Blog 33 - A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford

  

 

Author: Leah Clifford

Format: Hardcover

Pages: 422

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Publication Date: 22 February 2011

ISBN-13: 9780062004994

About the book

Eden didn't expect Az.

Not his saunter down the beach toward her. Not his unbelievable pick-up line. Not the instant, undeniable connection. And not his wings.

Yeah. So long, happily-ever-after.

Now trapped between life and death, cursed to spread chaos with her every touch, Eden could be the key in the eternal struggle between heaven and hell. All because she gave her heart to one of the Fallen, an angel cast out of heaven.

She may lose everything she ever had. She may be betrayed by those she loves most. But Eden will not be a pawn in anyone else's game. Her heart is her own.

And that's only the beginning of the end.

My Review

I first want to talk about the cover of the book. I love it. It shows a girl on the cover with dark hair intertwined with bright pink strands. But it show Eden, the main character, just as I thought she would like in to story.

Now onto the story itself, I’ve been watching Leah Clifford on the YA Rebels, and occasionally when she does a blog TV show. I didn’t know what the story was going to be about when I picked it up. The Title of this book fits it perfectly. I like how she put a whole different perspective on fallen angels and mortals. I really enjoyed reading about what happens when they die versus being murdered or committing suicide. This book was well-written. I also like that she put a twist on Luke, I didn’t expect that but I liked it. I was expecting Luke to be big, bad, and Satan-like, but he was a subtle Satan biding his time by being a singer in a band. I liked that change it wasn’t stand up Jesus vs. Satan, it was Lucifer vs. the angels. I rated this book 5 out of 5 stars. I look forward to reading the sequel when it comes out. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes young adult, and angels. 

Until next time guys, Happy Reading!

Blog 32 - Change Write Now - Week 2

Hello readers!

So I wanted to tell you that I'm embarking on a new challenge that started at the beginning of the month. It's called Change Write Now and it's a habit-changing challenge taking place within the writing community. The basic idea of this challenge is that everyone who has signed up has been split into teams (Go Team "For Our SAKES"!) and is competing to earn points each day...points for eating healthy, exercising, creating one good habit, and breaking one bad habit.

I didn't do so well on Week 1, it seemed I missed a few emails or never got them. But once that was resolved I jumped right in. I started eating healthy foods, drinking more water and less soda. I have been exercising more as well. Between the walking on campus to and from classes, and trying to not use the elevator as much.

So far my my goals are going well. I feel more energetic than I have been feeling. I have also set a goal to go along with this challenge though I don't get points for it, but if my team mates keep me in line about my writing goal then perhaps I will finish my first book rough draft before April when the spring semester ends. So far my team mates have been very helpful in keeping me on task with the writing. I'm grateful for the daily encouragements, and questions about how I'm doing. I love them for it. I hope we do really well in the end, and that everyone reaches their goals.

That is all for now, almost time for class. Happy reading and writing!