Has anyone heard of Halo?

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( I searched there are no topics on this book and I believe this is the right spot)
It is recently new; the book: Halo by Alexandra Adornetto. So I'm not sure if anyone had heard of this book let.
I read it not to long ago and it reads like a carbon copy of Twi-fail. Only instead of sparky 'vampires' its angels down on Earth, the roles are switched the girl in the story who is an angel who falls in love with a human. As I was reading it not only is it in first person (something I grown to be suspicious of thanks to Twilight plus same with any new book.) Again I fell for the cover not really knowing that I would read a bad copy of an already bad book.

It read just like it, there was no plot only up until the end, the angels (one of them being an archangel) do nothing really dispute being brought down to earth to help people but just sit around the house given to them (oh and they are rich) it says the other two are helping out but they aren't.Plus it takes place in high school where the main character goes to.

Have any of you guys read this book? and if so what did you think of it?

[annoyed]

The game was better ;D

[sterilizedwerewolf]

I haven't heard of it, but it sounds terrible.

[Mia Garossa]

LOL! I saw the title and thought, "Uh, Games-related??" but then I judge everything by the covers. My bad.

Got this from Wiki, everyone's best friend and gossip source.

Adornetto is the daughter of two English teachers and attended, in her own words, "many" schools including MacRobertson Girls' High School, Ruyton Girls' School, Korowa Anglican Girls' School and Eltham College. She says she was 13 years and on school holidays when she decided to become a recluse and started writing her first book for young adults, entitled The Shadow Thief. She did some research into Australian publishing houses, and then sent her manuscript to HarperCollins. She has said that it took HarperCollins about twenty-four weeks to get back to her asking to publish her book.

I have yet to read the book like you did but this author already promises some face-palming.

OHO! What's this little diamond I spot?

The Shadow Thief

The main characters of Shadow Thief are Millipop Klompet and Ernest Perriclof, who live in Drabville — a town whose residents suffer from having their shadows stolen by Lord Aldor, who wants to use the shadows to become immortal, all-powerful and rule the world. According to Adornetto, "The shadow represents individuality and colour and a person's spirit, really." She said the two main characters were based on herself and her cousin and their own adventures together as children.

A 13-year old writing this? Reasonable. 13-year old Meyer would have written about dancing unicorns who can transform into humans living in Rainbowland waging a war with the Platypus people of Swampland because they're "ugly and mean".

The Lampo Circus

The arrival of Federico Lampo and his traveling circus brings a new threat to Drabville when the children are kidnapped and transported to the grim world of the Conjuors′ Realm. Lord Aldor‚ assisted by Ringmaster Fredrico Lampo and the vicious Contessa Bombasta (Patroness of the Arts)‚ is plotting to conquer the fairy province of Mirth. The children embark on a quest to warn the Queen of Mirth‚ encountering some fearsome obstacles‚ not least the ferocious Grin Bandits and their tooth−extracting apparatus as well being challenged in a life size game of Monopoly. As the day of battle draws near‚ Milli and Ernest realize that if Lord Aldor defeats them‚ theirs won′t be the only lives at stake...

Von Gobstopper's Arcade

Master toymaker Gustav VonGobstopper announces plans to build a special Toy Arcade − brimming with the world′s greatest toys −− to commemorate the extraordinary bravery of Drabville′s children who have twice escaped the clutches of the wicked Lord Aldor. The children couldn′t be more excited. But when Milli and Ernest encounter Theo‚ the bandana−wearing teddy‚ deranged designer Tempest Anamoli and the immoral Botchers at the Arcade‚ it quickly becomes apparent that they have stumbled upon a macabre plot. Could this be the work of the evil Aldor − a malicious master plan designed to extinguish the very existence of childhood? As Christmas Eve draws close‚ Milli and Ernest find themselves enlisted as Santa′s helpers‚ for a Christmas spectacle that will be like no other ... But can they protect the town before catastrophe strikes?

To be honest, this actually sounds like a very good series to read for young adults and children, something I would read if I was still either a kid or a teenager around the times these were published. Sadly, our Adornetto's tastes in writing a romance-fantasy novel dims her imagination and makes her write half-assed crap like this:

Halo

Nothing much happens in the sleepy town of Venus Cove, but everything changes when three angels are sent from heaven to protect the town against the gathering forces of darkness: Gabriel, the warrior; Ivy, the healer; and Bethany, a teenage girl who is the least experienced of the trio. They work hard to conceal their true identity and, most of all, their wings. But the mission is threatened when the youngest angel, Bethany, is sent to high school and falls in love with the handsome school captain, Xavier Woods. She defies the laws of Heaven by loving him. Things come to a head when the angels realize they are not the only supernatural power in Venus Cove. There′s a new boy in town called Jake Thorn, and he′s charming, seductive and deadly. Worst of all, he wants Beth.

With that, gone is the creativity. Gone are the creative names like Millicent and Anrime and here come the down-to-earth, pretty-boy names like Gabriel and Xavier and place names like Venus Cove and a love triangle that's sure to make anyone who's read the Twilight saga and hated it roll their eyes. Adornetto tried and failed.

[Mia Garossa]

Oh God wait. JUST KILL ME.

bookspeakblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/halo-by-alexandra-adornetto.html

Halo caught my heart and my imagination in one fell swoop. The characters are alive, the dialogue sparkling, and the plot very well-done.

. . .

You can imagine my surprise when I realized that the author is only eighteen! This book is so enthralling that I would hardly expect someone with hundreds of years of experience to be able to write it, let alone someone who's only eighteen.

...Nope. I can't either.

In addition, I almost shouted with delight when I saw that this book has a table of contents. It might be strange, but I absolutely love it when books have tables of content. Unfortunately, not many YA books do these days. (I also have to mention that this book contains a reference to Jane Eyre, which makes me very happy.)

There's so much fail in this paragraph that I don't know where to begin.

Some of the passages contain ideas that I didn't think an eighteen year old would be capable of thinking, yet there they are in black and white. Halo is without a doubt one of the best, if not the best, book of 2010.

Alright, mysticwolf. You now have an obligation to snark this book and make a thread of every paragraph as you do so. You will do it. So help me God I will start trying to kill you with a sardine and threaten to commit terrorism at your next birthday party with it if you don't! I'm begging you, I want to proven wrong about this book! TT^TT

[annoyed]

I wouldn't expect someone with hundreds of years of experience to be able to write it either.

Because that person would be dead.

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Aug 18, 2011 6:35:43 GMT -8 Mia Garossa said:

Oh God wait. JUST KILL ME.

bookspeakblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/halo-by-alexandra-adornetto.html

Halo caught my heart and my imagination in one fell swoop. The characters are alive, the dialogue sparkling, and the plot very well-done.

. . .



...Nope. I can't either.



There's so much fail in this paragraph that I don't know where to begin.

Some of the passages contain ideas that I didn't think an eighteen year old would be capable of thinking, yet there they are in black and white. Halo is without a doubt one of the best, if not the best, book of 2010.

Alright, mysticwolf. You now have an obligation to snark this book and make a thread of every paragraph as you do so. You will do it. So help me God I will start trying to kill you with a sardine and threaten to commit terrorism at your next birthday party with it if you don't! I'm begging you, I want to proven wrong about this book! TT^TT

To tell you the truth I really don't know how to snark a book, I mean I'll try. Besides, should I have a new topic or add on to this one if I do snark it? Also when I first read it I checked it out from the library and don't really want to again(I would rather check out better books). Is there a legal way to read it online?

[Mia Garossa]

So far, only fanfiction and Meyer's books like The Host are what I've seen get snarked here. Starting a new thread is also ideal if the snarking's permitted.

[Deleted]

You could get an online copy.

[Deleted]

I started a snarking of it on my live journal, it'll be slow since I'm not sure if I really want to do it since its a long book, boring and nothing really happens.
But I'll try to it depends if I feel like it. Sorry its just I'm not really sure how to do this.

mystic-wolf39.livejournal.com/2246.html

[Mia Garossa]

^Don't worry <3 the thought of snarking a bad book is what counts. And I'm not bullying you into it so make it fun for you too! LOL

Not bad for a start I'll be reading!

[slovie]

I actually went to the bookstore the other week and I actually found Halo next to a book by the same author called Hades which is apparently it's sequel. It was recently released apparently. Has anyone heard about it?

[castlemoon93]

I read the book and it wasn't too bad, or atleast not as bad as Twilight. I'm interested though in reading the sequel to see how it ends

[makoeyes]

The Shadow Thieff actually sounds interesting. The idea that a shadow is a part of your soul is an Ancient Egyptian belief, so it's interesting to see fantasy using the idea.

I'm not going to judge the angel book based on the description unless I read it or a very detailed snarking, but it does sound Twilightish, but not as boring. Hell, this idea could actually be done well. Especially if they make the angels "inhuman." In my universes, "angels" are non-human creatures (and their true forms actually look it), and though they have free will it doesn't work the same way as a human's, and they're not able to enjoy the same kind of joys (such as real romantic love) as humans without giving up their angel-hood.