Yes, its Twilight meets Buffy meets The Night Watch. Yes, it ticks all of the YA paranormal boxes: drawn-out love triangle, brooding bad boy versus clean cut good boy, criminally negligent parent, chosen one in denial, ditzy-genius best friend, war between our world and another, and a good heaping of angst and (literally) self-sacrifice. Im not sure whether this had any bearing on this review, but I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised by this debut. Fortunately Ive managed to steer clear of the vast majority of the mediocre paramundane stuff being pedalled by publishers far and wide, so while I did greet this one with a touch of scepticism, I didnt bring years of angelphobic baggage with me when I sat down to read it. And Violet is suddenly faced with a decision that will change her life foreverĪngels are the new succubi are the new vamps, it seems. Because angels arent quite the harps-and-halos lovelies theyre generally made out to be. Having turned seventeen, Violet is now a member of the Grigori, a part-human, part-angel consort whose job it is to keep the peace between these two races.

But seventeen years have passed since that day, and this birthday is destined to bring more than the requisite remorse and loneliness. For Violet Eden, however, birthdays are a time of regret and mourning: Violet remains haunted by the loss of her mother, who died during childbirth.

Most teenagers see each birthday as a rite of passage placing them further ahead on the track to adulthood.

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