After slaving away at her uncle's diner and studying hard to get the marks required to get into college, Maddy Montgomery is faced with a choice. Her dream school or the chance to train at the top-secret Guardian school. Going from the anonymous high school student to being the world's number one It-Girl in less than a year, Maddy also has to navigate her new-found popularity and balance her new professional life with her relationship with the oh-so dreamy, Jackson Godspeed. Life will never be the same and Maddy needs to work out what she wants and where her allegiance lie before the war between Angels and Humans decides for her... 
 Natural Born Angel has so much going on - it's fantastic! We get to see some Guardian training, the rise of a new dangerous enemy and the fantastic Former Angel, Detective Sylvester, is around again trying to save the world (this time with some help from Mark and Jacks). I loved the way that this novel managed to be describing a fantastical concept (like Angels on Earth) and have it mirror modern-day life - prejudices, terrorism and elitism. This book reminded me of a film in terms of how it is set up and in some ways I think this would make a better film than novel. There isn't a lot of emotion evident and I think had I been watching actors they would have been able to bring the intensity that these characters in the novel couldn't. 
 I had high hopes for this novel. I loved the concept of Immortal City and the dark underbelly of the Angelic world. This book is a breath of fresh air with regards to the action. There is no chance of getting stuck in a characters thoughts because this book is about what's happening now - happening to Maddy, to Jacks and to the world in general. And whilst I liked the different style of storytelling I felt like it was a missed opportunity. We skip a year from where the first novel ended to a time when Maddy is well established in a relationship with Jacks. She's almost come to terms with her new-found Angelic state and she's handling the fame like a professional. 
 What disappointed me most about Natural Born Angel was the romance. I don't need romance to enjoy a good book and this is one of those stories that I think was trying a bit too hard with the relationships. Maddy and Jacks have lost any sort of chemistry they shared in the first book and there's a new element that made this book go from a suspenseful action fantasy novel to just another cliched teen romance... but even then the romance was unbelievable and flat. 
 Overall - there are some great things about this book and some not-so great things too. IF you loved the first book I think you'll enjoy where Speer takes Maddy and the others in this instalment. Will I be reading the next Immortal City novel? Absolutely! But I think I'll go in with slightly lower expectations than I had for Natural Born Angel.