Review: An enjoyable read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2014
Tears of Heaven R A McCandless two stories with two different time periods, one in the third century BC and the other in a contemporary world. We follow the path of the heroine, Del, in both stories. We meet her being sold at slave market to Dami, the ship captain. What he doesn't know is that he just purchased a demi-goddess, literally. Not just for her looks. Then the story jumps to present day and we learn that Del works for this "The Throne", some kind of regulatory body for demi-gods, to which they report to and they obey. She must fight rogues who are trying to destroy the world.The story goes from present, back into the past and then to present again, and so on. I found that the scenes in the past flown better, but that could be just me, since in those scenes Del falls in love with Dami, so there's some romance there, plus I love historical novels.In the scenes that take place in the present, Del is portrayed as substance abusive, doesn't trust anyone, not even her apprentice when he's saving her life. In general, she just doesn't give a damn. All she cares is to complete the newly appointed task for the Throne and be done with it.It a well written book, the characters are interesting and the plot is kept at fast pace.