But I think this one was put together with less care, and that's a bummer.Įdit: Finally read the whole thing, but unfortunately I have to stand by my original review.
And a hero can be attractive without constantly reminding the reader that he would make Hugh Jackman look plain in comparison. Just looking for a fun read.īut Cindy, oh Cindy, where is your editor? Someone really should have told you that we readers can only take so many sayings of "twas" and "betwixt" and "I vow". It's not like I was going into this with particularly high standards. The kind that you know ahead of time is going to be mushy and implausible, but hey it fills a gap in our lives, right? Not just a romance novel, but one of THOSE romance novels. I really wanted to like this one, especially after I very much enjoyed the author's debut novel, Spirited Away. It's like a Disney movie version of a romance novel, with a caring and dedicated hero, a damsel determined to be rescued one way or the other, and a whole host of very amusing sidekicks. What makes this harder is that the elements are THERE. Read my requisite 50 pages, and am putting this one down. Miles references characters and events from her first book, Spirited Away, in this story, so it helps to have read it first - but it's by no means necessary! I didn't know whether I wanted Gawan to save Ellie or not - should he keep his vow as an Angel and a knight, or selfishly stay with his Intended for eternity? In the end though, if all turns out right, as you know it will in a romance novel - that's why we read them, no? This book was insanely cute! I was laughing the entire time, and completely rooting for Gawan and Ellie. In the course of Gawan helping Ellie, they fall hopelessly and deeply in love - which of course stands to reason, given that they are each others' Beloved Intended: they are Soul Mates. She's mostly dead - nigh unto becoming a ghost herself, with her body lost and dying - and needs Gawan to find her body and keep her alive - all before his retirement in less than a month, upon which he becomes mortal and is no longer a Guardian Angel. The catch: neither he nor his charges remember each other when the saving is accomplished.Įllie appear one day, in need of Gawan's help.
His responsibility: make sure any and all of his Charges are safe. As an Earthbound Angel, he lives basically as a mortal, but with some perks: he can read minds, see ghosts, and influence people's actions (kind of like a Jedi). Gawan of Conwyck is an honest-to-goodness Guardian Angel.
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