Destine by Katherine Polillo
The Watcher's Trilogy book 1
Michelle Cross is an average, seventeen year old girl growing up
in a small town in New Jersey. Up until her senior year, her life has consisted
of a rather unglamorous existence, until a handsome new boy finds her at
school. Little by little Michelle’s world is turned upside down. The new boy
claims to be the Archangel Gabriel cast from heaven, her best friend falls for
the Antichrist, and come to find out Michelle’s mother has seen it coming all
along. So instead of being consumed with prom and graduation, Michelle finds
herself battling the evils of Hell in her small town. Can Michelle stop the
powers of Hell in time? Can love bridge the world between heaven and earth?
Michelle and Gabriel find themselves the pawns in a very dangerous game between
an ancient power with a mysterious message and Satan himself.
Sometimes your Destiny finds you...
Author Bio:
Katherine
Polillo originally planned to grow-up and run away with the circus, but after
realizing that she had a debilitating fear of heights that squashed her dreams
of being a tight ropewalker, she instead pursued a career in education. She currently teaches high school history and
fabricates fictional stories in her free time.
She never really out grew her imaginary friends stage, and instead has
created lives and stories for the creations of her imagination to live in. When she is present in reality and not off on
an adventure with her imaginary friends, she lives in a small, New Jersey town
with her husband and their two spoiled rotten, ungrateful cats.
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My Review:
Destine by
Katherine Polillo
Let me start off by saying that I enjoyed this book so much.
I had my doubts with so many angel, demon, and apocalyptic books out there but
I was so wrong. And I am so glad I was given the chance to read this book for
review.
We start off by meeting Michelle who is an ordinary
seventeen year old high school girl with her best friend Cami. They are not
popular but have each other and that is fine with them both until Cami wants
their senior to be different and with the arrival of Gabriel things start to
change for Michelle and she doesn’t like it. With her best friend off becoming
popular and falling for the Antichrist, dealing with her mom who is
schizophrenic who has delusions about angels and demons, a father who works all
the time, and Gabriel who makes her feel weird Michelle doesn’t know where to
turn. Until Gabriel gets her alone and tells her he is the Archangel Gabriel
and that she the only person who can save humanity by battling the four
horsemen of the apocalypse. Michelle of course doesn’t believe him until she
goes home and her mother’s rambling starts to make sense to her. So she goes
back to Gabriel and tells him she believes him but doesn’t know how she is
suppose to win the battle. Gabriel tells her that he will help her and that the
Archangel Michael will help when the time comes. But what shocks both Michelle
and Gabriel is the love that blossoms between them.
I fell in love with characters from the start. Watching
Michelle transform from a timid unbelieving girl into a warrior who has
embraced her destiny is truly amazing. Oh and Gabriel, well there are no words
for him that will suit him. They just don’t make men like him ever. He is swoon
worthy. This book will keep you guessing at every turn. Just when you think you
know who the next horsemen are you are completely shocked when you find out who
it is. I have completely fallen in love with this book and the characters in
it. I am anxiously waiting for book two so I can see what happens next.
Katherine’s debut novel is amazing. If you want a book that
has taken everything you thought you knew about angels, demons, and apocalypse
and leaves you wanting more then rush out and buy this book. I promise you
won’t be sorry. 5/5 Bats
Thanks for a great review, and thanks to everyone who stops by and checks it out!
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