Blog Tour - Angel Eyes by Shannon Dittemore

Hi guys *waves* I've had the honor of reading/reviewing Angel Eyes by Shannon Dittemore as part of this blog tour. If you would like to see the schedule for all the blogs involved you can click here.


Author - Shannon Dittemore
Publisher - Thomas Nelson Fiction
Release Date - May 29th, 2012, 320 Pages

Once you’ve seen, you can’t unsee. Everything changes when you’ve looked at the world through . . .

ANGEL EYES

Brielle’s a ballerina who went to the city to chase her dreams and found tragedy instead. She’s come home to shabby little Stratus, Oregon, to live with her grief and her guilt . . . and the incredible, numbing cold she can’t seem to shake.

Jake’s the new guy at school. The boy next door with burning hands and an unbelievable gift that targets him for corruption.

Something more than fate has brought them together. An evil bigger than both of them lurks in the shadows nearby, hiding in plain sight. Two angels stand guard, unsure what’s going to happen. And a beauty brighter than Jake or Brielle has ever seen is calling them to join the battle in a realm where all human choices start.

A realm that only angels and demons—and Brielle—can perceive.

                *A review copy was provided by publisher for honest review*

Angel Eyes is about good vs evil, choices and their consequences, and finding the meaning behind everything. Brielle, our main character, has suffered a tremendous loss of losing her best friend and is coming back home to mend herself until the trial of the said killer. During this time back home she meets the new boy in town, Jake, and progress from there.

We get to see everything from three different views in Angel Eyes, the transition was sometimes a smooth change-over and others I had to remember what or where that character left off in the story to get back into it. I liked the pacing of the story and the unveiling of the secret that Brielle had been holding on to with the recent horrific event in her life.

I like that she was able to question things and not just accept them for what they were and she seemed to realize what would happen if she went one way or the other. Of course we had the love interest but some good things are - 1) it wasn't insta-love and 2) there aren't any triangles here so no fighting over who gets who and all that good jazz. Jake is a great character as well, although we really didn’t see much of his side until the very ending so I'm waiting for the next installment to learn more about his side and his feelings.

Now, we all know that I'm a Twilight fan so I was literally laughing at some of the things that was in Angel Eyes. I shared one as my Teaser Tuesday but I think I'll share it again here because it makes me smile every time I read it! 

Did I miss something spectacular about the kid this morning? Does he sparkle in the sunlight? Does he have fangs? What?
The teacher raps his ruler against the blackboard to garner attention, and I roll my head sideways to get a better look.
Yeah. It's him.

Taken from page 20 of the uncorrected proof for review purposes.

Angel Eyes was a light and enjoyable read, for me it didn’t go too much into the religious side and wasn’t a book that made the reader feel uncomfortable with the subject. I can’t wait to see what Shannon has in store for the characters in books to come, I’ll definitely be waiting to read more about them.

 -Shellie