Review: Vivid characters and some awesome angels make this a win
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 19, 2013
This book is a lovely romantic journey with just enough paranormal thrown in to grab us fantasy- and sci-fi nerds. In this book, a 300-pound angel-cum-tattoo artist literally plays cupid to a coworker at the tattoo parlor and his sweet, single-parent neighbor. His job is made more difficult by his charges' past hurts and the shero's troubled, teenaged son.The plot is entertaining and the minor characters interesting. However, Shauna Allen is particularly talented at switching perspectives and capturing her main characters' voices. Her rendition of a fourteen-year-old boy was eerily, and especially, well done. Her dialogue is smartly written and her characters well-developed and their character arches realistic.I have to admit, this story has a bit more Christianity in it than I would like, and I'm not a big fan of the working-class bad boy. However, this book is so well-written and the characters so vivid, I was: 1. Impressed that the characters so colorfully embodied their identity sets, and 2. Charmed by them in spite of some characteristics that would normally throw me off (e.g., Noble's nickname for his love interest is "Sweet Cheeks," and he's not referring to her face). Given the vivid characters and the sweetness of the story, I found myself easily able to smooth over these bumps.Best of all? A three-hundred-pound, tattooing cupid. Brilliant. Simply wonderful.Oh, and for those who loved Jed and Kyle in the first book, they are minor characters in this novel, so you get updates on their lives. That was a big bonus for me.All in all, this is a great book. I strongly recommend it to people who are lovers of straight romance, paranormal romance, and stories with strong character sketches.