It’s all about ‘sides’ with them (you are with us or with them?) – a bit one-side minded this half-angels if you ask me. They have all questions, they have all a history, they know all a lot more about her (* than herself*) than they are willing to say and this drives her crazy at times. The bits we learn about her and Rafa and the others are brought to us through the interactions with the other old friends that come to greet her, to fight her, to want to make it even with her for things she doesn’t remember. She might have been a great fighter but was she a great person too? Deep down she longs to belong somewhere, to be really part of a grout that misses her, that forgives her, that wants her back for herself not for the secrets lost in her broken mind. It hurts to see so much mistrust in the eyes of everyone around her. She is not proud of her old self, in fact she might resent a bit the girl she used to be. Gaby might not remember what happened in her long life, but she can put 2 and 2 together and see how her relationship with the others hadn’t been at its best. I told you that this is more about character development and I meant it.

Also there is quite a cliffy going on at the ending that might leave you just a bit open-mouthed – and I might confess that I don’t like cliffhangers, not when I have to wait a long time for my breath to catch again.

Now, of course you won’t get all the answers you might expect, but that is good because there is another book in progress that will do just that. So she busies herself with keeping her friends safe while also hunting for clues and she tries to put herself together before she can face the truth of what happened a year ago. Hope is a dangerous thing and Gaby knows is. The story is less about the past catching up with Gaby though, and more about the need to find her brother – but also how scary this is for her, because what if she never finds him, or what if she does but he is not the brother she remembers, or what if he is really dead, what if she loses him all over again? We learn more about the other characters and how they interact with Gaby, we learn more about her strength coming back to her and the way the part-angels can fight together, we learn more about their disappointments, their past together and what they want for the future. This time around is all about building relationships and character development.

There were many unanswered questions and something had to make up for those. The first book was a bit more action driven than this one. I could easily pick it up from where it ended and enjoy this next part of the journey. It’s been quite a while since I first read the first book in the series too, but it didn’t feel like time has passed at all. It’s been a while since the last time I was so lost into a story that I couldn’t put it down.

Haze by Paula Weston