Massive Review Post: Embrace by Jessica Shirvington

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"My girl, "

Happy 17th birthday. I wish I could be there with you, but I think if you ar reading this...I am not. For that, I am sorry. The day your dad and I found out we were going to have a baby was the happiest day of my long life. I know the only day that will exceed that joy will be the day you are born - no matter how that day ends.

A big decision lies ahead. The burden of the covenant is a heavy one to bear. Choose with your heart, for I already know that you, my girl, must let your heart guide the way.

"I love you. Please forgive me."

"Mom"

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My Review:

 Embrace is not your usual angel book. At first I thought it was going to be that book, but when I started reading it, I saw the differences it had with other angel books.

    The premise was actually interesting and it’s what made me agree to read and review the book. The story plot is actually great. There are some flaws and things get pretty confusing and boring at times, but the pace immediately catches up and picks up where the last good thing left off. The characters were okay. Though I still can’t decide if I like Violet, but as the story progresses, I started to get her. She’s a very volatile and has a hot & cold character, even without the outside “forces” influencing her, she herself is a hormone-leveraged girl. I don’t quite relate to her. The romance between Lincoln and Vi is very much appreciated by me because it’s not some of the “love at first sight” thing or one of the fast-tracks love-you-so-much-i’ll-die-for-you. It’s actually a breath of fresh air that their relationship/friendship began even before the novel started, it’s new and i like it. The downside? I just didn’t witness the full-on details on how they really met, etc, though Vi narrated that part well. And well, it’s actually more than okay since she was 15 when they 1st met, kinda young..and 17’s perfect. There wasn’t just much of them in the novel though, that’s why maybe you can’t blame me for liking the new guy, Phoenix. I know he’s the baddest of the baddest, but from the very start I knew everything about him screams “not good! evil alert!”. Then even if Violet is pretty blinded about it (expected), but I still feel that “toe-dip,tingling sensations” around Phoenix. *sigh* haha. So, he imprinted more in Embrace than Lincoln did. For the love triangle, it’s the kind that keeps us guessing who will it really be, it can be Lincoln or Phoenix. Both of them have that “forbidden love” theme with Vi, so that’s one thing I’ll be watching out on this series.

    The main story itself about the “unending war” with angels, and the different choirs and hierarchies there are is a nice touch, though sometimes a bit confusing. I just don’t like how God was emitted from the story and His being was just brushed-off, as if not important in the story. So there’s still a lot of missing parts, but for a debut author, Jessica did okay.

    There were lots of pros and cons, but at the end of it all, I still enjoyed the novel. The action, romance, intrigues and mysteries were all there.

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