Hades

I did not expect anything that happened. This particular angel themed book has taken me by surprise with each page turn. The great descriptions really set the tone for the book and had a way of sucking you into the story. I found myself unable to put the book down! The description in the book for particular scenes on Earth and in Hades made you feel like you were there feeling the heat of the flames licking at you, the emotional distress of having been snatched away from your loved ones, and feeling the pressure of trying to make the right choice to protect loved ones. What I really like about this series is that this book tries to show what real love is, not the material and physical lust that most mistake for love. In this book it shows the maturing process of those blinded by hormonal and physical love and finally seeing the light of the real love that binds two individuals together. This book shows how some people go through different trials in their lives and the decisions that they make affect not only themselves but those around them as well. This book is a heart clincher and that draws you in, makes you feel the deep connections with all of the characters and you experience the same emotions they feel. I have thoroughly loved this book for all of the twists and turns that it takes you through, and it may be my favorite of the three.

Amazing series.

Hades was a beautifully scripted book. The characters were well defined in this book, and there was no straying Bethany away from her virtuous core. In this book, Bethany finds herself being pulled down in the third circle of hell. Some of you might not know, but this is a take on Dante's Inferno. There are nine circle's of hell total in Dante's Inferno, and Adornetto mentions the ninth circle being ruled by Lucifer himself. I know some have mentioned that this version of hell, which in the book they referred to as Hades, was not in fact hell. But if one has read Dante's Inferno, and knows the reference, the third circle is the hell of Gluttony. This is perfectly portrayed in Adornetto's version, and I feel the need to defend her. I have personally read Dante's Inferno, and others that may not understand the take she took on hell would do well to read some Dante. The story was well crafted, and intense from the start. It was action packed, and there were moments where I though Bethany would lose, where things got so bad, you couldn't see a way for her to get out, and then you'd be surprised, out of no where, at how she manages to survive. And the most beautiful message in this book is that: Love. Conquers. All. If you thought Xavier and Bethany's love was beautiful in Halo, then you will love how deeply you see their love grown in Hades. Not even Hell itself can keep them apart. Praise for Hades! I cannot wait for the third book!

In this sequel to Halo, Jake Thorn is accidentally loosed from Hades thanks to a seance that Angel Bethany's friend, Molly's friends decide to conduct at a Halloween party. From there, Jake pulls a very trechearous trick on Angel Bethany by disguising himself as one of Xavier's friends with a motocycle. In doing so he, unfortunately, succeeds in luring Angel Bethany into Hades with him. From there, he makes a claim that he wants to make Angel Bethany his demon queen in his Circle of Hades (which is the Third). He at least makes sure that Angel Bethany never gets less than (his idea of) the best treatment and when Angel Bethany accidentally runs into the Pit (the biblical "lake of fire" in which souls of the damned are tortured for eternity), he even offers to erase her memory. One of the things I personally admire about Angel Bethany in this one is that despite her air of innocence and naivete, she refuses that offer and realizes that she was meant to see the Pit because it was meant to teach her something for the long run. Though the part that had me teary-eyed the first time I read it is when Angel Bethany manages to find her friend, Molly's friend, Taylah (she had committed suicide under Jake's influence in Halo) in a Wasteland tunnel with access back to Earth. Angel Bethany, Jake's human assistant, Tuck and Taylah manage to have a good few minutes on Earth until the trackers disguised as very ugly and vicious dogs manage to find them. Taylah then explains to Angel Bethany the reasons why she was personally thrown in Hades in the first place (because she had basically been quite selfish and had only cared about "having fun" during her life on Earth) and sacrifices herself eternally to the Pit to save Angel Bethany and Tuck. I do have to admit that if I were Adornetto, I would have probably omitted that whole scene, made Angel Bethany wait for Archangel Gabriel and Ivy's rescue and probably thrown Taylah into Limbo instead. I don't think she really deserved Hades because after all, she was just a teenager (the in-between stage of humanity) and who knows who she might have become as an adult? Again, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see why someone like Jake would consider Angel Bethany to be an ultimate target for speeding up the process of the apocalypse. Aside from her innocence and naivete, since she was only recently created, Angel Bethany is also still quite ignorant about many things and often displays the stubbornness of an adolescent (Archangel Gabriel and Ivy are constantly having to bail her out as a result) though unlike Jake, she possesses a magnificent ability to love and as Jake knows, she will do anything for love. Especially to keep Xavier alive and protected on Earth. Again, Adornetto successfully demonstrates what it truly means to follow your heart and protect the love of your life at any cost.

Love the book easy reader for a teen and highly recommend

LOVE THIS SERIES

perfect

Una manera ridícula, infantil y absurda de representar el Infierno. Una novela entiendo que dirigida a un público joven pero que ofende.

I bought the first book Halo in a charity shop and when I finished it looked on Amazon Kindle to see if she had written and others and was delighted to find that there were two more in the series. This one was as entertaining and as gripping as the first. Well done Alexandra and thank you. About to start the final book.

Me ha gustado tanto o más que el primero, así que voy a continuar leyendo el tercero. Lo que estoy haciendo con ésta trilogía, no lo he hecho nunca, que yo recuerde, con otra saga. De verdad me está gustando muchísimo, y no me lo esperaba me ha sorprendido gratamente. A lo mejor es que ahora me vuelvo joven y me gustan más éste tipo de lecturas frescas, de amor adolescente sin malicia, con el puntito de "sal y pimienta" que le pone la autora, con los ángeles y los demonios, cielo e infierno y tal... creo que consigue que los lectores no paremos de leer hasta terminar el libro y eso es muy de agradecer. Encontrar un autor/a que sepa despertarte el interés por seguir leyendo sus libros, por años que pasen, no tiene precio; me pregunto si otros libros de ésta autora me continuarán interesando. En definitiva recomiendo ésta trilogía y también recomiendo que tengáis la mente abierta a la hora de leerlos.

I love this series, such love between two young people even though one is an angel. Glad Jake is gone now