A dying
brother. A young man with golden planes of light on his back. A blind chess
wizard. An insane angelic kidnapper in flamboyant red leather. A town with more
secrets than stoplights. A cat that talks to spirits. Waking up with eyes the
color of moonlight. Before her world tilts towards impossible, Caspia Chastain thinks the only strange thing about her is that she sometimes draws the future. Only her brother Logan, fighting his cancer diagnosis, knows what she can do. When she draws a man surrounded by brilliant light, dark wings, and frightening symbols, she can only hope the vision won’t come true.
But when a stranger named Ethan appears, determined to protect Caspia and her brother from dangers he won’t explain, she’s not sure what to think. Strangers almost never come to Whitfield. They certainly don’t follow her around, frightening her one moment and treating her like glass the next. And they certainly don’t look exactly like the subject of her most violent drawing.
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Angel's Edge Book 1, Gifts
of the Blood is about a girl who sometimes draws the future. She has no idea
how or why she has this gift, and most of the time, when her gift manifests
itself, it freaks her out. She has never embraced the gift, but fears it
tremendously. When one of her drawings all of a sudden comes to life, her life
turns into one huge roller coaster with both "good and bad" guys
trying to kidnap her.
I highly enjoyed Gifts of
the Blood. The idea of a strong, drop dead angel watching out for me and my
family is a great idea, especially if that gorgeous angel happens to fall in
love with me and be completely and utterly devoted to me. Well, maybe not. I do
tend to enjoy the right to choose, and having someone that loves me but has not
choice may not be the best thing.
While the storyline is
well developed it did leave me with a couple of questions that never did get
answered. When Caspia was in one of her classes, she drew a fighting scene
between light and dark Fallen angels with her caught in the middle. Now I could
be wrong, but I don't remember this particular scene ever actually playing out.
The drawing was a prophecy and Caspia did say that sometimes they never actually
manifest themselves, or maybe Mrs. Keire has a plan to use that particular
scene in a future book. Only time will tell. All in all, a very great read. I
hope you all enjoy it as much as I did.
