I just recently finished the novel A Touch Mortal by Leah Clifford (just recently being this morning). It was a great read, kept me turning pages all the way up to the end. Definitely a book worth talking about:
Eden is a suicidal teen, everyone in her life is forgetting about her and, on a beach in New Jersey, she is contemplating a way out of it all. That’s until Az and Gabe walk up to her and Az pulls out a cheesey pick-up line, finally putting a smile on her face.
But Az isn’t like everyone else; he’s not even mortal. Az is a half-Fallen angel, struggling between holding on and becoming fully Fallen.
On top of that, Eden’s not quite normal herself, not that she knows it yet. When an act of betrayal finally pushes her to act on her urge to end her life, though, she joins a group of immortals, the ‘Siders. Even out of them, she isn’t quite normal; her strange abilities make her an asset in the never-ending conflict between Heven and the Fallen.
And that’s just the beginning!
A Touch Mortal was a great read. It had an angsty edge to it, combining love, death, and disloyalty. It was utterly unique in Clifford’s portrail of angels as well her take on the fall. Clifford’s ‘Siders are something I’ve never seen (read about) and their part in the war between Heven and Hell is new (I didn’t think suicide could ever be helpful to a religious story).
The cliff-hanger ending leaves you praying for a sequal (Please, God, let her be planning a sequal!). It leaves you wondering who exactly walked away with the upper hand.
I definitely suggest you pick it up and give it a try!
Read on!Amanda
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