“I love you,” he said with a smile on his lips. And then his eyes snapped open, flashing green. A radiating white blur shot out from between his shoulders, smashing everything within reach. I was thrown to the ground by the force of it and something hard hit my head. The last thing I saw was Adam’s shape against the white radiating light that seemed to have its source inside him…When 18 year … 18 year old Claire Gabriel meets Adam, her life takes a drastic turn. He seems to have stepped right out of a fairy tale and he is beautiful – more than anything. On the way to discovering his secret, Claire soon finds herself in love with the mysterious boy.
Unable to evade the dark shadow their feelings for each other draw up, Claire becomes a target in the the eternal war between good and evil; because Adam isn’t the only mysterious creature hovering around Claire . . .
White is Angelina J. Steffort’s debut novel and the first book in The Wings Trilogy, the story about the impossible love between a girl and an angel.
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Praise for White:
“Angelina’s first novel is virtually unputdownable: a delightful, wicked, deeply seductive fantasy with characters that leap off the page and a love story that has its reader yearning for more. Thank God there will be more installments to come. Read at your own peril – because you are going to get stuck and burn the midnight oil with this one: Angelina J. Steffort has crafted a deeply engaging world with a level of astounding detail. For an author’s debut, this is world-building at full power and romance writing as it should be.“ (Toni Weiss, Creative Partner & director @ Little Lights Studio)
“White is a thoroughly entertaining tale of Good vs Evil. Claire and Adam are two young adults living ordinary lives. When they meet, Claire unknowingly becomes a catalyst between the forces of good and evil. People and events are not always what they appear to be. The ending came as a complete shock! I can’t wait to see what happens next.” (Donna Wolz, editor @ Wise Owls)
“I read, no, I swallowed the story. White has a great flow and the ending brings together nicely the storylines Angelina builds up throughout the whole book. It was easy to fall into the mystical love story between Claire and Adam. White is captivating and suspenseful. A real page turner.” (Katharina Sabetzer, coach & writer @ erzählbar)
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About the author:
“Chocolate fanatic, milk-foam enthusiast and huge friend of the southern sting-ray. Writing is an unexpected career-path for me.”
Angelina J. Steffort was born in 1984. She has mul- tiple educational backgrounds, including engineering, busi- ness, music and acting. Angelina writes YA fantasy with a strong romance component, and is the author of The Wings Trilogy, currently working on the second part. Angelina lives in Vienna, Austria with her husband and her son. Learn more about Angelina on www.ajsteffort.com or follow her on Twitter @ajsteffort.
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I enjoyed the story though the editing was rough. I had to agree with some of the other readers that I liked Adam immediately, but Claire had a tendency to get on my last nerve. Then, I remembered how I was my last year of high school and into college. The age difference between the characters is definitely obvious by the maturity level of each.
Insta-love is something that can turn people off, but I think we have to keep in mind that it is a story, and there are types of characters that have that immediate connection, which makes it rather expected. Shifter stories are the same. The insta-love is important because the fact that these particular characters, who might otherwise never find an attraction to each other, need that connection to make the story work. It made more sense from his perspective because of who and what he was. I liked that she questioned the rush of feelings she was having for him before falling completely.
Yes, there were some timeline issues, and there were moments that made me question what they were thinking. But, if everything works out the way we expect, there would be no suspense and no reason for the story. Claire was a young adult who seemed to be more of an introvert and had a hard time coming out of her sheltered shell. I liked spending so much time in her mind as she discovered what her strengths were and where her fears were stemming from.
I was constantly waiting to see what the shadows meant. And, I was on edge while waiting to see when the next demon would show up because I knew they would. The fact that Claire researched the subject and wanted to know more before accepting what was right before her eyes made it more believable. And instead of falling into an all-consuming relationship right away, they worked up to it because in the end, they needed to.
The personalities of some of the demons were fun in a warped way. I like the way the secondary characters were written with vivid emotions and lives that were intertwined in the lead characters’ lives. And that cliffhanger was rather unexpected. I can’t even predict what might come of that.
There were some problem areas, but I think the series has promise. And it’s a fine and engaging first book for this author. Well done. I look forward to the subsequent chapters in the continuing story.
I would have given this a 5 star but I felt the beginning was sort of drawn out in the first chapter, then I continued and started liking the story more. I did like the characters and the story line. I felt this could have been more and I am hoping it is in the 2nd book. A different type of Angels and Demons book and worth reading
O livro é legal. Muitas coisas acontecem e é uma boa história sobre anjos – tema que se tornou bastante comum depois dos livros fallen e hush hush.
O romance apresentado no livro é muito fofinho, e me vi suspira do pelo Adam, mas onde há luz, também há sombras, com os demônios como vilões irritantes que não deixam os dois serem felizes.
Ah, o final é chocante, realmente não esperava. Só digo isso, se ficou curioso, vá ler.
The book is cool. Many things happen and it is a good story about angels – a theme that became quite common after the fallen and hush hush books.
The romance presented in the book is very cute, and I found myself sighing for Adam, but where there is light, there are also shadows, with demons as annoying villains who do not let the two be happy.
Ah, the ending is shocking, I really didn’t expect it. I just say that, if you were curious, go read.