Harbinger of Books

I first saw this book on net galley and it looked interesting so I made a request, it was denied () Moving on a few weeks later I saw it in Target and thought I am willing to give a try.
The book is literally about angels and demons and the battle for souls. Serena St Clair died about a year ago in an attempt to save a family who had been in a car accident. Her sacrifice has elevated her to the position of guardian angel. Her first assignment or latest assignment anyway is a man named Nick who is a Hollywood star battling his internal demons, hookers and drugs mainly. Unfortunately, Serena gets caught in a battle with Julian for Nick's soul. Julian has spent his existence as a demon corrupting people and sending their souls to hell, however now that he has come across Serena he want to find her weakness and corrupt her…or does he?

The book is really cute, it can feel a bit biblical and while it threw me off it was not bad. I think the story has good pacing and kept me interested. The story started off with very solid writing. I really liked the beginning when Julian was evil, he was fun and acted like a demon. He is smug overly confident, sexy, all the things that make a good demon. Serena on the other hand was a little two innocent, heck I was surprised she was not a virgin. Which made it challenging for me to understand why Serena was attracted to him, he threatens her at every turn. For example the guy she is supposed to be guiding is tempted by Julian helping him get high and having sex with hookers meanwhile Julian is grouping Serena and she is lusting after him. I really did not get her, then instead of letting the guy go because he is making choices she keeps hounding him, even the other angels said sometime you do not win in this battle. So Serena felt off to me. Julian I liked, and when they finally do the deed it was erotic which almost seemed out of character for Serena.

Overall, the story is not bad but things began to irk me as I neared the end. For example continuous comments like "I can't love him because he is evil" or "maybe there is goodness in him”. Then the way the story wrapped up felt far to easy and cheesy. None the less I am curious to see what she does with the next one, I think I would have enjoyed the book more if Serena was not so one dimensional in her overall goodness.