I'm happy to be today's stop on the Amateur Angel blog tour, hosted by Young Adult Novel Reader.
Amateur Angel
Publication: 1st May 2012
Publisher: Comfort Publishing
Pages: 250
Genre: Paranormal
Age Appropriate: Young Adult
Only 18-years-old, Ashley is no ordinary teenager. Not only is she dead, but upon her death, she mistakenly enters the wrong line in the afterlife, a line meant for trained, guardian angels. With a pair of wings on her back, Ashley is sent to Los Angeles to replace another angel whose "assignment" was none-other-than Cannon Michaels, a current member of the band Sendher, the sexiest man alive, and Ashley's celebrity crush in life.While exposed to Cannon's selfish, judgmental behavior and his reckless, rock-and-roll lifestyle, Ashley is far from meeting the requirements of a true guardian angel. She misses her family and friends. Will she ever be able to accept her own death? What will she do when she jeopardizes her position as an angel and Cannon's physical safety by falling in love with him?
My Thoughts...
Nooo..... please tell me there is going to be another book, you can't leave us hanging like that! I really liked this book it's a cute, adorable and a fast read, a great addition to all the angels books out there.
The fact that it was such a different take on angels made it fresh and exciting.
Ashley has died in a car accident on her eighteenth birthday, she finds herself in Heaven, she is ushered into a line all the while in disbelief that she's dead, instead thinking that she's dreaming, she finds herself wandering into a line not her own, next thing she knows she's sent back down to Earth into the middle of a guy's massage, who just happens to be Cannon Michaels the lead singer from Ashley's favourite band Sendher.
She learns from the masseuse Claire's angel that she is now Cannon's guardian angel, responsible for his safety.
But Ashley soon finds that Cannon is nothing like his public persona, he is definitely living the Hollywood lifestyle and seems to be on a downward spiral.
Gradually Ashley learns how to do the basic things like learning how to fly and touch things, and things she shouldn't like having Cannon see her and feel her, which leads to his manager Jonathan thinking he's imagining her.
And then the ending, well I sort of had an idea of what would happen but there was also a part I never would have guessed and that left me hoping and wishing for another book.
I loved all the characters and especially with Ashley through learning about her job as a guardian angel also had her growing up and knowing that she can't fix everything.
I urge everyone to read this book, it's really good!
I give this 4/5.
About Karri Thompson
As
a first-time author, I cannot express- not even in words- how excited I am
about the release of my debut novel, Amateur
Angel. It took a lot
of hard work and sleepless nights. There were many disappointments and
rejections along the way, but in the end, my persistence and determination
eventually paid off. In many ways, I think writing a novel is easier than
finding an agent to represent it and then a publisher to buy it. Two
years ago, I almost gave up on my dream to become an author, but then my son,
Kyle, wrote a special poem for me, and it inspired me to write a new book and
try again. The new book was Amateur
Angel.
Here
is his poem:
You fail and you fail,
You fix and you fix,
You wait and you wait,
Until you succeed.
I
hung this poem in my closet and read it every day when I was getting ready to
go to work and each night before I went to bed.
It is still there and always will be.
I know what I’m about to say will sound like a cliché, but based on my
own personal experience, the best advice I can give anyone is to always believe
in your abilities, hold your head high, swallow your pride, accept criticism
and then learn from it, and most importantly, never give up.
I
grew up in San Diego County and attended San Diego State University, earning a
bachelor’s degree in English, a master’s degree in education, and my teaching
credential. I am a high-school English
teacher in the East County of San Diego where I also live with my husband, our
son, and two dogs.
Being
a lover of Victorian literature, my favorite author is Charles Dickens although
I haven’t quite finished reading all of his books. Someday I’ll finally finish David Copperfield- I promise. If you are one of my students, you are either
laughing or shaking your head at this.
I lead a very busy life, but when I’m
not teaching, grading papers, or attending my son’s soccer games, I find time
to write novels, my greatest passion.
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