Review: enojyable
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2013
The Halo Effect is a nice continuation of The Cupid Chronicles. If I'm honest I didn't like it as much as the first, but I still liked it. Braelyn is a forward woman who knows what she wants and isn't afraid to go after it without coming across as easy. I liked that about her. I also liked her relationship with her son. She was protective, without smothering him and he was polite despite being 14 and in the midst of an emotional upheaval. Noble was, well noble. I felt really sorry for him and was so glad to see him finally opening himself up. I would have liked to get to know him a little more though. You learn his history in this book, but hear very little of his internal dialogue, except for lusting over his neighbour (which would be important since he isn't much of a conversationalist). I was also little disappointed that Michael wasn't as much of a character. This book is much more a romance with a little help from above as opposed to the story of how Michael goes about his Love Duty mission (as in book one). It was still a really sweet romance though.Like the first book I felt that the author built up the emotional hurtles to be overcome and then let them fall almost miraculously. I was often not explicitly aware of where characters change of hearts came from. It was emotionally satisfying that they did change, but I would have liked a little bit more understanding of how or why instead of just when.My only two real complaints are that It was a little predictable (and questionably realistic) and the preachiness was amped up compared to book one. In Inked by and Angel the religious characters spouted off about god a bit. Ok, makes sense that's part of their character after all. In this one the narrator had a much more religious bent going on and as a result the whole thing felt much more Christian to me. I'm don't mind religion in my fiction, but since I'm not in the market for a new religion I don't generally enjoy mini sermons. Luckily, though more apparent, it wasn't overpowering. I look forward to Eli's story whenever book three finally comes out.