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(More customer reviews)I stumbled across Monica Leonelle's breakout novel "Silver Smoke" by sheer chance and ultimately couldn't put the book down. The book is centred on Brie and Pilot Van Rossum, who have been exiled to Honolulu following the tragic death of their mother. However, Brie is not convinced that her mother's death was an accident and is determined to find out what really happened. Brie's first answers come from a group of cheerleaders at her new school - who confess that Brie (and themselves) are not normal teenagers... they are descendents of archangels, known as Hallows, who are sent to protect human (earthlie) souls from the archdemons descendents, known as Nephilim's. As if learning that you are superhuman isn't enough, Brie also learns that there are more than just the Nephilim that are her enemies.
Leonelle has managed to create a fascinating world that is rich and vibrant. The bonds of family and friends are the heart of this novel but it also challenges the demarcation of good and evil and what one is willing to do for the love of another. Her complex world of Hallows and Nephilim's are both refreshing and much needed in the fantasy genre, which currently seems over-whelmed with vampire tales. Finally, I cannot wait for the next instalment ;-)
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15-year old Brie van Rossum wants to know what caused her mother's death, but she's trapped in Honolulu under the watchful eye of her rock star father James, her overprotective older brother Pilot, and the relentless paparazzi who would love to capture her breaking down on film.
A clue about her mother's death finally comes in the form of four teenage girls--or at least, that's what Brie thought they were when she met them on the first day of high school. The girls are not normal teenagers, but Hallows--descendants of archangels and humans--with supernatural powers that allow them to manipulate matter and cross miles of beach in seconds. Brie learns that she is a Hallow too, just like her late mother.
But Brie's family has enemies--specifically the New Order, a group that killed most of Brie s family before the last survivors went into hiding one hundred years ago. Brie's new friends don t think the New Order killed Brie s mother, but that begs the question--who did?
Now, Brie faces a choice--she can follow the clues her mother has left behind, and risk exposing her family to a death sentence from the New Order; or she can stay in Honolulu and keep her family safe, but forsake the Hallows to the New Order's firm fist.
The Seven Halos series consists of seven books about seven humans who are descendants of archangels and archdemons. Each of them must uncover the chilling (and sometimes sinister) mysteries of their lineage in order to save two races of superbeings from an all out war that no one can win. It is a story of love, death, heartbreak, betrayal, and the one thing that matters most--allegiance.
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