I approached this book with pretty low expectations, having read most of the YA and adult offerings that have anything at all to do with angels already. That said, this book still managed to disappoint me. Many of the reviews have already pointed out the multitude of problems that made this a downright terrible read: I found myself skipping pages at a time (and unsurprisingly, missed nothing), I couldn't find much to like about Violet after nearly 400 pages, and the storyline is unfortunately an excellent example of "the worst of YA" kind of instant love, instant lust, therefore we must have an instant love triangle that no one really cares at all about in the end. 
 I found both of the male leads creepy as heck. Here's Lincoln, who is this pseudo father/brother/lover character to Violet, which all end up being disturbing. Let's start with the father aspect. Violet's dad is, predictably since we're talking YA, rich and absent. Enter Lincoln the pseudodad, who cooks for her, drives her to school, and basically is the only character in the book who cares about her, other than the obligatory "best friend." Now, Violet is of course completely convinced he has entirely platonic feelings toward her, BUT since she has an overwhelming crush on him, his character morphs into the protective pseudobrother. By the end of the book, he has also predictably morphed into the pseudolover, meaning they LOOOOVE each other even though they lack every characteristic of a loving relationship. You know, things like trust, looking out for each other, putting the other before self -- really Violet, you saved his life not because his life is worth saving, but because you don't want to feel guilty for letting him die...and yet you claim to love him? Also, Lincoln's special power is that he can see when exiles tamper with people and he clearly sees Phoenix's tampering on Violet, and yet he does nothing. That's pretty sad considering his defining characteristics are pretty much his protectiveness and love. 
 Other than the fact that Violet LOOOOVEs him and he's oh so protectively pseudofather/brother/lover, Lincoln has the personality of oatmeal. Actually, that's not quite true. He doesn't have a bland personality, he just...doesn't have a personality in the book whatsoever. Again, quite a feat to achieve after almost 400 pages. 
 Nothing much needs to be explained about the other male lead, Phoenix. He can be summarized quickly: violent (punching walls in your oh-so-great jealousy is NOT sexy) and manipulates emotions. Well, he manipulates Violet's emotions with all the subtlety of brainwashing, so even that aspect of his evil isn't particularly interesting. As far as I'm concerned, he and Violet actually deserve each other a great deal. 
 On a side note, what is with the poor quality of the editing? 
 Page 140: 
 "On a couple of occasions I'd considered broaching the subject with Steph or Dad, about what was happening to me, I didn't seem to be able to form words. I'd thought it was just me but Phoenix took his time..." 
 Page 144: 
 "On a couple of occasions I'd considered broaching the subject with Steph or Dad, about what was happening to me, I didn't seem to be able to form words. I'd thought it was just me but Phoenix explained that..." 
 I kid you not, the author copied and pasted the same sentence word for word only four pages apart and yet both author and editor completely missed catching it? Yes, it's a fairly minor mistake, but it only reinforced the feeling that I was reading Violet's same boring inner dialogue again and again throughout the book. There were so many parts of this book that could have been cut out and condensed to make it even a little more readable.