{Review+Give@way} Airel by Aaron Patterson & Chris White

January 31, 2012 Blog Tours, Giveaways, Reviews 39

Pages: 425 pages
Publication Date: August 31st 2011 by StoneHouse Ink 
Age Group: YA
Source: Blog tour
Series: Airel Saga #1
Challenge(s): Ebook challenge, Young adult reading challenge, 150+ reading challenge
Buy this Book:Amazon
Summary(from Goodreads):

All Airel ever wanted was to be normal, to disappear into the crowd. But bloodlines can produce surprises, like an incredible ability to heal. Then there’s Michael Alexander, the new guy in school, who is impossibly gorgeous…and captivated by her. Somewhere in the back of her mind, she can hear the sound of pages turning, and another, older story being written. It is the story of an ancient family, of great warriors, of the Sword of Light, and the struggle against an evil so terrible, so far-reaching, that it threatens everything. Airel knew change would be an inevitable part of life. But can she hold on when murder and darkness begin to close in and take away everything she loves? Will she have what it takes when the truth is finally revealed?

This is an intense book! In a good way. A lot is going on, and there is a lot to catch your interest. First there is Airel and you have no idea what is happening to her for most of the book. Then there is a killer, possibly two, a stalker, a guy, and a whole lotta mystery. Mix in a secondary story that goes back thousands of years and you have one heck of a book. 

One of the first things I noticed about this book is that it’s a good bit longer than most of the books I have been reading lately. It’s about 425 pages, and most of the books I have been reading in the past few months have been right around the 300 page mark or shorter. So it was nice to mix in a longer book. You can really get a lot more detail in those extra 100 pages. And a lot of unanswered questions. I both loved, and hated the amount of unanswered questions in this book. The mystery surrounding Airel was awesome and I loved reading along, trying to find out what was going on, but so much was left up in the air for so long that I started to get frustrated at how little had been revealed to the readers, even up to the half way point of the book. After you get about half way done, you start to get some answers but 220 pages is a long time to wait. 

I loved Airel. I thought she was the cutest little thing. She is smart and strong and you just can’t help but root for her. I liked Michael too, even though I felt like their romance was a bit cheesy at parts. It wasn’t exactly insta love, but it was not too far off. Still, there is just something about the two of them that I responded positively to.

I will admit that there were a few points in the book where I was confused. There are multiple new “guys” introduced and a few times I got them mixed up. Once I got the hang of how the story was shifting back and forth between the different people and places and fell into a better reading pattern and really started enjoying the story. The story of Airel is really great, and a worth while read. I thought they focused a little too much on the past, but maybe that is just because I don’t love long battle scenes. The story is well written and very well developed, and other than a few confusing moments I really really liked it! I can’t wait to see what is going to happen next in book 2, Michael. The ending of this book certainly shocked me, so I am really interested to see were we go from here

3.8/5 Gavels
Take a look at these three awesome books! 
PYXIS by K.C. Neal

Corinne lives an average teenage life working at her dad’s cafe, hanging out with her best friend, and trying to forget a falling-out with her almost-boyfriend Mason. Things take a strange turn when she uses her late grandmother’s food dyes for a bake sale, and her customers suddenly find her irresistibly alluring. Then she discovers she and Mason are haunted by the same dreams of a dark force that consumes everything in its path. Pursued by shadowy figures and a crazy woman with secrets from the past, Corinne must find out who her grandmother really was. In her quest to unravel her family’s history, she learns she is destined to protect this world–and the dark world of her dreams. She races to find the answers she seeks before her nightmares break free.

 
ARSON by Estevan Vega

Arson Gable feels like a freak. He can create fire. He never asked for it. He never wanted it. But he can’t shut it off. Before now, three things were true: he both loved and despised his grandmother; his life was going nowhere; and he was alone. But when a strange girl–who feels more normal behind a mask than inside her own skin–moves in next door, Arson hopes to find something he’s never had: purpose. Using what he fears most about himself, Arson must face his consuming past and confront the nightmare that is his present as he walks the fine line between boy and monster.

AIREL by Aaron Patterson & Chris White

Airel is a story about an angel who falls so deeply in love with a woman that he chooses to fall from heaven to be with her. She gives birth to a daughter in Arabia, 1250BC. The girl is pursued ferociously, relentlessly by an enemy in the deepest darkness. In present day Boise, Idaho is just a girl: Airel. She’s just your average high school student…who turns out to be anything but average. It’s because of who she is, because of her ancestry, because of her lineage. Past and present crash in on each other in the final pages as what has been twisted comes dangerously unraveled.

And now I have a giveaway for you all as well as the rafflecopter for the grand prize kindle giveaway! Read on to see how to enter both of the giveaways 🙂
For this tour stop I am giving away  SIGNED COPY OF AIREL!! (US only) To enter just leave COMMENT with your NAME AND EMAIL. That’s it 🙂 Good Luck. 
And now this amazing blog tour is offering a grand prize of a kindle and some awesome swag! To enter fill out the rafflecopter on Author PC Neal’s site. You can find the rafflecopter here:  http://kcneal.blogspot.com/p/airelarsonpyxis-3-book-tour.html



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39 Responses to “{Review+Give@way} Airel by Aaron Patterson & Chris White”

  3. Devony

    Thanks for the chance! This is a hard copy right? I can’t do e-books, but I’d love a chance to read this one! Thanks! wilsondev at gmail dot com.

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  4. Steph

    I really want to read this book! The cover is beautiful! Thanks for the chance to win!!
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  5. Anonymous

    thanks for the giveaway! these books sound awesome

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  10. Juana

    Thanks for the chance! The book sounds really interesting I would love to read it. I have added it to my book wish list.

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  26. Cesya MaRae Cuono

    This was such a great review. The way you described the bookhas me wanting to read it even more. I love when books are intense and the more pages you have to read the more you get drawn into the intensity the author is trying to display.

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  38. Daizymoon

    Well, I just used an Audible credit to get this book so I hope it is everything you say. From the sounds of it, it might be a better read then listen. So a hardcopy would be nice. I have to admitt, I started the book but haven’t gotten far enough to tell if I like it or not. “Napkin guy” has just now been revealed to be going to Airel’s school.

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