Title: Angel Star
Author: Jennifer Murgia
Pages: 251
 

I’m back to the paranormal; I miss it, gorgeous guy masked as human. I need some of my supernatural boys dosage. Keeps my heart pumping, lol.

I’ve been seeing this book for a while and I was hesitant to try it, I am more of a ‘beautiful-cover-to-get-me-interested’ kind of reader but after reading some book blogs and saying it was nice (and better than Fallen, which I totally love), that was enough for me to make me try it. I still find the cover a bit cliché.

So with the word ‘angel’ in the cover it means it’s about Angel. Tea (Teaghan, she is part Irish, I also was surprised with the name too) is a bully magnet. It’s a bit different from the usual; mostly those popular chicks are just more on the harsh words but no action. The girl, Brynn knows the exact way on how to bully. Anyhow, in amidst of the lonely (and cruel) atmosphere in school, she met Garreth – blond, blue eyes, in short completely gorgeous; who seems to be very interested on her. It turns out she is her… guardian angel (why am I not surprised with that revelation). He has an eight-point star on the palm of his hand, which is a mark for an angel. And there’s a dark angel who wants to rule (more bad ass than anyone) and the one who hinders his evil plan, apparently is Tea. She is a descendant of an archangel, and she has the power to defeat Hadrian (the evil guy, I forgot to name him).

I agree with people saying that there’s something refreshing with Jennifer Murgia angel mythology. It’s really different from Hush, Hush and Fallen. First and foremost, Garreth? Not a fallen angel. He is an epitome of a true guardian angel – righteous, protective and nice. It is always a fallen angel, it’s nice to read that the angel is still well… an angel although he has only 8 days to remain on the mortal world to be with Tea. Another new thing I’ve noticed is that the author didn’t take that much time building the story. I was flipping the page and I’m pretty sure I’m not halfway the book and Garreth is already telling her he is her guardian angel. Usually this kind of big secret should be revealed at least towards the end of the book. Sudden revelation and easy acceptance (I mean immediate) on the part of the heroine, is totally new for me. I also like the fact that burden is not necessarily on the guy’s shoulder. Garreth telling Tea that she is much powerful than him, who is, what, an angel already. It’s nice that the girl is not just the eye candy than later become important, she is important from the every beginning.

Like Rachel Vincent, the author is very descriptive, heck, I think I can count the dialogue because the author is more of describing the scene in every angle she could; which by the way is not really that bad. I’m just not used to book delivering the story in this manner. But sometimes I’m lost in words (remember my mother language isn’t English) it is very (as in) eloquent. It’s nice though you can picture everything precisely how to author view it.

The most surprising aspect for me was Hadrian. Ok, to be honest I find his character… ummm… more alluring. I like him (sometimes more than Garreth) and I’m quite guilty about it. Unlike Cam, Hadrian, is in a different league of evilness. So I was, like, why do I find evil guys attractive, damn it’s not good (bad is not sexy and I keep chastising it to myself). My hesitation is a matter of moral stand (not really good, I should just push it aside and treat it as it is – fiction. Entertainment). But after some thinking maybe the reason I like Hadrian was his complex character, towards the end when Tea thought that there’s something good in him and wanted to save him and Hadrian, himself tell her too. If he is capable of saving from evil then I’m good. I’m (or everyone for that matter) kind like Tea, we are both possess good and evil inside. I remember Carl Jung theory on archetypes (which is my fave psychologist btw) about the shadow – the “dark side” of the ego. Both psychologically and religiously speaking, we both have dark side (to soften a bit, evil is kinda strong word). And I like how the book tried to emphasize that.

To sum up, I’m totally digging Angel Star. If I can do recommendation (which I decided not to but just in case) I totally referred you to this book. It’s cool book about angel. If you’re fan of Fallen and Hush, Hush then you might also like this one. There are similarities but totally covered with new ideas. Definitely gonna read the next book.