Heaven by Alexandra Adornetto

Heaven by Alexandra Adornetto

Review of Heaven

Title & Author:
Heaven by Alexandra Adornetto
Publisher:
Feiwel & Friends
Publication Date:
August 21, 2012
Pages:
417
Source:
ARC from Publisher

Only sixteen when she started the series, Ally Adornetto knows how teen hearts beat, and this long-awaited conclusion is certain to be her most popular book yet.

Bethany, an angel sent to Earth, and her mortal boyfriend, Xavier, have been to Hell and back. But now their love will be put to its highest test yet, as they defy Heavenly law and marry. They don’t tell Beth’s archangel siblings, Gabriel and Ivy, but the angels know soon enough, and punishment comes in a terrifying form: the Sevens, who are rogue angels bent on keeping Beth and Xavier apart, destroying Gabriel and Ivy, and darkening angelic power in the heavens.

The only way Bethany and Xavier can elude the Sevens is to hide in the open, and blend in with other mortals their own age. Gabriel and Ivy set them up at college, where they can’t reveal their relationship, and where there is still danger around each corner. Will Bethany be called back to Heaven – forever – and face leaving the love of her life? – Goodreads

While I don’t think there are spoilers in this for Halo and Hades, I do mention several elements of Heaven that might appear to be spoilers…unless you read the summary! :)

I read Halo by Alexandra Adornetto, and while I had problems with it, overall I did like it. I’m not usually into books about angels, but I love reading books/watching movies about heaven and hell fighting each other and what not, so I continued onto Hades, the second book. Which didn’t work for me. But with Heaven, I wanted to read it because I felt like I came so far in the series and I wanted to know how it all ended.

Heaven by Alexandra Adornetto got off to a rocky start. I am not a big fan of the sappy, forever loves in young adult books (or anywhere, probably) so I had trouble swallowing it all. I thought I was going to like Heaven less than Hades.

But honestly, Heaven did start to pick up after the marriage. Bethany and co have lots of drama and action going on running from the Seven – there’s a lot of downtime in there too, especially some days/weeks spent in a cabin, but ultimately I cared enough about what would happen to push through the slow parts. I don’t know much about angel myth or anything, but I thought Heaven brought in some interesting elements I haven’t seen in other YA angel books.

I enjoyed all of the scenes with Bethany and Xavier in college. Granted, most of it felt like filler, but it added little extra storylines with Molly that I enjoyed. And we got to see what Xavier was like when he wasn’t 100% Bethany all the time, where has other friends and stuff.

And there was totally a twist in there towards the end of Heaven that I didn’t see coming. It definitely blew my mind and I almost wish it had been explored more thoroughly.

Essentially, I did enjoy Heaven by Alexandra Adornetto. The whole series isn’t one of my favourites, but I think, overall, it’s an enjoyable series for what it is. So if you got as a far as Hades and are unsure about continuing on, I do think Heaven is a satisfactory ending to the series with interesting conflict, although it could do with a lot of trimming.

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