This book should have been split into two. It felt like the author jammed two novels in one without any kind of interlude. The first plotline focused on Bethany's adjustment to human life from being an angel in Heaven. Naturally, this includes her falling in love with a human, which is a bit forbidden, but hey, you've gotta have conflict. This half of the book was very well written and the budding romance was pretty realistic. 
 Then enters Jake Thorn. 
 From here the book takes a major nosedive. Sure, we're getting into the meat of the story, the main conflict, good vs. evil, the whole nine yards. But we're also still focusing on Bethany's lovey-dovey relationship, which grows more nauseating by the page. I hate to say it, but it is worse than Twilight. I could stand Twilight--this particular romance, however, made me stop reading for a while. Once I did get back into it, I was just reading off and on until the climax, which was resolved in some improbable way that probably could've been bs'd to make sense, but there is no such explanation. 
 Two weeks later, I've finally finished. Hooray. The last lines clearly set up for a sequel, which comes out tomorrow--this is to be a trilogy if I'm not mistaken--but unlike other books I thought were okay, I don't plan on giving the second book a shot. Honestly, if the first part hadn't been so beautifully written and such an interesting storyline, this book would've received 1 1/2 stars for trying. It has 3 stars just because of the beginning. 
 And as a final note, I feel I need to add something else. If you're one of those people who feel really uncomfortable about any sort of religious discussion, navigate away from this page now. These angels are pretty legit with mentioning of Heaven, Hell, God, Archangels--pretty much everything traditional angels stand for. This is a pretty Christian book; however, it's not trying to ram anything down your throat. And while I did like that this story about heavenly creatures actually kind of focused on Heaven, I know that's exactly the kind of thing that would turn some people off. And to those people: You're welcome. 
 So, that about wraps up my thoughts on this book. If you are in the mood for a match made in heaven (har, har, how punny am I?) and a little bit of evil demons trying to destroy it, give the book a shot. If not, though, I'd stay away from it if I were you.