"Angels, demons and a lost soul"
Keegan Black is dead, but finds himself still with the
living. To make matters worse, he discovers that demons are
after him, and they want to eat his heart and escort him to
Hell. He is saved from the first demon attack by Echo, one
of Heaven's heralds—essentially an angel—who is sent to the
human plane to protect Keegan. As it turns out, Keegan's soul is missing, and it's Echo's
job to find and return it. And in the middle of demon attacks and the search for
Keegan's soul, Keegan and Echo discover that they've fallen
in love. But can anything come of a love between an
immortal herald and a mortal human? I enjoyed this book; for me, reading about demons and
angels was a nice change. The book includes and references
demons and angels, God and Satan, and Heaven and Hell,
though none of the references were religious in nature.
They were just a part of the world that the author had
created. I did find that the human characters—Keegan and his best
friend Smith—accepted the existence of paranormal beings a
little too easily. I can see why in Keegan's case, but I
felt that Smith accepted the explanations a little too
quickly and easily. Regardless, I thought Smith was a great
character, as the comedic foil to Keegan's seriousness. I found the ending to be quite jarring and took me by
surprise. As well, the book has only an implied happy
ending. I thought this was a good book, and was an enjoyable read.
I wished it was longer. I will be looking for more books by
this author.
Reviewed by Charlotte Cowie
Posted November 19, 2010
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