Excuse me while I try to shove the shards of my heart back together. Shirvington has this way of giving me a violent shove, making sure I land on a nice comfy cushion, and then letting all the air out of that cushion. I am so broken right now. I need to somehow recover at least a little before I read the last book. There'd better be some sort of a Happily Ever After at the end of all this. She is really making these characters work for it! 
 It's official! Shirvington wins the award for the longest, drawn out celibacy in history of YA fiction. Violet and Lincoln have the single-most passionate relationship, and they hardly even touch! It really speaks to Shirvington's writing ability that she can draw this out for four books, and I haven't grown weary of it. I am definitely cheering them on, but I almost feel like they SHOULDN'T be together, because that would be the end of the series. Plus, I'm not entirely sure that both of them will survive to the end. I wouldn't want to get my hopes up, only to get my heart crushed. I'm not sure I can handle that kind of blow. 
 Shirvington somehow manages to walk a lot of fine lines. Besides the romance, she also balances on the edge of religion. Not once in this entire series have I felt overwhelmed by religion, even though it's about angels. The books aren't anti-religion either. Obviously, being the fourth book, I can't say a whole lot without giving away major spoilers, so let me just say this. I would recommend this book to any one of my friends, no matter of age, gender or religion. This series is perfect for everyone.