Angel Fire by L.A. Weatherly

This is the sequel to Angel Burn. Yesterday, at around 4 o'clock in the afternoon, I was on page 200 of this 638 page book. I just finished now (10:31 PM). OH MY GOD!

My Thoughts

1. The first 200 pages were a little slow, as they mainly comprised Alex and Willow drifting apart to enable the formation of a love triangle, but, by the time you get to page 350, 400, there is MAJOR squee going on!
2. This book has everything: love, loss, grief, passion, adventure, tragedy, death, compassion - Ah! 
3. SEB! Oh, wow! He is perfect! Bad boy with a heart of gold, curly hair, accent - he is just amazing! My heart broke for him as much as it broke for Alex! 
4. Something that I love about this book is its sense of real tragedy. So many young adult books lack what I'd call grit. They don't feel grounded in real, raw human emotion, but this IS. Oh, man, I can't tell you how amazing this book is!
5. The cast of supporting characters was very fully realized and the setting - the stark, beautiful landscape - was just amazing and captured so sincerely by L.A. Weatherly. 
6. This is another one of those books - the kind that makes your heart contract so that you can barely speak. The kind that makes you laugh out loud and brings tears to your eyes for characters you never thought you really cared about. The kind of book that becomes a part of you, becomes as much a part of your consciousness as your friends or parents or life experiences. This is the kind of book that makes people love reading. If I hadn't decided to become a writer after reading Harry Potter, I'd decide right now. 
7. This book was so great, plot-wise as well. It's broad and sweeping but also a very human experience and I can't explain why but this was an amazing book. I feel like for a book to be truly a great book, then you can't explain why. If you can choose an individual element that you like more than the rest, than it's not a great book; it's a good book, written by an author with a great sense of humor or whatever the element might be. 
8. This is one of those books...it's just...poignant. And engaging. I feel so emotionally spent right now. Totally in a good way, of course, but I want to express how vivid this was. And sensual. It's like the author and I am have the same taste in romance or something, the way this was written so perfectly to my tastes (except for the hair cutting part. I am absolutely neurotic in my preference for long hair and I teared up when Alex cut Willow's.). 

Who Should Read It:

• This is for the romantics out there. You know who you are. 

I have no idea what I'm starting next, but I've got lots of options!