Angel

By Cliff McNish

Freya's intense passion for angels led her into years of mental illness. Now, just when she's starting to believe she's normal again, a dark angel starts to follow her. Soon she learns a stunning truth: She is an angel herself. And an angel's job is nothing like she imagined it would be...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lerner Publishing
• Release date: Jan 1, 2015
• ISBN: 9781467774369

Cliff McNish

Written when he was almost forty, Cliff McNish's Doomspell Trilogy won him an instant and avid readership and has been published in 19 languages around the world. Since then, he has continued to write fiction, including The Silver Sequence, Breathe, and Angel, and has been hailed as a "great new voice in writing for children" (The Bookseller). Mr. McNish was born in northeastern England. He enjoys playing golf, walking up mountains, and eating as much hot and spicy food as possible. He is married and has a teenage daughter, whose demand for a scary story led to the idea for his first book.

Reviews for Angel

[hatsformice · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I'm not sure what this book's trying to be. It starts off well: the writing style is fine, and it sets itself up for a strong and enjoyable story. About a third of the way through, however, it seems to lose track of itself; the plot starts to jump about to the point where I don't think the author really knew what he wanted to happen, the tone changes far too much and after a while it just gets weird. It manages to reign itself in eventually and tie itself together in a somewhat satisfying ending, but after reading it I was left pretty emotionless. Nevertheless, I'll give it three stars for the start, and I imagine it's engaging enough to keep the goffick youngsters entertained, but ultimately it's stuck in an odd place between fluffy teen fantasy and being dark enough to make an impact.

[knielsen83 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Ever wonder if angels really did exist? Well, in this book they do, but try living with that fact when everyone around you does not know. This story focuses on two girls. One who has actually seen an angel and another who believes but has never seen one. I really enjoyed the story - the regular aspects as well as the fantasy elements.

[eejjennings_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I enjoyed this book which is basically a coming of age story about a teen girl who is struggling to find her identity. I think teen girls, especially, would enjoy this well-written book.

[bookscantgetenough · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

I didn't finish, it just didn't hold my attention anymore. The story started to become boring after she found out that she was half human, half angel. The beginning was defiantly more interesting just my interest faded more and more as I kept on reading.

[callmecayce · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I don't know what I was expecting when I picked up this book, but I definitely didn't except it to be as, well, bad. The writing wasn't all that bad and I finished the book out of curiosity, and in hopes that it would improve -- it just didn't. Angel played far too much on clichés -- those associated with high school, depressed kids, and angels. There was no real resolution, the story was mostly about running away (and later toward) angels and other people. I found the storyline with Freya's brother to be the more interesting one, but even the events of his life got tedious. In the end, McNish ties everything up in a neat package with a bow on top -- and I don't approve. I think that with a better ending, perhaps this would have been a better book.