the concept was unique and intriguing
How is the concept?
So, first--I'll say it outright: I read about halfway through this book. And normally, I'd never write a review for a book I haven't read from cover to cover, but many friends convinced me to post this review, especially since Amazon has this book listed as "Amazon Children's Publsihing" (yes, Amazon even misspelled publishing on its own book!). I've read enough YA that didn't have language to know it's possible to carry a strong story with strong emotions without resorting to curse words, ESPECIALLY in a book slated for "children." It's almost as if the words were inserted to make the characters sound tougher, and it just didn't work.Another thing that bothered me is that blatant attitude toward God--I get it; a lot of people are on that hate bandwagon when it comes to anything Christian (and I'm sure that hatred will rear its head in response to my review), but this book had too much for me. Sorry, when one of God's angels says "we're all just stumbling around in the dark," and mutters something about an empty story that sounds profound to explain his presence, and curses like everyone else...well, there's no hero in that story for me. I'm not looking for every title to espouse my beliefs, but when the book begins to feel like an attack or seems to have an agenda--and that includes Christian fiction--rather than a good story, I'm outta there.I did give this a 2-star rating because the concept was unique and intriguing--which is what attracted me to the book in the first place--and the writing was pretty decent. Unfortunately, language and a clash of belief sets ruined the book for me. I can, and do, tolerate a lot of things in the fiction I read, but this one crossed lines for me. 