Title: Stone Faced Angel
Author: Marie McKean
Rating: 2/5 stars
Blurb:
There are some things I know for sure:
1. I died … a long time ago
2. Even in death I was always aware of him.
3. Love has a way of making even angels choose to leave their heaven above.
I received a free ebook copy of this book by the publishers via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
My thoughts:
To jump in the middle of it: I expected more from this book.
A stone angel turning into a flesh and blood girl; that is an idea I
like. However, the execution wasn’t that grand. There were parts I
really enjoyed (mostly the parts that involved more action), and then
there were those chapters where Maura and Brandon were ’bonding’… to be
honest, I was a little bored with their high school romance.
Marie McKean understands her characters and writes them well. I
especially liked Brandon and Leona. Maura was neutral to me though. As for her
way of speech, sometimes I was wondering: would a girl who came from the
first half of the 19th century use words that she used? She was going
to school and taking up slang from her mates, alright, but still, it was
odd for me in a way.
I really wanted to read more about Maura’s past life. For me the most
interesting bits were the flashbacks (I’m too much into historical
fiction, I guess), but unfortunately there were only a few of them.
I don’t know if I’m going to read the second installment. If it comes
in my way, I might, because the ending was unexpected for me and I
wouldn’t mind to know what happened later, but since the first book in
the series wasn’t very convincing, it’s unlikely I’ll run to the
bookshop when the second book comes out.
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