The Watcher by Lisa Voisin
eARC received from Inkspell Publishing
Release Date: March 4th
Reviewed by: Middle
Sis Jenn
Millennia ago, he fell from heaven for her.
Can he face her without falling again?
Fascinated with ancient civilizations, seventeen-year-old Mia Crawford dreams of becoming an archaeologist. She also dreams of wings—soft and silent like snow—and somebody trying to steal them.
When a horrible creature appears out of thin air and attacks her, she knows Michael Fontaine is involved, though he claims to know nothing about it. Secretive and aloof, Michael evokes feelings in Mia that she doesn’t understand. Images of another time and place haunt her. She recognizes them—but not from any textbook.
In search of the truth, Mia discovers a past life of forbidden love, jealousy and revenge that tore an angel from Heaven and sent her to an early grave. Now that her soul has returned, does she have a chance at loving that angel again? Or will an age-old nemesis destroy them both?
Ancient history is only the beginning.
Can he face her without falling again?
Fascinated with ancient civilizations, seventeen-year-old Mia Crawford dreams of becoming an archaeologist. She also dreams of wings—soft and silent like snow—and somebody trying to steal them.
When a horrible creature appears out of thin air and attacks her, she knows Michael Fontaine is involved, though he claims to know nothing about it. Secretive and aloof, Michael evokes feelings in Mia that she doesn’t understand. Images of another time and place haunt her. She recognizes them—but not from any textbook.
In search of the truth, Mia discovers a past life of forbidden love, jealousy and revenge that tore an angel from Heaven and sent her to an early grave. Now that her soul has returned, does she have a chance at loving that angel again? Or will an age-old nemesis destroy them both?
Ancient history is only the beginning.
The Watcher follows Mia who finds herself inextricably drawn
to Michael, new boy in town. He’s
mysterious and broody, but behind all that, is a guy trying to redeem
himself. Then enter Damiel, serious bad
boy with one agenda: Mia. What follows is a series of dangerous encounters,
stolen kisses, and heartbreaking revelations.
What did I like?
The romance in this book is one of those innocently sweet
romances. It’s one of those romances
that makes you go, “Aw.” Now, that doesn’t
mean there aren’t some heated scenes tangled throughout the storyline. On the contrary, there are a few scenes full
of pent-up passion that seems to explode.
I really liked the minor characters the most in this book,
especially Mia’s best friends, Heather and Fiona. They were fun and you can tell they really
cared about Mia, even when they were going through their own
problems/relationships. Mia’s mom was
also great. I especially liked when she
told Mia: “’No, honey. Men are never angels,” she said sagely. ‘Besides, it’s the devil in them that we
love.’” Because isn’t that the
truth?!? There’s always something so
alluring about the bad guy!
Damiel, the bad boy.
While I wish his character would have been developed more at the
beginning, he was a great foil to Michael.
He was strong-willed and hypnotic, and Mia felt herself being drawn to
him even though she tried to fight it.
We see straight into Damiel’s past and his desires in the end of the
novel, but he was pretty empty at the beginning. Either way, he was still a great “bad guy.”
What I didn’t like?
I felt like the plot was unoriginal. It was just too similar to Lauren Kate’s Fallen for me. There were differences, but there were some
major parts of this story that were way too much like Daniel and Luce from Kate’s
series.
This story had potential, but the writing was bland at
times. I felt like there was just too
much telling with hardly any showing. I
wanted her world to open up around me as I read, and instead of being pulled
into another realm, I was completely aware at all times that I was just reading. I didn’t get lost in the book like I love
doing. As a result, I had a hard time
getting through some of the scenes.
Sadly, I wasn’t a fan of the main characters. Their actions and words just didn’t seem true
enough for me. Not that it wasn’t the
truth for them as characters, but I didn’t see the feelings and emotions that
led them to those truths. It was just
like all of a sudden---Bam!---and they love each other, but they can’t be
together, but they want to fight for each other, etcetera and so on. I need to see deeper into their lives and
personalities for them to be real for me.
From looking at the reviews, most people really enjoyed this
book. They loved the romance and the
action, but for me, it was just okay. I’m
hoping that the next installment will have more showing, and the writing will
bring me more into this world. I’m also
really hoping that the storyline will depart from the Fallen similarities into
something original and new.
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