When seventeen-year-old Jane Taylor witnessed her father's death, something happened to her. Ever since, her thoughts have been consumed by death, going so far as to foresee the ever-changing deaths of those around her. Sixteen-year-old Emily Taylor resented her sister's closeness with their father, who died when she was six. With the strange ability to read minds, she drowns the voices out with drugs, sending Jane over the edge. When seventeen-year-old Wes Green was adopted, he moved in next door to Jane, finding in her a childhood friend turned high-school crush. All summer, the pain in his bones seemed unwarranted. He was done growing long ago. When senior year starts, however, the pain only gets worse. The foreseen changes are not expected, and far too animal for his taste. When Max Gordon found himself standing above the dying body of an innocent seven-year-old girl, he saw in her eyes something he hadn't seen in the century he'd spent roaming Earth. Her father was already dead, but there was hope to save her. Jane was her name, and already she was all he ever wanted. It was his job to bring her back, and it was his job to protect her - the biggest mistake of his life. When these four teens enter Glenwood High their senior year, no one but Max could understand the future ahead of them. Drawn together by blood and friendship, they each hide a dark secret that will soon bind them together. Max has to protect Jane, Jane wants to be normal, Wes wants Jane to love him, and Emily just wants the voices to stop... But their fate just wants them dead.
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Abra Ebner lives in Washington State with her husband and two cats. She writes everyday, unable to find anything else that brings her as much joy, other than love. Her travels to England, Scotland, Switzerland and Germany, as well as her studies abroad in Australia have granted her a life full of wonder and excitement. She graduated from Washington State University with a degree in Fine Art.
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I'm an Abra because I'm vividly unique, and my books reflect that. I can't consider myself an author because to me, writing is something I do for myself, and a way to express who I am. I share these stories because I hope to find others just like me - bold, unique, stubburn, and creative...
I live in Washington State with my two Cheshire cats and wonderful husband. I love to do anything and everything that inspires me. I began writing in 2008, two years after graduating from Washington State University with a degree in Fine Arts.
What Inspires me? My own life. As a child and teenager, I loved to observe. I soaked in High School like a social sponge, floating from social group to social group, learning the life of each. What we don't often remember when we 'grow up' is the intensity of emotion we once felt back then. I never want to forget what that was like - first love, feeling that everything is so big, so amazing, and of course the pain of losing a friend...
I hold onto those feelings because they defined me, just as they define you. My books are my way of traveling back in time, and there's nothing I cherish more.
I live in Washington State with my two Cheshire cats and wonderful husband. I love to do anything and everything that inspires me. I began writing in 2008, two years after graduating from Washington State University with a degree in Fine Arts.
What Inspires me? My own life. As a child and teenager, I loved to observe. I soaked in High School like a social sponge, floating from social group to social group, learning the life of each. What we don't often remember when we 'grow up' is the intensity of emotion we once felt back then. I never want to forget what that was like - first love, feeling that everything is so big, so amazing, and of course the pain of losing a friend...
I hold onto those feelings because they defined me, just as they define you. My books are my way of traveling back in time, and there's nothing I cherish more.
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This review is from: Knight Angels: Book One: Book of Love (Paperback)
This mindless piece of fluff wasn't even a guilty pleasure. Nasty habit of judging a book by it's cover, I suppose. I finally broke down and bought this, excited to give it a try. Really. There were little irritating things about it from the beginning. Emily makes a comment about her dead father in front of her sister and mother on the way to school on monday, and supposedly two days later, has regrets about comments she made "this morning". Bruises that Wes gave Emily on her hips showed 'below' the hem of her skirt. I get it, she dresses slutty, but how short is *that* skirt. I wouldn't have been as bothered, if those weren't just the tip of the iceberg.
Who is Max? I don't know. He was traumatized by the death of his parents and himself, so he refused to pass on, thus, in this world, becomes an angel. Who does what exactly? Helps people pass on? When? Around wooing the girl he loves? Why does he love her? It was something in her eyes, when her father died. Why? Who knows. Who is Max besides the man who loves Jane? I don't know, no one does. Why did Greg kill his family? Because he thought his mommy didn't love him. Because she had an affair with an alchemist. That was one of the thinnest plots I've ever read. I didn't get it. She said she loved him, she apparently treated him the same as his fraternal twin brother Max, but he still kills them. Because they didn't love him enough. What? Anyway. I'm not sure why the author bothered writing the two tiny excerpts from the mothers point of view. She was about as clueless as any parent in any G rated kid movie. She couldn't be bothered to tell a snake bite from the flu, really. There was a little bit of effort to turn her into a deep, single parent who really wanted to know her kids. I don't know why when they just turned her into a little nitwit at the end, anyway. I was really irritated by Wes. His character wasn't all bad, I felt like I knew him the best. But he was supposedly Jane's friend for many a year, since they were wee kids. But to love her sister, Emily, he had to basically shirk all love and respect for Jane. Love doesn't work that way, and it was silly to me. The author basically had him call Jane a boring, selfish girl, and Emily was way cool. He was completely understanding of Max's ability to love her better, even though he'd loved Jane his whole life. His ability to switch gears was unrealistic. I laughed out loud when he had to look to Max for reassurance when telling Emily he loved her. If he doesn't know, maybe he shouldn't be telling her. The whole idea that Magick isn't even special, anyone non-magick can learn magick, robbed the book of any real sense. I wasn't exactly onboard with the idea of traumatized ghosts turning angel, the little to no information on shape shifters, and the lack of insight on mind readers. So to just toss in the idea that just any old joe shmoo could manipulate the supernatural world took away any "magick" the story could have held. The end was about at Vampire Diaries caliber. They used an "Angel manual" to figure out that Angel's enemies were snakes. Anyway. Snakes can kill angels. K, so. I'm not exactly sure about that last page or two, but I guess the point of this series is to humiliate Max, or assassinate Jane's family to get to Max. I'm definitely on the edge of my seat. Yep. All sarcasm aside, the book was poorly edited, poorly written, and the character development and plot were amateur. I have a hard time believing the other reviews were written by people who actually read the same book I did.
3.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Knight Angels: Book One: Book of Love (Paperback)
The book starts out intruiging, but then it starts to get boring and cheesy and predictable. The characters are distinct, but not particularly new, interesting, or likable, especially Jane, who is selish and mean and annoying. Emily is mildly more likable than Jane, but she doesn't have as big a part in the story as Jane, and her personailty is twisted by the supposed baddie of the book, Greg, who is totally uninteresting and cliche. I mean, the guy who kills his family because he thinks they don't love him as much as his shining star of a twin brother? Not to mention the fact Greg is the "evil twin." Riiight. Never seen that before.
As for Max...he's all right, I guess. He has no life of personality outside of his obsession with Jane, who he fell in love with when she was a little girl and he...well...wasn't. If that isn't creepy, it's so corny I'm practically blowing popcorn out of my ears. And the dialogue Max has...? Um. Lovestruck idiot, much? Jane can insult him until the sky falls and he'll never get mad at her. Wes is extremely boring. Although I liked the idea of a shapeshifter that can turn into anything; that was cool and fairly original. His sudden realization that Emily is the sister he loves and not Jane was random and unbelievable, as well as...silly. I don't see them together, don't see their connection. I don't see Jane and Max's connection either. The book is sooo long. By the time I was halfway through, I was bored with both the characters and the story. It had no...emotion. I felt nothing when I read it. There are also a lot of grammatical/formatting errors that are rather distracting.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Book of Love,
This review is from: Knight Angels: Book One: Book of Love (Paperback)
*3.5 stars*
This story has a very unique style to it. Instead of the traditional style of chapters, Book of Love is separated by different character point of views. There were quite a few points of views in this story, four of them being the main characters. I was worried in the beginning that with this many characters, I was bound to be confused. But that wasn't the case. Ebner established each character's voice and I was quickly back in the character's head during each of their point of views. I do think that a few of the smaller character's points of view could have been cut out though. What I really enjoyed about the various point of views was it allowed the reader to see how one character looks to the other character's eye. We all view others in a different light, and Book of Love shows that. This allowed the characters to be more dimensional. I also like that this allowed for the reader to get to know the character's secrets sooner. From the beginning, we get to see why Jane is shut off, why Emily acts like a troubled teen, What's up with Wes' sudden pains, and what interest Max has in Jane. My favorite character was Emily. I felt there was a bit more to her than the other characters and she surprised me more. And I can't go without pointing out the similarities between Max and Greg and the Salvatore brothers. Not that I am complaining. Sexy brother who enjoys being bad plus sexy brother struggling to be good will always be a winning combination in my book. While I enjoyed the interesting characters, I felt that some of this 'world' was missing. I think this is because I assumed with a series title like "Knight Angels" that it would have a bit more action in it. The idea of Magick plays a big role in this book and I wanted to see more of that sooner. I wanted to know more of this dark group of beings trying to take over and destroy everything good. I get this in the ending, but I wanted more of it sooner. But going by the last part of the book, it looks like I'll be getting what I want in the sequel. That makes me excited for it. Book of Love is a good start to a series with lots of potential. If you like stories that are character driven and a variety of awesome supernatural elements (angels, shape-shifters, mind-readers...), then you will enjoy this first book in the Knight Angels series.
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