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Every night Ellie is haunted by terrifying dreams of monstrous creatures that are hunting her, killing her.
When Ellie meets Will, she feels on the verge of remembering something just beyond her grasp. His attention is intense and romantic, and Ellie feels like her soul has known him for... read more

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This debut, the first novel in a trilogy, is achingly romantic, terrifying, and filled with blistering action. An amazing novel that everyone should read.

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  • Ellie: Soon to be 17. Best friends with Landon and Kate. Has nightmares every night and later learns that she is actually the reincarnation of a powerful warrior, tasked with aiding angels in their battles against demons on Earth.
  • Will: Attractive, secretive young man who Ellie meets days before her 17th birthday. Ellie brushes him off, thinking he's a weird stalker, but Will isn't going anywhere.
  • Kate: Ellie's best-friend
  • Landon: Ellie's best guy friend.
  • Nathaniel: Will and Ellie's friend from previous lives. He works in a library and makes nerdy jokes that nobody laughs at.
  • Bastian: Evil guy that has always wanted to kill Ellie. Vir
  • Cadan: Evil guy which has a mysterious unknown past with Will, likes to flirt with Ellie. Vir
  • Mr. Meyer: Ellie's economic teacher.
  • Josie: A girl Ellie knows. A friend from school.
  • Lauren: Nathaniel's friend and psychic
  • Ivar: Demonic reaper vir. Works for Bastian.
  • Michael: Archangel.
  • Lucifer: Self explanatory.
  • Grigori: Add a description of this character.
  • Ragnuk: Demonic reaper. Ursid
  • Rachel: Ellie's friend
  • Preliator: Name for what Ellie is. The only being in the world that can kill demonic creatures.
  • Geir: A demonic reaper vir.
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  • “Life is going to test you in ways it never has before. Don't let your future change the good person you are or make you forget who you are”
    Mr. Meyer
  • “He was one of those guys who thought surfer hair was the only way to go, even here in Michigan, where there is nowhere to surf”
    Ellie
  • “Landon had been my friend since sixth grade, but he was a boy, and boys made no sense to me.”
    Ellie
  • “I'd have given anything to turn back the clock on the last ten years of my life-- and that wasn't something anyone my age should have to feel”
    Ellie
  • “'What are you doing out here?' I whispered harshly.'What are you doing here?' he countered.I threw my hand up. 'I live here!'”
    Ellie & Will
  • “'You're the weirdest boy I've ever met-- and believe me, every single one if them is weird, so that's saying a lot'”
    Ellie
  • “My mouth sure liked to run when it should have been my feet running.”
    Ellie
  • “'Do me a favor an leave me alone. I just know you're going to go all Ted Bundy on my ass any second"..."Are you afraid of me?" Will asked, jogging to catch up with me."Are you passive-aggressively trying to tell me I should be afraid of you,too? Not just 'nervous'?"..."No, but have you ever heard the saying 'The brave may not live forever, but the cautious never live at all'?""No, I haven't heard that, but I'll keep it in mind. Thanks for the proverbial insight, my stalker friend.'”
    Ellie & Will
  • “'You're tense" Will observed, staring out the windshield."I have a ninja sitting shotgun. Of course I'm tense.'”
    Will & Ellie
  • “"I am so sick of you pulling this Batman shit on me!"”
    Ellie
  • “It doesn't make you blind. You're very, very aware of everything about the one you truly love, whether you know it from what your eyes tell you or your heart. So no, love doesn't make you blind. It paralyzes you until you can't breathe or run away from it.”
    Ellie's Mom
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First Sentence edit see section history

I stared out the classroom window and longed for freedom, wanting to be anywhere in the world other than gaping up at my economics teacher like the rest of my classmates.

Table of Contents edit see section history

Chapters 1-35

Series & Lists edit see section history

This is book 1 of 3 in Angelfire. (standard series)

Followed by Wings of the Wicked.

Authors & Contributors edit see section history

  1. Courtney Allison Moulton (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Collins/Katherine Teger Books
Country: United States
Publication Date: Feb. 15, 2011
ISBN: 9780062002327
Page Count: 464

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  • Library of Congress: PZ7.M85899 An 2011
  • Dewey: 813.54

Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Suitable for ages 14 +


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