{Blog Tour} Until Next Time: The Angel Chronicles, Book 1 by Amy Lignor
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Welcome to Mother/Gamer/Writer for the Until Next Time Blog Tour. If you are looking for a book to tug on your heartstrings, then look no further. See why Until Next Time is a hit with one of our reviewers.
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- Title: Until Next Time (The Angel Chronicles, #1)
- Author: Amy Lignor
- ISBN:9780983741855
- ISBN:9781465992697
- Release Date:February 1, 2012
- Publisher:Tribute Books
- Pages:295
- Review Source:Tribute Books
Find it: Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble
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Overview:
How does a girl choose between the one who steals her heart and the one who owns her soul?
Matt and Emily were created for a specific job. Raised and trained as the ultimate angel/warrior team, they are sent down to save, defend, judge and forgive, depending on the ‘life’ they’ve been assigned. What they don’t realize is that the power of human emotions, such as love, anger, passion and fear can take over even the best of souls, causing them to make mistakes and follow paths that lead to confusion and heartache.
When the reason for their training is finally revealed, the angel/warrior team find themselves thrust into a world they know nothing about. Matt takes over the life of Daniel, a young man with a great deal of baggage. Emily becomes Liz, a girl living in a remote village who relies on nothing more than her own strength to survive. A violent storm erupts one night, and framed in the window of Liz’s establishment is a frightening face. Let in by the soul of a Good Samaritan, the two visitors bring with them a past full of secrets that could literally change an angel’s path and a warrior’s plans.
My Thoughts on Until Next Time:
Where to start… Until Next Time is a story that everyone should read. It touches on so many points of life, that even if you aren’t a believer, you can still enjoy it. This book is filled with the power of love, both God’s and human, but it also dredges through sorrow, pain, and the never ending questions humans face every day.
[quote pos=”left”] This book is filled with the power of love… [/quote]
We meet many characters throughout the book, but Liz/Emily really is the main one. While we see the world through the eyes of so many others, there wouldn’t have been a story at all without her. She is a bit feisty at times, questions decisions, but always does what she feels is right. This even means breaking commandments such as murder.
Emily isn’t exactly human, though, she is an angel sent to Earth to take over the life of a tortured soul: Elizabeth. But she hasn’t the knowledge of her angel life, only the power. Liz has led a horrific life, losing her parents at a young age, and spending most nights in nightmares where her physical body is bloodied and bruised. Only two people are privy to this though, one is her childhood friend Daniel, and her “sister” Faith.
One night two strangers enter her life that will change her world forever, both worlds in which her soul lives. Liz must fight through the human emotions to make the right decisions before she runs out of time. At the same time her soul is screaming to be reunited with the one it claims to love. Can Liz do what is right, and still keep her faith? Or will she make poor decisions that hurt those she loves most?
[quote pos=”right”] I laughed, I cried, I smiled, and I felt my heart touched by this story… [/quote]
Ok, here is the part where I tell you to go read it already! You know you want to, right? I can’t do this story justice as there is so much going on. Sure there is an epic love story hidden in these pages as well as plenty of suspense, but the real story is about love on all levels. From friendship, to romance, to loving God, and even family love – it’s all there!
I laughed, I cried, I smiled, and I felt my heart touched by this story. Even when Emily/Liz had to wait to be reunited with her true soul mate, I felt a flutter. The pain she went through each day of being apart from him must have been pure torture, and I’ll admit it’s a feeling I never want to have. Young, old, single, married, widowed, and so on, this book was written for you to ease your soul, and lift your heart.
The only fault I can find is that when the author went back and forth between Earth and Heaven it got confusing in some places. I think that both stories needed to be told, but in some places I felt it happened too quickly. Others may not notice it, but I felt it best to note it. Otherwise I commend the author for an excellent story, plot, and some very well developed characters!
My Rating
4.5 out of 5 Controllers
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Amy Lignor began her career at Grey House Publishing in northwest Connecticut where she was the Editor-in-Chief of numerous educational and business directories. Now she is a published author of several works of fiction. The Billy the Kid historical The Heart of a Legend; the thriller, Mind Made; and the adventure novel, Tallent & Lowery 13.She is also the owner of The Write Companion, a company that offers help and support to writers through a full range of editorial services from proofreading and copyediting to ghostwriting and research. As the daughter of a research librarian, she is also an active book reviewer. Currently, she lives with her daughter, mother and a rambunctious German Shepherd named Reuben, in the beautiful state of New Mexico.
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Recent Reviews and Giveaways:
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Where to begin! Thank you for having the angel/warrior team on your increidble site! And Heather…I am so humbled by your words. I am SO happy you loved them as I much as I do and I can not thank you enough. I hope all the amazing readers here will be able to celebrate with us…Emily & Matt are being thrown a party where cash and books will be given away! I hope you can join us! And, again, Heather, you got ME crying 🙂
Twitter Party
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
8 p.m. Eastern
Follow hashtag #UntilNextTime as author Amy Lignor answers your questions for 90 minutes live on Twitter. A $50 cash prize will be given to the person who has a receipt confirming an ebook purchase of Until Next Time and tweets at least once during the Twitter Party. We’ll also be giving away a variety of ebooks and print books throughout the event. Let us know if you are planning to attend by tweeting @TributeBooks or @HelloWritersAmy to RSVP
Amy,
I will definitley mark my calendar, and try my best to attend! It sounds like a lot of fun. I can’t wait to see more from your series too. Please, keep writing, you have a wonderful series that the world needs to read.
Thank you so much for sharing your review with us today. This looks like a treat of a read and I love the cover 🙂
Diayll, thanks for hosting Heather’s review of “Until Next Time” at Mother Gamer Writer. We’re thrilled by how much she enjoyed reading it.