Fallen Angel (Fallen Angel, #1)

Fallen Angel (Fallen Angel #1)

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Ellie was never particularly good at talking to boys—or anyone other than her best friend and fellow outcast, Ruth. Then she met Michael.

Michael is handsome, charming, sweet. And totally into Ellie. It’s no wonder she is instantly drawn to him. But Michael has a secret. And he knows Ellie is hiding something, too. They’ve both discovered they have powers beyond their imagi...more
Paperback, First Edition, 310 pages
Published December 28th 2010 by HarperTeen
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Kim
Good god, this book drove me crazy. And not in a good way. Next time, when you see me putting a book like this on my tbr-list, please do something. Tackle me, gag me, hit me, I don't care. I cannot face another one of these things. My Kindle's life depends on it.

They know each other for a week and when they start kissing after their first date, after 6.3 seconds, things are starting to get hot and heavy, blood gets exchanged during said kiss and Michael (bonus points for the original name), who...more
Brittany
Not going to lie, I got around 30 pages through this book and GAVE UP! Yes, I know I'm a horribly picky reader and all but this just..ugh. Part of its my fault; it looked tacky to begin with I shouldn't have picked it up.

This probably sounds really stupid but the fact that they always used each others names when talking to each other really irked me. I dunno, do people actually do that? xD If someone did that to me I'd probably tell them to stop wearing my effing name out!

And the main guy was l...more
Kaede
I'm sorry, but, why is there a sequel to this book? It's not worth wasting all that paper.

Fallen Angel was too much like bad fanfiction, and it gives off the bad feel of being a knockoff of successful angel books out there. Don't even consider buying Fallen Angel, it's just not good. Full review may come.

Shaylee
Before my review for Fallen Angel, let’s read the blurb of this book:

Heaven-sent?

Ellie was never particularly good at talking to boys—or anyone other than her best friend and fellow outcast, Ruth. Then she met Michael.

Michael is handsome, charming, sweet. And totally into Ellie. It’s no wonder she is instantly drawn to him. But Michael has a secret. And he knows Ellie is hiding something, too. They’ve both discovered they have powers beyond their imagining. Powers that are otherworldly.

Ellie an
...more
Mary (BookHounds)
I have enjoyed Heather Terrell's other books, The Chrysalis and The Map Thief. She brings her same writing skills to this new young adult series. The book weaves romance and mystery together with a nice angelic twist. The angel theme seems to have really taken off lately. The writing in this one does elevate it above the crush of similar titles.
The story is definitely a set up for a series since you get lots of background on Ellie and a little bit on Michael, her romantic interest. Ellie is bro...more
Sabrina (Soter) Sally
Un ragazzo bello e misterioso, appena trasferitosi nel liceo di una piccola citta...
Una ragazza con delle strane doti...
Un'attrazione immediata e inspiegabile....
Quanti YA abbiamo letto con queste premesse? Tanti, troppi, elementi usati e riutilizzati fino alla nausea. Eppure la Terrel riesce a mischiarli sapientemente intrecciandoli a formare una storia dal background interessante e originale.Mi ha incuriosito molto la figura dei Nefilim, la progenie di angeli e umani e il loro ruolo nel des...more
Sara
Plot: 4.5 Stars
I really enjoy a good fallen angel book, and this one didn't disappoint. The only real negative I have plot-wise is that I hate when a book is named or described in a way that tells the reader without a doubt what supernatural creature is involved, but then it takes the main character at least half of the book to figure it out. It was amusing that Ellie and Michael thought they were vampires, but a bit annoying that I was sitting there with it already figured out due to the title....more
Star (The Bibliophilic Book Blog)
Ellspeth Faneuil has always dreamed she could fly and she also sees glimpses of people’s lives when she touches them. At least she thought they were dreams and ‘hallucinations’ until she met Michael Chase. Ellie has always felt like an outsider, except with her best friend, but she feels an overwhelming sense of connection to Michael. When Michael tells her that her dreams are not dreams, but reality and that she can actually fly, she distrusts of him. She finally comes to believe him, but what...more
Paula  Phillips
When I received the book "Fallen Angel”, at first I was not sure what to expect really as was this just another average fallen angel story or did it have that extra little oomph to it . It turned out to be in the middle as I started reading it, it drew me in as in the first few chapters we were shown Ellie's aka Ellspeth's powers of vision with touch. This is when you touch somebody and you can get a glimpse of their past, present or even future. Ellie keeps having these nightmares and dreams; l...more
CC
Kudos to author Terrell for bravely making the transition to ParaRom lit in Fallen Angel, the first in a series of angel-based books for the YA market.

This reviewer respectfully questions Terrell's motives in tackling such subject matter. With likable characters and a sure-fire theme, numerous pacing issues cropped up. And then there was blood. Literally.

I detected in Terrell a deep desire to write about vampires in an age when they have been done to death (or should that be undeath?). The feel...more
P.E.
Fallen Angel was an interesting debut. It was about Ellie, a girl that started to gain these supernatural abilities that she had no clue what to do with.

I didn't overly connect with Ellie. She was a nice girl who always tried to help the world. She was friends with a girl named Ruth- a much more interesting character in my view- who had problems letting people in after her mom died. Ruth was super overprotective and possessive about Ellie and Ellie knew that so she tried her best to always prote...more
Between the Covers
Reviewed by Christin for Between the Covers

Really 3.5 stars

Once again, I'm a sucker for angel books - especially when the angels aren't exactly what they seem. This novel, written in a refined style and incorporating some previously-untapped angel lore, makes for a quick, enjoyable read.

Ellie's always been a little different - never one of the popular girls, more content with her friend Ruth - not to mention she spends her summers in various parts of the world, working with her parents for diffe...more
carolyn
Ellie has some crazy dreams. Flying above her small Maine town at night, her dreams offer her an escape from her days, when she feels awkward and unattractive. Enter Michael, hot hottie with eyes just for her. A quick makeout session reveals Michael is a biter, and along with the strange flashes that Ellie gets when touching someone, she now realizes that blood is a powerful potion as well.

Yes, this is another angel book. What can I say? I like angels. And frankly, it's better than some of the o...more
P.M.
16 year old Ellspeth Faneuil dreams about flying when she sleeps. She is just starting at the upper high school and is secure in her niche away from the popular crowd when she locks eyes with a new senior, Michael Chase. She is surprised when Michael tracks her down and reminisces about their time in Guatemala when both sets of parents were spending the summer teaching the indigenous people better farming methods. Ellie is also beginning to explore some strange new power she terms "a flash" when...more
Kyleigh
As I’m sure a lot of you are, I’m sick of angel related books. It seems that is all that YA authors are churning out these days; if it’s not vampires or werewolves, that is. So with that mentality in mind, I really don’t know why I requested to be added onto Fallen Angel. I guess what intrigued me was that the MC and the love interest BOTH were undergoing changes. That right there peaked my interest enough to make me want to read it. I’m so sick of the one sided love affair with a supernatural b...more
Tynga
Ellie is a junior in her small town’s high school, and even though she’s pretty enough to hang with the popular crowd, she prefers to stay with her best friend Ruth. Her family is really intense about helping other people, so every summer they drag her to some remote third-world country to help build farms and what not. Summer activities aren’t the only thing setting her apart from normal teenagers though. Ellie started developing new weird abilities and Michael, school hottie, seems to know mor...more
Clarabel
J'ai bien senti, dès le démarrage, que ce roman n'allait guère m'inspirer. Outre la ravissante couverture, l'histoire n'a pas su entretenir le moindre suspense (on m'expliquera pour le titre). S'il fallait encore douter du secret de l'héroïne, c'était juste pour faire semblant. Non ?

Ellie se sent observer par un beau gosse au lycée - il s'agit de Michael, il prétend qu'ils se connaissent déjà. Trois ans plus tôt, au Guatemala. Huh ? L'adolescente est confuse, elle ne se souvient de rien. Peut-ê...more
Maura
This was an enjoyable book. Not exactly perfect, but good. Being the author's debut novel I give her credit for coming up with an interesting back story for fallen angels. Though, personally, I wouldn't have called this Fallen Angel as it makes the whole "vampire" theory unbelievable. As the readers already know what supernatural beings the characters are. The ending was intense and definitely left me wanting more. I'm excited for the second book.

The first half of the book was slow, but kept my...more
Monica&spikey
I’ll admit, I wasn’t sure how this book would turn out. Especially since, on page 18, I set this book aside in favor of Endure by Carrie Jones.
See, I used to be able to read two books at the same time. what would happen was I would read the one book until I got to slow or boring part, then switch. So on and so forth until both were finished.
I can’t do that anymore. I don’t know why. possibly because I haven't gotten deep into books with slow or boring parts, but I haven't been able to that for a...more
Marianna
This book...it annoyed me. The characters. The situations. The story. I read 100 pages before I threw it down.

As a little side note, I am crazy about the condition of my books. Pristine is the only way I like them. I was scribbling, with pen, like mad in the margins of this book. Mostly snide comments stemming from my shock and amusement. I am passing the book along to my cousin to get her opinion.

The review below can also be found at my blog: Books and Circuses.

Another killer cover hiding yet a...more
Ruby
This review was first posted on http://rubysreads.com.[return][return]I am very excited to present my first review as part of a Dark Faerie Tales ARC Tour. I was the first up for reading Fallen Angel and I admit that my squeeing was probably pretty loud when it was delivered. I felt so official, being part of a tour. It� s like being able to sit at the grown-ups table. Or something. Okay, on with the review.[return][return]The last angel book I read was one I loved. Remember Unearthly? Great boo...more
Aurora Celeste
I didn't really like this book much. First, I should probably know better than to keep reading angel books when so many of them annoy me. Yet, for some reason I do. Perhaps I am hoping for gems, which is entirely possible since I decided to read this immediately after Unearthly, which was deifinately a gem. Fallen Angel wasn't really one of them, though. It fell kinda flat and predictable. The story is the same as a lot: a girl finds out she has crazy powers and, over the book, discovers she's a...more
Melissa
Feb 18, 2011 Melissa rated it 5 of 5 stars  ·  review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone who likes Hush, Hush
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OceMei Belikova♥
ceritanya lumayan lah :DD
agak aneh si awalnya, ada seorang anak laki-laki yang tiba2 mendekati Ellie, bilang kalo mreka pernah bertemu beberapa tahun yang lalu, tapi Ellie sama skali gak ingat siapa cowok itu.

Cowok itu namanya Michael, gorgeous,well-dressed ma good looking. Ellie gak butuh waktu lama buat jatuh cinta ma dia. *hadehhh*
Dari awal Michael udah menunjukkan ketertarikan dia ma Ellie, sering ngajak ngobrol, nungguin dia di lokernya, ngantarin Ellie ke kelas.

Trus mereka jadian. Dari si...more
Krystal
I absolutely love this book. The main character was really endearing and fun. I loved her boyfriend and protector. I loved the concept and the author's explanation of angels and the vampire theory in connection to Noah's Ark and Genesis. I finished this book in less than a day (that good). I am really looking forward to the next book in this series! I can't wait to read about the main character, her boyfriend, and her friend's antics.
Justine
Fallen Angel is the first young adult novel written by Heather Terrell. I think it is going to be a series, there is already a second novel out. It is about a girl named Ellie, who has powers that when she touches someone she gets a glimpse into their lives. Then she meets Michael who has the same gift. Michael explains that they are meant to be together.From here, Michael decides that they must be vampires because they can fly. Ellie disagrees but doesn't know what they are. They just know that...more
Michelle
I didn't love it, I liked it but there were some things missing for me. I don't know if it is because I've been reading too much YA but all the books that I've been reading are all starting to have the same themes. I didn't really like Ellie, it took me a long time to get into the book, and the relationship between Ellie and Michael seemed to get heavy very quickly. There didn't seem much depth to Ellie, and maybe with the saturated market, I expected a bit more. I enjoyed the introduction of th...more
Kelly Bryson
Good if you're into the angel thing. It felt similar to Fallen, Halo, etc.

I've come back to elaborate, since I got this book from Around The World Blog Tours and owe a better review than that. So, Ellie and Michael have an instant affinity for each other when they meet in High School. And when Michael knows about Ellie's dreams of flying through their town at night, she realizes that her dreams of flying are reality. Ellie immediately guesses that she's a...wait for it...vampire. I know. It didn...more
Larissa
I have already read this book a couple of years ago- or maybe it was last year… I don’t know.

So, I’ll stay with the basic saying how the experience was to read it, my feelings, and a bit about what I thought on the whole universe that Heather has created.

First of all there are two main characters, Michael and Ellie, that falls in love rather quickly, but it’s adorable either way. Both think for a very long time - since they can fly, drink blood, and having odd looks - that they are vampires. Wha...more
Grace Fonseca
Normally, I stay away from Angel books because they are either hit or miss with me. Really wasn't sure about this book, when I saw the blurb for it. I knew that I had to give this book a chance, because usually if I take a chance, it might be a good read.

This book was very nice and lovely. Love Ellie and Michael. They are a very appealing couple. Love that Ellie is someone who cares about her frien, Ruth, her mother and father. What I like about this book is that it starts as a typical YA and we...more
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Heather Terrell is a lawyer with more than ten years' experience as a litigator at two of the country's premier law firms and for Fortune 500 companies. She is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston College with a focus in History and Art History, and a cum laude graduate of the Boston University School of Law. She lives in Pittsburgh with her family.
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