Tuesday, June 26, 2012

Book Review: Angel Sometimes

Angel Sometimes by Helen Ginger is a heart warming, heart rending tale of a young lady from Oklahoma who lived on the streets of Austin at age sixteen. Now at age twenty-two, she has friends, swims as a mermaid in a bar, has a guy, Mac, who's fallen for her (she's not sure if he's in her life plan), and Angel is the go-to gal for other homeless women in trouble.
A brutal beating and murder has Angel and friends on the lookout for a bad guy. Meanwhile, Angel reflects on her life and we learn more about her character, and we're ready to help her face her past. How could her mother have kicked her out? Is Angel's abusive father still alive?

As Helen Ginger writes: It's time to quit planning and go home. To do that she needs three things: a high school diploma, a car, and a gun.

Angel Sometimes is well-written with engaging characters and a heroine with gumption. You will root for Angel, and enjoy the twists and turns of her fate.

7 comments:

  1. Thank you for the review, Joanne. What a fabulous surprise this morning.

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  2. I like the cover of the book. Such a pretty garden!

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  3. Joanne, I've only read the first few chapters of Angel Sometimes and am hooked. After reading your review I'm dieing to know what happens next! Thanks for the posted review.

    And.....congrats Helen!

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    1. Thank you Karen, for reading Angel Sometimes. It's not like you have anything else to do ... except promote your new book, The Dividing Season!

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  4. Thank you Sherry. My husband took that picture at the Lady Bird Wildflower Center. We originally had another picture, but it turned out to be the wrong size, so we went on our own search. The cover has significance to the story.

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  5. This human-interest story sounds like one to fully engage the reader. I'll take a look.

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    1. Thank you Francene. I hope you like it. Let me know.

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