A Touch Mortal

A Touch Mortal (Touch Trilogy, Book One) by Leah Clifford
Release Date ~ 2/2/11
Format ~ Hardcover
Publisher ~ Greenwillow Books
Source ~ Gifred
Rating ~ 5/5
 Eden didn’t expect Az.

Not his saunter down the beach toward her. Not his unbelievable pick up line. Not the instant, undeniable connection. And not his wings.

Yeah.

So long happily-ever-after.

Now trapped between life and death, cursed to spread chaos with her every touch, Eden could be the key in the eternal struggle between heaven and hell. All because she gave her heart to one of the Fallen, an angel cast out of heaven.

She may lose everything she ever had. She may be betrayed by those she loves most. But Eden will not be a pawn in anyone else’s game. Her heart is her own.

And that’s only the beginning of the end.

My review: I am very wary of angel books. I loved the Halo trilogy, but most angel books are just basically the same: some angel comes down to earth, falls in love with a mortal, upstairs throws a hissy fit and says he'll become a fallen angel if he doesn't ditch the human, but he won't. That's basically the setup for EVERY god dang angel book. But A Touch Mortal looked different and I was interested to see the mythology surrounding what happened in the afterlife for someone who did suicide. And boy, am I glad I did!


The main thing that R-O-C-K-E-D for me was the characters. Especially Eden. She was so flippin' awesome. Though I've said I don't like sarcasm, for her it was perfect. It was the cherry on the sundae, the icing on the cake. It made her perfect. Her wit was unbelievably funny, and outrageous, in a book that's very depressing otherwise, it added so much comic relief!


The one thing that could improve was how fast we were receiving information. It made me feel sorta like this:



Yeah. That was me. I was like whoa! What the #@%& is happening? Maybe I'm just slow on the uptake, but I found my head spinning. Like at a million miles per hour. It seemed like all the things I had to keep track of to follow the story were coming in little spurts which didn't allow me to get all the juicy details needed to follow the plot line.

The villain in this is so incredibly well portrayed! I was like... OMG, this guy is pure evil! I loved all the plot twists, one minute this guy is on your side, the next they want to kill you!

A Touch Mortal was a fas-in-at-ing debut. I was like "me needs more" when this book ended. Purely sensational!

5/5

Cover Comments: Is this this a new trend of only show one half of the model's face? I really like the colors on the this cover though!