Genre: Young Adult
Sub Genre: Paranormal Romance; Angels,
Death, Fenestra, Protector, Nocti, Aternocti, Souls
Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
Back Cover: Half human, half
angel, Meridian Sozu has a dark responsibility. Meridian has always been an
outcast. It seems that wherever she goes, death and grief follow. On her
sixteenth birthday, a car crashes in front of her family’s home – and though
she’s untouched, Meridian’s body explodes in pain. Before she can fully
recover, Meridian is told that she’s a danger to her family and is hustled off
to her great-aunt’s house in Revelation, Colorado. There she learns the secret
her parents have been hiding for her entire life: Meridian is a Fenestra, the
half-angel, half-human link between the living and the dead. It’s crucial that
Meridian learns how to transition human souls to the afterlife – how to help
people die. Only then can she help preserve the balance between good and evil
on earth. But before she can do that, Meridian must come to terms with her
ability, outsmart the charismatic preacher who’s taken over Revelation, and
maybe – if she can accept her sworn protector, Tens, for who he is – fall in
love. Meridian and Tens face great danger from the Aternocti, a band of dark
forces who capture vulnerable souls on the brink of death and cause chaos. But
together, they have the power to outsmart evil.
Meridian is a girl who just thinks that she is a freak. Not
understanding why things die around her, and yet not questioning it either. But
things change fast for her on her sixteenth birthday. All of a sudden she
learns who she is and must learn how to help souls without losing herself.
There are those who hope that she gets herself killed or trying to kill her so
she can’t help the souls cross. It’s all very exciting. The story is
beautifully written. Meridian is a strong character that takes on her
responsibility even though she wishes that things could be different. She takes
all her lessons in strides. Tens is my favorite kind of character, he is funny
and flirty. And yet he is also very protective of Meridian. I loved this book
and can't wait to read the next in this series, Wildcat Fireflies.
Publisher: Delacorte Press
ISBN: 038573669X
Pages: 320
Series: Meridian
Volume: 1
