Shadows in the Silence (Angelfire 3) by Courtney Allison Moulton

I was lucky enough to participate in the ARC tour for this book that was hosted by my friends at Page Turners Blog.  Thanks Pixie and Stacey!  I was super excited for this book as I have been reading the Angelfire books from the start.  Here's the cover and the Goodreads blurb:

Your strength in heart and hand will fall. . . .
Ellie knows that the darkest moments are still to come, and she has everything to fight for:

She must fight for Will.
The demonic have resorted to their cruelest weapons to put Will in mortal danger, and Ellie makes an unlikely alliance to save him and to stop Lilith and Sammael, who seek to drown the world in blood and tear a hole into Heaven.

She must fight for humanity.
As the armies of Hell rise and gather for the looming End of Days, Ellie and her band of allies travel to the world’s darkest and most ancient regions in her quest to come into her full glory as the archangel Gabriel.

And Ellie must save herself.
Her humanity withers beneath the weight of her cold archangel power, but Ellie must hold tight to who she is and who she loves as she prepares for the ultimate battle for Heaven and Earth.

In this final installment in the Angelfire trilogy, Courtney Allison Moulton brings her dark world of epic battles and blistering romance to a blazing bright conclusion.

I really enjoyed this last book in the Angelfire series.  There was tons of action and adventure.  Ellie has to rise above her limitations and do so much on her own.  Cadan was my favorite character in this book.  He's grown on me so much.  He was really great.  Will, of course, was awesome.  Will is just... adorable.  He really is.  His love and respect for Ellie is so sweet.  Even when she's wearing ridiculous pink boots and worrying about her hair, he still treats her with love and respect.  Will gets all the high fives from me.  One of my favorite book boys.  All in all, this was a great book with a satisfying ending to the series.

You can click here to find the Angelfire series on Goodreads.  Courtney can be found on Twitter, Tumblr, Facebook, her blog and her website.  I give Shadows in the Silence 5 Fairies for a wonderful conclusion to a series that I really enjoyed.

Wings of the Wicked (Angelfire #2) by Courtney Allison Moulton

I had the extreme good fortune to see Courtney Allison Moulton at Book Expo America this spring to get a signed copy of Wings of the Wicked.  I'd gotten a signed copy of Angelfire at BEA last year and it was great to not only get the next book in the series but also to see Courtney again.  She is a wonderfully sweet person and I highly recommend that you see her at a local signing if you can.  It doesn't hurt that her swag and bookmarks are absolutely GORGEOUS!  Here's the Goodreads blurb:

Life as the Preliator is harder than Ellie ever imagined. Balancing real life with the responsibility of being Heaven’s warrior is a challenge for Ellie. Her relationship with Will has become all business, though they both long for each other. And now that the secret of who she really is has come out, so have Hell’s strongest reapers. Grown bold and more vicious, the demonic threaten her in the light of day and stalk her in the night. She’s been warned. Cadan, a demonic reaper, comes to her with information about Bastian’s new plan to destroy Ellie’s soul and use an ancient relic to wake all the souls of the damned and unleash them upon humanity. As she fights to stay ahead of Bastian’s schemes , the revelations about those closest to her awaken a dark power within Ellie that threatens to destroy everything—including herself. She’ll be betrayed. Treachery comes even from those whom she loves, and Ellie is broken by the deaths of those who stood beside her in this Heavenly war. Still, she must find a way to save the world, herself, and her love for Will. If she fails, there will be hell to pay.

This second book in the Angelfire series is so gripping and action packed!  I tore through this monster of a book in a day and a half.  It's a lovely story with tons of emotional scenes and great characters.  I love Will (who doesn't?!) but Nathaniel, Caden, Marcus, Ellie's mother and her grandmother all shone in this book.  Nathaniel is a great character in this one because we get to see more of his interaction with Lauren, Ellie and Will.  He's a really great character who a reader can really identify with.  Caden was great in this book as well.  There is so much depth to his character.  Marcus is a new character who comes in and brings some joy and excitement to Ellie's world.  Ellie's mother is a woman after my own heart.  She knows where her loyalties and responsibilities lie.  She is such a support to her daughter.  Ellie's grandmother comes in with a surprising twist that gives Ellie some much needed support and relief. There is a lot of heartache but also love in this one.  It seems to me that Courtney's books are getting more amazing as they go on.  Her series shows angels and demons in a way that is pretty unique.  I really enjoy these books.

You can click here to find the Angelfire books on Goodreads.  You can find Courtney Allison Moulton on her website, her blog, on Tumblr and Twitter!  I give Wings of the Wicked 4 Fairies because it was an emotional roller coaster of a read that was impossible to put down.

Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton

This is another book that I picked up (and had signed!) at BEA that has been on my To Read list forever.  I was so stoked to read Angelfire and I have to say that it lived up to my expectations!  I also want to say that Courtney was so nice!  I saw her do a couple of panels and went to her BEA signing and she was so friendly and interesting.  You should check out her After Dark Tour stops- I'll post the list at the end of this review.

Ellie is a typical teenage girl from an affluent area in Michigan.  She loves shopping, Starbucks and Coldstone ice cream (which makes her alright in my book!).  As strange things begin to happen in her life, Ellie meets a strange (and hot) boy who she feels like she's known forever even though they just met.  When she is drawn into a battle with an unseen monster in her own neighborhood, Will is the key to triggering her memory and to keeping her alive.  Ellie is the Preliator, a being who is not totally human but whose soul is reborn over and over again to fight and kill reapers (nasty beasts from hell who eat people and send their souls to hell).  Will is her guardian who has been with her for hundreds of years and through many incarnations.  It is Will's job to protect her back as Ellie wields her Khopesh blades that blaze with Angelfire.  Every time the Preliator is reincarnated and comes of age, Will has to reawaken her memory and help her train to fight the reapers.  But Ellie is just a teenage girl, can she really do all the things that Will says she can?  And about Will... Ellie keeps wondering if she had a past with him as more than just the Preliator and her Guardian and if she didn't is a future with him in the cards?

I loved this book!  Ellie was great because she is such a dichotomy.  She's kinda a spoiled rich girl but she can also kick some butt.  She knows what she wants and goes after it even if she isn't always sure of herself or full of confidence.  Ellie's a great heroine for girls to read because she's so rounded and the emphasis with her is never ONLY on getting the boy.  She learns to fight, to take care of herself and she protects Will if it comes to it in a fight.  She's an all around cool chick!  And WILL!  *sigh*  I love Will to bits!  He's so adorable!  Will's lived a long time but he is still sometimes hurt by Ellie not remembering him right away and he's so vulnerable when it comes to how he feels about her.  BUT he also routinely wipes the floor with her as he pushes her to train harder and become the fighter he knows she can be.  He doesn't take it easy on her because he cares enough for her to push her to learn how to protect herself.  Will's also cute with the way that he tends to get talked into things by Ellie.  She asks him to come to her party as a guest and not to watch her from the shadows as her Guardian and he does, even though you can tell he's about as uncomfortable as he can get.  So cute!

Overall, this is a wonderful debut from an author who is dedicated to her fans and who's as friendly and nice as can be!  I highly recommend Angelfire to all readers from about 14 years and up.  There is some teen drinking and mentions of teen drinking.  There is also kissing and some mentions of Ellie's clothes being shredded by a reaper but NOTHING too graphic in that arena.  The violence level is up there, of course, as there are fight scenes with Ellie and Will fighting reapers with their blades and mad skills but there is nothing worse than anything your teens would see on primetime tv.  Make sure you check out Courtney's Website, where she often has contests and where you can find her cover art for the next Angelfire book called, Wings of the Wicked, which comes out early in 2012.  You can also follow her on Twitter!

Angelfire earns 4 Fairies for awesomeness and WILL ! 

OH, and if you get to go to one of her tour stops or signings make sure you get some swag from her because she has THE MOST BEAUTIFUL bookmarks!  Seriously.  Here are the After Dark Tour stops and if you scroll to the bottom of the post you will find a picture of Will and Ellie from Courtney's site!

June 20, 2011 7:00pm
With Leah Clifford and Lisa Desrochers
A Real Bookstore
113 Prairie Road
Fairview, TX

June 21, 2011 5:00pm
With Leah Clifford, Lisa Desrochers, and Sophie Jordan
Barnes & Noble
1201 Lake Woodlands Dr
The Woodlands, TX

July 5, 2011
With Leah Clifford and Lisa Desrochers
Books of Wonder
18 West 18th Street
New York, NY 10011

July 6, 2011 7:00pm
With Leah Clifford and Lisa Desrochers
Barnes & Noble
98 Middlesex Turnpike
Burlington, MA 01803

Courtesy of courtneyallisonmoulton.com

Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton

Angelfire is the first book in a new trilogy by Courtney Allison Moulton that comes out Februdary 15th. I am SO excited for this book! It is unlike any other book I have seen and I love that!! Here is the Goodreads Blurb. While you're on Goodreads, you can also check out what people are saying about Angelfire. Basically, the main character Ellie is a kick butt supernatural being who can wield angelfire and kill Soul Reapers- who are beautiful, nasty and evil all at the same time. AND Ellie has a super hot guardian angel who is supposed to protect her in battle. Yeah, tell me this book doesn't sound wicked?! Right now, Courtney is running a sweet event as she counts down to the release of Angelfire. So, head over to her blog and check it out. She's giving away something different every week!! Make sure you check her out on Twitter as well!