Review: Couldn't put it down!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2014
Illumine is the first book of The Illumine Series about a 16 year old girl, Essallie (Essie) Hanley, who discovers that she isn't quite human.  She is a Nephilim, half human, half angel, who can change her blood into fire.  She meets Kayden, a demon, who tried to kill her but couldn't because she shot flames into him every time he came near her.  He figures out what she is,( there hasn't been a Nephilim in over 300 years) and tries to teach her how to control the uncontrollable fire within her every time she gets angry.  She comes from a disfunctional family and is now living with her older half brother, Jayson.  She makes friends with a boy named Leo, who happens to be in the family business of keeping all the immortals in check, like the demons, faires, witches, etc. Though  a terrifying  chain of events, Leo, who is human, dies, and Essallie nearly dies when she is poisoned by her supposedly dead vampire boyfriend.  The story leaves you hanging for the next book in the series when Ari (another Nephilim) shows up in her hospital room and says that it was about time he found her and that they are ready to start the army (Nephillim's were created to be an army)...this was a fun book to read, Essie is a typical teenager who has to question everything and doesn't really believe everything that is going on.  Kayden and her banter all the time because she doesn't trust him (after all, he did try to kill her!)...I've already bought the second book, and I am going to start reading it now!!