Hades (2011) (edit title/settings)

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• Bethany Church: An angel in human form in love with Xavier Woods. She is sent to Earth to stop the uprising of dark forces that are causing humans to turn away from God and succumb to temptations.
• Xavier Woods: A mortal who fell deeply in love with Bethany. He has become part of Bethany's family and knows that Ivy, Gabriel and Beth are angels.
• Gabriel Church: He is Beth's "brother" on Earth. Along with Bethany and Ivy, he has a mission on Earth, to thwart evil. Gabriel cares for all human beings but protects Ivy and Beth above all else. He is also the music teacher at Beth's school. Like Bethany he is an Angel in mortal form but of a higher order, an Archangel. Gabriel is the Archangel who expelled Lucifer and the other fallen angels from Heaven.
• Ivy Church: She is also an Angel in a human form and she has healing abilities. She acts as Bethany's and Gabriel's sister. Ivy is a Seraphim Angel and her light contains her heavenly powers.
• Jake Thorn: A British student that just came to Xavier's and Beth's school. He is a demon working for Lucifer, one of the original fallen angels, Arakiel, and says he has been looking for Bethany as his love for a long time. Prince of Hades, ruler of the Third Circle in Hell.
• Tucker: One of Jake's human servants. He befriends Beth. Tucker helps Bethany survive Hades by revealing the River of Dreams to her and tries to help her find a portal back to Earth.
• Lucifer: AKA "Big Daddy," main man and head of Hades. Ruler of the ninth circle, the most feared place in Hell. Leader of the original fallen angels. Has plans to use Bethany to trigger Armageddon on Earth.
• Asia: Jake Thorn's very personal, personal assistant. She hates Bethany and tries to destroy her because of her jealousy.
• Taylah: Molly's close friend who dies in Halo. Taylah warns Beth, Molly and their friends not to conduct a seance on Halloween to try to keep them safe from Jake Thorn. Taylah also protects Beth from the Hellhounds in Hades.
• Molly: One of Beth's friends from school. She has a huge crush on Gabriel.
• Hanna: One of Jake's human servants. She pledged her soul to Jake in exchange for a favor. Hanna's pledge involved saving a Jewish friend from death in the Nazi death camp at Buchenwald. Beth's maid and friend.

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• “Beg all you want," Ben snorted. "My decision is final. I won't be set up with a cooler-drinking, stiletto-wearing bimbo. We'd have nothing to say to each other except bye.”

  Ben Carter

• “Steady now," Jack sounded offended. "I personally don't torture anyone. I have more important things to do.”

  Jake Thorn

• “You really shouldn't insult me That's no way to talk to your other half.”

  Jake Thorn

• “It took a few minutes for him to process what had happened, but then his expression shifted from confusion to one of pure bliss. When I saw him looking around for me, I knew I'd got it right.”

  Bethany Church

• “And usually I'd be more open to the prospect of a threesome, but under such circumstances I think it might be a little awkward.”

  Jake Thorn

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• “Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.”

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• “How come in all the paintings, angels are depicted guarding thrones in Heaven or taking out demons? I wonder why they’re never shown in the kitchen making burritos.”

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• Xavier, are you delirious? Have you completely lost your mind? You’re not even nineteen and in no position to get married. Don’t you think we need to think this through? I can’t let you throw all your dreams away … after college maybe we can talk about it. We don’t have the authority to make this kind of decision alone. Your parents are going to disown you. How will Ivy and Gabriel take it?

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• And there came out of the smoke locusts upon the earth … and it was commanded that they should not hurt the grass of the earth, neither any green thing, neither any tree; but only those men which have not the seal of God on their foreheads.

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• We’ve got to hold on, ready or not You live for the fight when it’s all that you’ve got.

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• I stared at him, grappling to find an appropriate response. There were so many things I wanted to say, so many ways of expressing my repugnance for him and my unmitigated refusal to touch him. “You have serious issues,” was the first thing that made it past my lips.

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• In his black T-shirt and jeans he didn’t look celestial like my brother and sister, but he looked tall and strong and thoroughly pissed off.

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• Xavier let rip with a steady flow of cursing. I’d never heard him cuss before and even Gabriel raised his eyebrows in surprise. “My oh my, it seems pretty boy has some bite in him after all,” Jake said.

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• “My grandmother left it to me in her will. My sisters were pretty pissed off that she wanted me to have it. It’s a ring made for an angel. Aren’t you going to try it on?”

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• Heaven: where Gabriel, Ivy and Bethany come from
• Venus Cove: Where Xavior lives and Gabriel, Ivy and Bethany went to do Gods' Job

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Preceded by Halo, and followed by Heaven.

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1. Alexandra Adornetto (Author)

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14+

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• Books › Teens › Science Fiction & Fantasy › Fantasy

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