Embrace by Jessica Shirvington
Hachette Australia, 2010. ISBN 9780734411846.
(Ages 13+) Violet is dreading her seventeenth birthday dinner;
after all it is the anniversary her mother's death. The only good thing
about it is Lincoln will be there. Lincoln is her idea of perfect. She
loves him but he only wants to be friends or at least that's how he
acts. After he walks her home then leaves her at her front door after
giving her the best kiss of her life she is determined to get some
answers. Then she learns the truth. He had lied to her the whole time
she had known him. The truth is they are both Grigori, half human, half
angel and Lincoln is her partner it is for that reason they can never
be together. When she learns this she hates him. She can't think
anything nice about him. Then there is Phoenix an exiled angel who is
always there for her and has never lied.
But is Phoenix really who Violet thinks he is? And is her hate for
Lincoln real?
Caught up in a battle between light and dark she must make the right
decision because not only could the wrong cost her life it could cost
her destiny as well.
This book was amazing. I didn't want to put it down. I would definitely
highly recommend that you read this book.
Tahlia Kennewell (student)