in colder, mountainous locations...and this book did a wonderful job of painting a gorgeous landscape in Colorado. The author created a fantastic situation in which to introduce Asher and Devin to Skye. The mysterious newcomers are perfectly blended into the scene of the night of Skye's birthday party.

The chemistry between Asher and Skye is undeniable, but there is also Devin who is the strong, silent, "zen" type and is also dreamy. I love trying to figure out their personalities and watching them each interact with Skye and with each other. You can definitely see that Asher & Devin have...issues with each other, and the conflict between them gives the story a feel that I would compare to a rubber band stretched to it's limit before snapping.

The story gets a little frustrating at some points because you want Skye to go ahead and figure her powers out so she can make up her mind about the huge decision she has to make, but at the same time...you get to savor the moments with her and the boys. (Which was fine by me.)

There isn't a lot of information given to the reader (or Skye for that matter), but it's better that way because the ending is SUCH a cliffhanger! You get to see who the heroic stud is out of Asher & Devin and it leaves you BEGGING for the story to continue. I loved Skye's BFFs Dan & Cassie (and Ian, I guess--he totally likes her, feeling is not mutual, poor thing)--they are GREAT supporting characters in her life and have surprises/secrets of their own. Her Aunt Jo is her mom's best friend that adopted her when her parents died in a car crash when Skye was little...and she's a strong mother-figure for her, but is absent a lot on her excursions. However, you really get to see how independent and resilient Skye is by herself.

I really enjoyed this book because I think it accurately depicts high schoolers that age without censoring so much that it becomes prude and unrealistic. I'm almost 24 and I know exactly how high schoolers behave, and some authors try to censor out all of the risky business which drives me crazy. The portrayal of the high school students and teachers in this book are REALISTIC and that is the best part because it makes the rest of the story easier to get lost in. I would definitely recommend this book if you love fallen angels!
Starts as an almost Mary-sue YA fiction, so saccharine it's like trudging through treacle to start with... but that endless trudge begins to become less of a task the farther into the novel you read... I found myself unwittingly invested towards the end and the climax was decent enough that I do want to know what happens next... it's refreshing to see a YA fiction about otherworldly creatures that aren't considered to be inherently monstrous or dangerous. The writing itself blunders between simplistic exposition and attempting to show some range but it doesn't quite make it's mark since those parts were difficult to create a scene in my mind that mirrored the author's vision. On the whole I would say slightly better than above-average but it's definitely take or leave it as to whether you truly NEED to find out what happens to satisfy your curiosity. If the next books were also free I'd read them but I'm just not invested enough to HAVE to know....
Contemporary, Paranormal, Romance, Young Adult

Colorado

The night that Skye turns seventeen she meets two very different and enigmatic strangers. Their appearance in her life also manages to send it into a tail spin. Asher is dark and wild and Devin is his complete opposite being fair and aloof. The only thing Skye knows about them is that their presence seems to coincide with several strange events that are happening. She doesn’t know what they want from her or why they seem to follow her everywhere.

Skye ends up discovering a secret in the dead of a bitingly cold Colorado winter night. A secret that threatens to shatter the world she has always known. She is falling for Asher and yet can’t seem to stay away from Devin which is tearing her apart. What she soon finds out is that her choice will end up reaching farther than the three of them could begin to imagine.

This is the start of a series that starts out fast and pulls the reader into the story without letting go even after the last page is reached. The characters are well written and intriguing. The story slowly unfolds in such a way that it makes it very hard to put the book down until the reader finds out what is exactly going on. While it ends on a cliffhanger it proves to work with the story line and will have readers eagerly wanting to read the next book in the series. The story also takes some great twists and turns to keep the reader on the edge of their seats. This is one book worth checking out. It is also a book that while it seems to be lengthy once the readers starts they will find that they quickly reach the end long before they are ready too.