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Halo (Halo, #1)

Alexandra Adornetto

Halo (Halo, #1)

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010

Book Brief

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Alexandra Adornetto

Halo (Halo, #1)

Fiction | Novel | Published in 2010
Book Details
Pages

485

Format

Novel • Fiction

Genre
Fantasy

•

Science Fiction

•

Romance
Setting

Venus Cove, Georgia coast, United States, in the contemporary era.

Topic
Religion & Spirituality
First Publication Year

2010

Publisher

Feiwel & Friends

Edition

Hardcover • 2010

Recommended Reading Age

12+ years

Lexile Level

HL810L

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Super Short Summary

Three angels descend to Earth to bring goodness to a world threatened by darkness: warrior Gabriel, healer Ivy, and inexperienced, unusually human Bethany. While hiding their powers and wings and avoiding mortal attachments, they settle in a small town. But Bethany is drawn to Xavier Woods, forcing her to navigate a forbidden romance that may endanger both their heavenly mission and herself.

Romantic

Fantastical

Dark

Suspenseful

Challenging

Reviews & Readership

3.7

71,984 ratings

59%

Loved it

23%

Mixed feelings

18%

Not a fan

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Review Roundup

Reviewers praise Adornetto’s graceful, image-rich prose, subtle humor, and imaginative depiction of an angel adjusting to human life. One also finds the plot cohesive and the overall book charming. Critics, however, say those descriptive strengths become excessive, leaving the nearly 500-page novel wordy, repetitive, and slow. Bethany’s dependence on her love interest and the romance’s limited chemistry draw further objections, while another reviewer is troubled by the story’s association of whiteness with goodness and Blackness with evil.

Who should read this

Who Should Read Halo (Halo, #1)?

Halo is best suited to readers 12 and older who enjoy young adult paranormal romance, angel mythology, and love stories entwined with a struggle against evil. The opening follows three angels sent to help the world, focusing on inexperienced Bethany as she becomes drawn to a mortal boy. Readers who favor atmosphere and romantic intensity over brisk action may be the strongest match: one reviewer found the story slow, heavily descriptive, and more focused on its romance than its plot.

3.7

71,984 ratings

59%

Loved it

23%

Mixed feelings

18%

Not a fan

Character List

A young angel sent to Venus Cove who attends high school, connects readily with humans, and grows curious about love.

A human high-school student with a troubled past whose powerful mutual attraction with Bethany threatens the angels’ heavenly mission.

Bethany’s archangel sibling and a warrior sent by Heaven who takes a teaching position at the local Venus Cove school.

Bethany’s healer sibling, sent with Gabriel and Bethany to oppose darkness; on Earth, she begins doing volunteer work.

A manipulative transfer student who takes an immediate interest in Bethany and begins drawing her classmates toward dark influences.

The first girl Bethany meets at school, Molly welcomes her by inviting the inexperienced angel to meet her friends.

A student connected to Bethany’s school whose experience demonstrates that threatening supernatural darkness has reached the local teenagers.

The demonic power behind the dark work that Gabriel, Ivy, and Bethany have been dispatched to oppose in Venus Cove.

Book Details
Pages

485

Format

Novel • Fiction

Genre
Fantasy

•

Science Fiction

•

Romance
Setting

Venus Cove, Georgia coast, United States, in the contemporary era.

Topic
Religion & Spirituality
First Publication Year

2010

Publisher

Feiwel & Friends

Edition

Hardcover • 2010

Recommended Reading Age

12+ years

Lexile Level

HL810L

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