Finding Alice (Alice Clark Series, Vol. 1) [Paperback]

Andrea DiGiglio (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 19, 2012

Cursed with an intense version of empathy Alice runs from a wasted life to start a new one somewhere no one will know her; Hell, Michigan. Alice works at a hole-in-the-wall bar in the middle of nowhere mostly keeping to herself to avoid the overwhelming emotions of those around her. She allows her best friend to convince her into taking a few college classes without realizing it would drastically change her life forever. From her first day of class she was hooked on him; his scent, his eyes, the way he talked to her inside her head. Throughout her struggles she learns about true love, true pain and the truth of her own heritage. Alice must quickly find out who she is because after all everyone else is out to find her. With Angels and Bounty Hunter’s in constant pursuit she finds protection within a group of Fallen Angels. These Fallen Angels vow to do anything to protect her; for it is their belief she will save their kind and all of mankind.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Andrea was born and raised in Michigan, and it is where she and her son currently reside. Andrea has always been a writer at heart. Over the last decade she has written, starred and directed in many screenplays. She recently decided to venture back to writing novels and is thrilled to share them with the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 196 pages
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (February 19, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1468007270
• ISBN-13: 978-1468007275
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,563,567 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born and raised in Michigan, Andrea has always been a writer at heart. Over the last decade she has written, starred and directed in many screenplays. In the last few years she decided to venture back into writing novels. "I haven't looked back since," giving her work her full attention. "I am very excited to share the worlds I create, with all of you dreamers."

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars good read March 29, 2012

By Kari at From the TBR Pile

Format:Kindle Edition

Finding Alice was a pretty good quick read. I liked Alice's character a lot. She is pretty strong for someone who has not had a lot of love in her life. She is more mature than her age. I had to give her a lot of credit for striking out on her own and finding a place to call home. Even if it is called Hell. I did like her relationship with Cole. He is the one person who can help her figure out who she really is and perhaps help her figure out why feathers keep showing up near her.

While I enjoyed the overall story, I felt a little like I was missing some things in the beginning. I never felt like the author gave a good enough explanation of Alice's gift of empathy. If I hadn't read the synopsis, I'm not sure I would have picked up on that. Also, I would have liked more information about the world that Alice finds herself a part of. I'm hoping that the author expands more on it in future books.

I do recommend this one, especially if you like stories about angels. It is a good debut novel. I look forward to reading more about Alice in her fight for her fellow Fallen Angels.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Fallen/Nephilim Book! March 6, 2012

By Erica Nicholas

Format:Paperback

Alice has grown up in the system living in foster home after foster home. Each family was different and each caused her to learn about the harsh realities of the world. Abuse runs rampant in her past, and when she finally finds a home where she feels loved her foster parent's end up pregnant with their own child. She sees the love for this unborn child and knows she can never stand up to it and decides to take off.

Fast forward a bit and we find our heroine living on her own and settling down in a town she is now considering home. This town is of all places; Hell, Michigan. She has a house all her own, even though it might be a bit creepy, it's still her's. And, Alice even has a great job at a bar that she loves.

Classes have started and she begins going to them like a good student does. Everything seems fine and normal until the first day of her religion class where this mysterious boy walks in. Her whole life changes from here on out, and reality itself is shaken.

Overall I really enjoyed this book and can't wait until the next one is out! The story kept me intrigued the whole time, and kept me guessing. I love books that are about fallen angels, demons, or anything like that. So, this was right up my alley! There was plenty of fallen angels to be had, and this made me a very happy bookaholic.

Andrea does a great job at developing her characters, especially Alice's character. Alice is a very strong, independent, and well developed character. I could have been a bit happier if Cole and a few of the other lead characters were better developed. I feel like they were a bit shadowed and thrown into the background, but maybe the next books will make up for that.

The plot line was great, and very suspenseful. I could not put the book down once it took off because it was so fast paced! I love that about this book, and I hope that Andrea can keep up this same speed with the next one.

I am also a huge fan of the religious ideas and the take on fallen angels in this book. It's good to see a different perspective on the mythology behind this, and they way that Andrea made her readers connect with the fallen angels is just spectacular.

This is a great read for the fallen angel, nephilim fan out there and I highly recommend it! After all, how many books are based around a city called Hell (that actually exists)?

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars Something's missing.... March 30, 2012

By J. Powell

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

While I liked the ideas in this book, it fell short. There was not enough back story, and it feels like important pieces of information were missing. It reminds me of when my 14 year old son tries to tell a story and forgets that you don't know what's in his head. Either the author forgot to write it, or it was edited out for some reason. I spend a large portion reading the book and thinking "what?????" and clicking back looking for what I surely missed only to find no explanation. Glad this was a free book. I think this author has a lot of potential.