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Jul 08, 2011

Amanda rated it:

Jordan Dane is one of the best YA story tellers I've come across, her book In the Arms of Stone Angels is inventine, emotional, myyserious, hypnotic its like you cant put the put the book down until your done and in the end you'll still be wishing for more. The characters where so real the air of mysery was tangible there where several time where I found myself breathless in antisipation. She brings the stroy life giving the characters depth and insight. I loved her mixture of the supernatural w More...

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Jan 06, 2012

Misty rated it:

It’s not often that I think of a movie when reading a book. A song yes, I have even encountered the exact opposite and thought of a book while watching a movie, but with “In The Arms of Stone Angels” the very first thing that popped into my head was “The Cell” from 2000. While the plots are similar (not enough to say either copied each-other) that is not what caught my attention, the imagery was.

In short “In The Arms of Stone Angels” is a murder mystery (don’t be fooled by the very YA More...

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Nov 23, 2011

Larissa rated it:

Two years ago when a girl died, she betrayed the boy she loved and she lost everything. Although cleared of any involvement in the murder by the police, that didn't stop her small town of assigning her the guilt. After all it was well known that she was close with the Indian boy who had committed the crime. A white girl should have known better then to get involved with an outcast half-breed Indian, so any trouble she got she brought on herself.

Having spent the past two years in Caro More...

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Jul 26, 2011

Aliya rated it:

Brenna Nash has a secret, she can see dead people. She left Shawano, Oklahoma two year before when she found the boy, White Bird, who she was in love with, at a gruesome crime scene wielding the murder weapon. Now she is forced to return and finds that White Bird has been in a mental hospital trapped in his own head since she betrayed him to the authorities. Brenna is having problems with bullies and police officers now that she is back, and she also has doubts about White Bird being the murdere More...

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Jul 17, 2011

Mary rated it:

After recently reading a book with a whiny young adult character, this book was refreshingly good with a strong character coupled with a superb plot and great character development.

Jordan Dane weaves a tale about two teenagers who care deeply about each other, drawn into the after effects of an evil plot to kill a girl at the top rungs of the local mean girl click - but it is so much more than that. The main character, Brenna, can see spirits and has a touch of sixth sense. The boy sh More...

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Jul 12, 2011

Rex Robot Reviews rated it:

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This book is really interesting. I read it very quickly because I kept wanting to see what would happen next and where it was going. The story is fast paced and really makes you empathize with Brenna. I generally don't enjoy "sulky" characters, but her pain and reaction to it seemed real. Brenna and her mother are both a little insufferable at the beginning but as I began to learn all that had happened in the past two years, I More...

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Jul 08, 2011

Jenny rated it:

Review originally posted at: http://supernaturalsnark.blogspot.com/20...

Actual rating: 3.5/5

MY THOUGHTS
In the Arms of Stone Angels is a story both saddening and disheartening initially, drawing our attention to a darker side of humanity where certain individuals take gross pleasure in the pain and suffering of others as a way of ensuring their own misery isn't without ample company. Because we know people like Brenna's peers are unlikely to express any type of guilt or r More...

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Jul 06, 2011

Theresa rated it:

This young adult novel is darker than most with an intense edge that left me with three unforgettable characters that will be burned in my mind for many moons to come.

Written from Brenna's point of view, one quickly becomes involved with her pain and guilt over her decision of calling the police when she found her boyfriend, White Bird, standing over a girl, holding a knife and covered in blood. Then the understanding of what happened when Brenna and her mother left that small town to More...

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Jun 26, 2011

Heather rated it:

I received this book courtesy of Amazon Vine.

Our main character, Brenna Nash, was 14 when she stumbled upon her best friend and almost boyfriend kneeling of the dead body of a fellow classmate. Brenna turned in the boy she called White Bird but it didn't save her from being implicated in the crime herself. There wasn't enough evidence to arrest Brenna but the animosity of the town forces her and her mom to move away. It's now 2 years later and they've returned to the town to settle More...

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Jun 09, 2011

Jennifer rated it:

I received this book through Amazon Vine for review.

This book REALLY drew me in. Jordan Dane has written all of the characters so intricately and full of emotion and realness, that they are completely believable. Not only the main characters, but also the supporting characters. I cannot give enough praise in that area.

Brenna Nash is what I guess you would call a necromancer. She sees dead people. She is a social outcast but doesn't really care. Besides her ghostly "frien More...

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May 05, 2011

Lindsey Jane rated it:

For the first 3 or 4 chapters of this book, I was so certain I would never rate it above 2 stars. Once the story actually started unfolding, it was much more interesting and I was actually able to get through the entire book. (I was having some serious doubts that I'd be able to force myself through all of it.) The story itself was interesting. I don't think the author really knew where she was going with the story, it seemed it took half the book for her to decide what she was going to do with More...

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Apr 29, 2011

Bookmom rated it:

Sixteen year-old Brenna is being forced to go back to Oklahoma after her grandmother’s death to help pack up the house and put it on the market. She and her mother had been driven out of town after Brenna’s best friend, a half-breed named White Bird, had been arrested for the murder of a girl. The awkward thing is Brenna is the one who called the police after seeing him bloody with a knife in his hand, chanting over the dead girl’s body. She’s horrified when arriving back in town that he’s be More...

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Apr 20, 2011

Beverly rated it:

In the Arms of Stone Angels by Jordan Dane

My thoughts:
Wow! I don't even know where to start or what to say about this remarkable story. I finished reading it with tears in my eyes and a lump in my throat.
I have a friend who likes to ask me, "Bev, what have your read lately that was profound and thought provoking?" to which I usually answer, "Nothing Doug, you know I read fluff for pleasure." If he was to ask me today, my answer would be di More...

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Apr 06, 2011

Mel rated it:

Brenna is a troubled teen. Firstly she sees dead people and feels more at home amongst cemeteries and graves than in her own bed. Secondly she found her friend over the body pf a murdered young girl and she turned him into the cops. So it’s no wonder that at the start of the book Brenna is self-obsessed and feels sorry for herself. Returning to the town she grew up in after two years she discovers that White Bird has never stood trial and has been locked inside his head ever since. For the sake More...

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Mar 31, 2011

Kate rated it:

YA supernatural, murder-mystery thriller for older teens age 17 and above

Two years ago, when she was fourteen, Brenna Nash stumbled upon her best friend, Isaac Henry AKA White Bird, of the Euchee tribe in Shawano, Oklahoma, in the aftermath of a brutal murder of a white, teenage girl. Though Brenna had known Isaac for over a year and had never seen him act in any but the gentlest manner toward animals and people, she instantly assumed he had committed the murder and turned him into t More...

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Mar 27, 2011

Pam rated it:

Brenna Nash grew up as a loner in Shawano, Oklahoma. Not one to follow the latest trends and fads, she dressed funny and spent time in the cemetery, probably because she could see dead people. Raised by a single mother, an outcast of her peers, she develops a friendship with White Cloud, an orphan Indian boy who longed to be adopted by the local Euchee tribe. They form a bond as only those who have been alone can but it all falls apart when Brenna finds White Cloud over the bloody body of a dead More...

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Mar 21, 2011

Trisha rated it:

I honestly feel I’m going to do this book no justice. Words are failing me as I’m wracking my brain to express how much I love this book. Brenna Nash, the MC of this story, brings us inside her haunted reality of how she views her world and herself through a dark and edgy first person narrative. For once, an author truly captures the teens of today—their talk, their swagger; their distorted and spot on perceptions through how they see their world. I was so connected to Brenna. She was as real as More...

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Feb 17, 2011

Krista rated it:

I almost didn't pick up this book, wasn't sure what I thought of the synopsis. But I am so grateful I did. I couldn't put it down, so many twists and interesting paranormal snippets. In the acknowledgments the author says it was meant as a "dark, edgy YA Novel" and I could not agree more. I loved the main character Brenna, she's a little on the weird, quirky side (clothing from curtains and can see ghosts, visions etc). Whitebird is a very endearing boy you just want to hug him. The ot More...

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Feb 13, 2011

Reading rated it:

Review by Andrea @ Reading Lark

Jordan Dane has reminded me why I love mysteries and should read them more often. She has created a dark and twisted world in which a young Native American boy, White Bird, is accused of murdering the teen queen of the small town of Shawano, Oklahoma. To make matters worse, his best friend, Brenna Nash, is the one that calls the police after she finds White Bird standing above the dead girl holding a knife and covered in blood. Surely he was the one tha More...

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Oct 04, 2011

Lisa rated it:

You know a book has made an impact when you can't find the words to describe it.

This is a darker YA book. It deals with a young girl who saw the boy that she loves holding a dead body and chanting over it. She called 911 and he was arrested for the crime. She was never able to get over it, even after they moved away from the small town.

Two years later she comes back with her mother to clear her grandmother's home and get it ready to sell. Her grandmother had recently More...

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May 03, 2011

Karen rated it:

Brenna Nash never really fit it, even before it happened. And the funny this is, she didn't really care. Even when she was just a kid, Brenna knew who she was, knew what she wanted. If other kids didn't like her, she wasn't going to worry about it. She still feels that way, mostly. But finding White Bird did change her some. Because with him, she did fit in and it was wonderful. Knowing how that felt and not having it anymore is worse than never fitting in at all. With White Bird, Brenna felt li More...

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Mar 20, 2011

O'Dell rated it:

Brenna Nash sees dead people. Not only does she see them, but she likes sleeping in cemeteries. This is her other “home”. Whereas most people would be creeped out by being in a cemetery after dark, Brenna finds comfort there.

Brenna spends most of her childhood as an outcast. She never really fits in. While most girls enjoy shopping and playing dress up, Brenna likes playing outdoors and getting muddy. When she meets Isaac Henry, or White Bird as he prefers to be called, she finds the o More...

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Mar 10, 2011

Stephanie rated it:

I received this from the publisher via Netgalley.com. It is available for purchase on March 28, 2011.

"In the Arms of Stone Angels" completely blew me away!

Brenna Nash’s betrayal of her best friend White Bird has ruined her life. She can no longer look forward, only backwards to the horrifying past when she saw her best friend standing over a murdered girl, bloody knife in his hands. Unfortunately she can’t escape her past. Her mom forces her back to Showana, OK More...

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Jan 31, 2011

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Jan 24, 2011

Lacey rated it:

I just finished this book, I found my waunding and thinking about this story. I first chose this book to read by the title, I thought it was just so unique and cool, don't you think? Anyways I grabbed this book at my first chance and dug deep withing the pages expecting it to be about angels, boy was a dead wrong.

In "In the Arms of Stone Angels" we are seen through the persepective of Breanna Nash who found the boy she loves bloodly and holding a knife, a girl lying at his More...

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May 13, 2011

Suspense Magazine rated it:

Jordan Dane’s, “In the Arms of Stone Angels” is an unforgettable young adult story that will leave you sleep deprived as you soon come to realize this is a new, fresh take on the paranormal.

Brenna Nash, an unpopular loner, finally finds a boy she only dreamed about. They soon become best friends, that is, until the night that changed everyone’s lives in their small Oklahoma town for good. Brenna has accused her best friend, an Indian boy named White Bird, of killing the popular girl at More...

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Feb 21, 2011

Valerie rated it:

In the Arms of Stone Angels by Jordan Dane

Thanks to netgally.com for the early look at the is book.
Available 3/28/11

Summary:
Brenna has done a terrible thing. She called the police when she found her boyfriend standing over a murdered girl with a bloody knife in his hands. That was two years ago. She hasn’t gotten over it. She is stuck in that fourteen year old mind never moving forward. Her mother took her away shortly after and she never knew what happened to More...

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Jun 08, 2011

Jennifer rated it:

Rarely do I have the chance to sit and chat with an author at great lengths about their novel but this was one of those rare moments. Jordan discussed her break-out YA novel in great detail, driving my need to read it through the roof. The cover alone was quite intriguing, with a mysterious quality that beckons you to flip to page one and beyond.

So... it begins with a girl making a choice that leaves her in complete turmoil. Brenna battles with her decision for two years, until she h More...

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Apr 08, 2011

A Beautiful Madness rated it:

I had trouble reading this book. I just couldn’t get into the story. There was something that just kept me from really liking it, and I don’t know what it is.

The story is slow, but interesting. The ending is nicely written, and it goes well with the story. Yet, I couldn’t get into it. There was something that I can’t identify that makes me not enjoy it. I spend 4 days on it, and I stopped way to many time (for City of Fallen Angels and Where She Went.)

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Aug 04, 2011

Cyna rated it:

For the life of me, I just could not get into In the Arms of Stone Angels. From start to finish, my interest in the story and characters was mild at best - it was easy to put down, and I went days at a time between readings without the urge to pick it back up again. Even after finishing it, In the Arms of Stone Angels hasn't made a terribly strong impression on me; I'm left more with half-interested observations than any strong praise or even IMPASSIONED RAGE. I wonder if that isn't almost worse More...

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