Paradox Of Love (When Hell Meets Heaven Book 4)

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Surviving Tracy, featuring true stories from survivors of Cyclone Tracy which devastated Darwin in the Northern Territory in Her son Luke was born in Her son and grandson are the two leading men in Patti's life. She currently lives in Cairns, Queensland, where she is writing the Paradox Series of books. Patti has also published a non-fiction book, Surviving Tracy, featuring true stories from survivors of Cyclone Tracy which devastated Darwin in the Northern Territory in Patti's books are available worldwide from, libraries, bookstores on request, and all the better online stores.

You can contact Patti direct at pattiroberts7 gmail. We are not alone in the universe. Girl Returned - A sci-fi standalone novel about alien abduction. Ummm, about fifty pages in, I was so utterly confused. There were beings with mystical powers, Angels?? I think, humans, previous incarnation flashbacks. All seemingly interesting but not composed systematically. I found myself questioning my motivation to finish this book.

I had no idea how a I've should have done my homework first! I had no idea how all this tied together or where the story was headed. I'm not into mindless reading for the sake of giving some kind of review; so there was no way I was going to force myself to go through the motions of reading a story I wasn't feeling. Then I decided to read the synopsis.

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I don't normally read the whole synopsis prior; for fear that it'll contain spoilers. It is seriously a must. The synopsis is the legend for the entire book. Needless to say, I had an "AHA" moment and decided to start over from the beginning. NOW it makes sense.

This completely changed my view on the story. It's actually pretty good concept and over all story. However nothing is straight forward and in the end you're still left with a lot of questions. After reading dozens of Angel based books, I cannot recall a time when I said, hey- I like this.

Well, surprisingly, I loved this. This book is up there on my list of favorites. First of all, the writing was excellent, I was literally flabbergasted and felt inferior in anything I've ever written. There's no slow parts, just a mind-blowing of information you devour with willingness. I don't know too much about Angel history, but it sounds like research was done and I'm going to take Roberts word After reading dozens of Angel based books, I cannot recall a time when I said, hey- I like this. I don't know too much about Angel history, but it sounds like research was done and I'm going to take Roberts word for anything she tells me about Angels from here on out, truth or not.

This is how much I became sucked into this world. And with all my disappointment, it ended.

Just like that, I was like no way. That cannot be it, and it isn't because then I remembered she has a sequel coming out! Grace, is a character I can very much relate too, and even as a little girl, it's obvious she will grow to be a wonderful adult. Cannot wait to see what's in store for the lovely Grace. I absolutely hate to give this low of a rating to a book. I thought I would really enjoy Paradox because I love Angel stories, but I couldn't make sense of what was really happening throughout the entire book. I have a feeling that Grace will play a major role in the battle between good and evil, but I can't really be sure of anything.

There were just too many changes in point of view that left me feeling confused. The timelines were also confusing for me. This had a feeling of high fantasy whic I absolutely hate to give this low of a rating to a book. This had a feeling of high fantasy which isn't my perferred genre. That being said, Patti Roberts writing flows seemlessly.

It was the story line that left me questioning what was happening. I think this has potential, but it didn't really capture my heart. This might not be my type of story, but you may feel differently. The definition of Paradox: A seemingly illogical or self-contradictory statement or suggestion, that may, in fact, be very true. As the book opens we are introduced to Abaddon, a handsome man with yellowish eyes, and an extremelly cruel soul and blood that bleeds black, as do all the Grigorians in his family.

Siena, his cousin and Theria, his sister. Now we have not yet met his brother Cerebrus who is High Ruler, but he is mentioned quite a bit as Abaddon loathes him and wants everything that is The definition of Paradox: Now we have not yet met his brother Cerebrus who is High Ruler, but he is mentioned quite a bit as Abaddon loathes him and wants everything that is his brothers A war is in progress, this war is between the the fallen House of the Grigorians and the House of the Bulguardians, in the ancient city of Altair, in Aquila Constellation.

We then move onto Grace and the start of her story, Juliette, an angel who starts as the narrator of the story, and Grace, a human child with strange nightmares and angels constantly flocking to her, Hope is one of the first Angels that come to oversee the protection of Grace, and Grace, unaware just thinks Hope is an imaginary friend.

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Her father is aware of what's going on and is happy to see Hope as Grace has no real friends at school or at home and knows Hope will protect his daughter. After the huge loss of Graces father, Hope is no longer able to help Grace, and along comes Graces second Angel to help her, Angela, and the Police Officer that broke the news about her fathers death to her Mother and to Grace. Now I haven't quite figured out wheither or not if he is an Angel, or something else, Angela knows, but is not revealing yet, I am hoping book 2 will give me more of him as I really like his character.

The book flips back and forth from Grace, to the war, and the Grigorians and family, I don't feel it confused me, but you have to read very carefully, it is a read that makes you think outside the box and take a look at what you always thought, or believed in. I love how we get to grow up with Grace, as it starts when she is little and ends off when she is eleven or so years old, and has come to have a great friend in Angela. I laughed out loud in parts at the interaction with Grace and Angela, as Angela is not your everyday average little girl, a little weird at times, but Grace never noticing.

I teared up when Grace lost her father, as I also have lost my father, not at such a young age, just 4-years ago so I could relate to her pain and grief. The way Patti described both Grace's grief and Kate's Grace's Mom grief it was hard for me to read, it brought up a painful time in my life. While having some questions, I also kept in mind knowing book 2 is on its way soon, and like all good books that have more than one book, all will be revealed in good time, and that is why I am so super excited to read the next book.

I absolutely loved this one, I wish it was a bit longer, but knowing more is to come it only has made me anticipate the next book even more. It sets my imagination to wonder, what will be revealed next, will we find out more about the Police Officer, will Angela reveal who he is? Will we figure out why Grace keeps traveling in and out of her body to different times and people? I love Patti's style of writing, it is a book you have to read slowly and carefully, but only so that you don't miss anything, Patti does such a phenomenal job at describing every detail, and I am dying to figure out how a war years ago revolves around a little girl and her Angel friend.

The book is pages, and is an introductory to much more to come, it was meant to give the reader a chance to get to know Grace a bit better, and what a wonderful job Patti did with that. I have to thank Patti for allowing me to read her novella and I would recommend this book to all. It is a superb book and I think you will all enjoy it as much as I did. I read this book in July from a copy provided by the author in exchange for an honest review. Juliette has been around since the world was young — she saw the rise of civilization, and the fall when, after the Great War, so much knowledge was lost.

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The story begins in the early 12th century on the planet Altair — which is in the Aquila Constellation — and in the Imperial City of Em Please note: The story begins in the early 12th century on the planet Altair — which is in the Aquila Constellation — and in the Imperial City of Empyrean. A war has raged for 99 days between the House of the Bulguardians the Royal Guard of Empyrean and the fallen, rebellious House of the Grigorians; thousands had died so far, and more were to come as the battle continued to rage.

We are then taken to the 21st century, Australia, where we meet Grace. Overall I did enjoy the story — the writing style is good, the descriptions engrossing, and once I settled in I went through the bulk of the book in no time. The characters are all distinct, with different styles of speaking and acting, which allows us to feel more of a connection to each of them.

There are many events noted throughout this book based upon actual disasters in history. There were two main issues that caused this story to miss a star. First, Abaddon, the leader of the Grigorians, is unrepentantly evil.

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I like an antagonist that has depths and layers, personally — that allows the reader to develop a certain amount of sympathy for the character. Perhaps that will change in future volumes in the series. I deduced that this was supposed to be commentary by Juliette, but since there are no transitional phrases or any indication that these paragraphs are separate from the remainder of the page they are on, it was confusing. That said, I would recommend this book on its merits — and to people who are interested in urban fantasy; especially relating to angels and paranormal events.

It is well-written overall and I think many people will enjoy reading this novella. My first giveaway book and I do not regret a second of it. Patti Roberts had introduced me to a fascinating world of angels and Wafe read the book XD so I would have to say I'm particularly interested in reading more of this 'beings'. As the story is mostly narrated from a third person's Point of view, it centered mostly around an 8 year old child, Grace who had lost her dad in an accident.

Grace has become of my favourite character as I read about how matured she was, she showed strength in ov My first giveaway book and I do not regret a second of it. Grace has become of my favourite character as I read about how matured she was, she showed strength in overcoming her father's death, and maturity when she thought of her mother. To see her suffer such grief and pain was unbecoming. I also found a soft spot for Angela who showed real kindness when she has something else to hide.

I find her to be a perfect addition in the story. Overall, the story was written smoothly, Patti managed to keep me guessing and ponder over the mystery, but I thought the story was a bit too short, I wish it was more elaborated though. There are several parts which I find to be rather rushed and I was left confused by whatever happened. But, that didn't stop me from having a good time. I love that Patti included memories? I was appalled when I read about those history. I'm definitely interested in Progeny of Innocence I thought that Paradox: The Angels Are Here was a terrific book.

Fast-paced and easy to read, it only took me hours to get from start to finish. Within the pages of this book, there are 2 worlds.

The Angels Are Here (Paradox, #1) by Patti Roberts

One ancient and one new. The intricate way in which the author has created and connected these two worlds is beautiful. I find myself at a loss for words with which to describe the story within these pages. I don't want to give too much away really, it would be a shame to give too much away. Plus, I feel I thought that Paradox: Plus, I feel the story speaks for itself. Once you read the first page, I defy anyone not to be hooked. I could hardly bear to put it down. Even reading it whilst I was eating I was lucky enough to receive the book from Patti, and I am ever grateful that she gave it to me because this glorious first installment in her story has left me desperate for more.

I am truly glad that I don't have to wait too long for Paradox: Progeny of Innocence as it's hopefully out on 30th November I am really looking forward to reading the next installment, as I have already read the preface and the first few pages, which you will find at the end of this one. I hope to find out more about both worlds and how one will inevitably impact upon the other.

I have to say, I already believed in Guardian Angels before reading Paradox. But now, I have an even firmer belief in them. Because she is an angel t Title: Because she is an angel that no one else can see. AbaddonGrigorian is searching for someone amongst the battle — a human — a girl. He believed that once he possessed this girl that he would Reign Supreme over everyone — including his brother, Cerberus, the current ruler of the city. But first he had to find her…. Let me start off by saying that the cover art and the book trailer to this book is fabulous. You can find the trailer here: The epub book that I read was one hundred and fifteen pages.

It is in this reviewers opinion that this story would have been better suited as a full length novel. Because a full length novel has more time. More time to really get to the meat of the story and really give the reader something to grasp. While I really enjoyed the premise for the story I felt like it had only just begun. I realize that because this is a short story it was meant to be the beginning of a series of novellas with each one unfolding more of the plot. However, this book never really gave the readers any answers…it left us all questioning everything.

To me, the reader has to understand some things in order to want to find out the rest. The book started out with a woman or angel? Then we move to the preface about a young woman not identified listening to a story told by a stranger. A story that she realizes answers a lot of her questions would be answered by a missing girl. I am assuming that this missing girl is Grace — though it is never clarified. While, I loved all the parts of the book, it jumped around a bit as you can see. Then the story takes us to with an eight year old Grace.

The story then continues to progress and by the end of the book Grace is eleven. I really enjoyed reading about Grace. I liked her character. I thought she was very believable and the things that she endured during her young life were heartbreaking. I thought that Patti Roberts did an excellent job writing about the grief of a young girl over the death of her father.

I really connected with this because my own father died when I was eleven, and I had felt a lot like Grace had. I really feel like this story could have been made better by a really good content editing. There were some places in the story where the narrative POV shifts and it is confusing. Most of the book is written in third person but sometimes it seemed like first person slipped in. These errors interrupted the flow of reading and sometimes made me pause to figure out who was feeling or thinking what.

At times I noticed that the tense of the novella shifted from past to present, which also created an interruption of reading. I really enjoyed the chapters from AD. The world of the Imperial City and the Gods are something that I was really drawn into. The way they thought, the way they lived and interacted with one another was so different than what we know now.

I found it fascinating and almost wished there had been more about them. The detail was rich and all the characters were striking and strong — even when they were being vile incest anyone? I really found myself wanting to crawl into their minds to see what made them tick. I think the biggest downfall for me with this book is that I never really understood how Grace could possibly be connected to something that dated all the way back to AD.

I mean, is Abbadon still alive? Is he still looking for the girl…could it be Grace reincarnated over the centuries? I think that the chapters sometimes switching between present day and AD would have worked if the reader had been able to see some sort of parallel between the characters or the worlds. And I want to know.

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I think this is an original plot line. I love the Gods and the angels involvement. I really want to know how all of this centers around one girl… I would recommend this book if you are looking for an interesting plot line and if you are a patient reader. Do not expect to get answers to any of your questions from book one. This review is written by Cambria Hebert View all 3 comments. In her first book in this series Roberts does a great job of exploring the premise that not all angels are intrinsically good. When the book begins the two Houses of the Imperial City--the house of Grigorians, led by Cerebrus and the House of the Bulguardians--are in the middle of a war.

Even more so when Abaddon, Cerebrus' brother and second in command tells Siena and Theria, his sisters, that he wants "the girl brought to him alive. From the beginning there is a sense of just how power hungry these angels are and just how vicious and cut throat they will be to get what they want. Cut to present day Australia where 8-year-old Grace Connors is going to her ballet lesson.

Grace hates ballet so she is beyond thrilled to look into the window and sees her reflection, only the little girl staring back at her isn't Grace. She soon finds out that the reflection girl's name is Hope. Grace likes having Hope around, to everyone else it just seems like Grace has an imaginary friend; but Hope is really an angel and the key to Grace remembering who she really is.

As Grace grows, so does her interactions with the angels, particularly after the death of her father. Grace doesn't realize it yet but the angels have a plan for her. If that offends you you may want to stop reading three to four paragraphs before the end. Okay, just wanted to give you the heads up. Roberts writes beautiful descriptions with great attention to detail that allow the reader to get a clear picture of the intricate world that she has built for her acharacters to live in. The words almost seem to flow off the page as you read in a way that seems almost poetic. The way she describes Grace's understanding of her father's death was heart wrenching.

Grace is probably my favorite character in the novel just for the simple fact that she isn't your typical fantasy hero.

She's a kid who watches Bugs Bunny cartoons and talks to "imaginary" friends, but she's the key to ending the war. Roberts also does a great job at keeping Grace true to form. She doesn't seem like a mini adult, she is a child who is still learning and growing and acts accordingly.

However, I do have to admit that the book as a whole seems a bit unfinished. Of course, being that it is only book one in the series I am forgiving. Reading through it I caught a few grammatical errors and while irksome, I didn't feel as if they took away from the intent or clarity of the novel as a whole. The first book is comprised of two plots. Plot one focuses on the war between the angels in A. Plot two involves Grace in modern day Australia. I get the feeling that eventually the two plots come together in later books and all of the pieces start falling into place, but it was a little confusing since it sort of seems like there are two different stories in the same book.

In my humble opinion, for whatever it's worth, I think the book would have benefitted more if it wasn't a novella. Some parts of the plot seemed under developed but I genuinely I feel that this is because you can only cover so much ground in pages. I think it would be a little different if The Angels Are Here was a full fledged novel. There were a number of interesting characters that were introduced into the story Angela and Wade, specifically that I wanted to learn more about.

But I really feel that the length of the book limited finding out more about each character-- their personalities, traits and interests. It was essentially up to the reader to come to their own conclusions about the characters. I assumed that Lucina, Angela and Wade must be angels since they appear mysteriously and come and go just as mysteriously, but it was unclear why they were there or why and how they were connected to Grace or people in her life.

I also felt that there were a few parts of the story that while interesting and left me wanting to read more weren't explained. Grace suddenly begins having flashbacks and she exclaims, "oh no, not again," before she blacks out; but the black outs hadn't been mentioned before that point in the novel and aren't really explained as far as when they had started or how they affected Grace.

Don't get me wrong. I hate it when authors literally spell out every single thing for their readers, sometimes I like to use the fleshy pink thing between my ears; but it would be nice to have some subtle clues as to how these pieces of the story all fit together. The Angels are Here was an interesting short read, and I'm looking forward to reading the next installment in the series and finding out more about these characters.

I thought I would very much enjoy Paradox since I knew it involved angels and good vs. This book was different than what I expected. When Parker and Olivia meet at a social function, there is an immediate attraction, which starts them on a road of passionate, unquenchable love. Their relationship binds them together in ways neither of them understand until a tragedy threatens the very fabric of their life together and their love.

What happens will reflect on their future like an indelible stain forever. To read excerpt, click here. To view the rest in the series, click here. To read Terry's review, click here. Authors Info Erin O'Reilly. When not enjoying the lake she owns and runs a computer consulting business. A life long bird watcher, Erin also likes to cook, sew, read, and do various crafts in her spare time. Erin belongs to the Sapphic Readers which is a lesbian book club in Austin, Texas.

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