Fantasy: Halo, by Alexandra Adornetto

I expect the Twilight crowd will eat this right up. But I was pretty disappointed, not just in the writing overall but in how much it echos that mythology. If Edward was a regular boy, he’d be Xavier; if Bella were an angel (and she is treated as if she is, in many ways, in that series), she’d be Bethany. Their dynamic as a couple is strikingly similar. She’s incredibly passive, he’s bizarrely protective/obsessed. At least the third axle doesn’t turn out to be a Jacob copy.

Some of the wing imagery is pretty cool but that’s not enough to make it worthwhile.

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