Blog Tour Review: Until Next Time – Amy Lignor

Until Next Time by Amy Lignor
Series:  The Angels Chronicle #1
Release Date:  February 1, 2012
Publisher:  Tribute Books
Source:  Provided by Publisher
Buy the book at: Amazon

How does a girl choose between the one who steals her heart and the one who owns her soul?
Matt and Emily were created for a specific job. Raised and trained as the ultimate angel/warrior team, they are sent down to save, defend, judge and forgive, depending on the ‘life’ they’ve been assigned. What they don’t realize is that the power of human emotions, such as love, anger, passion and fear can take over even the best of souls, causing them to make mistakes and follow paths that lead to confusion and heartache. 
When the reason for their training is finally revealed, the angel/warrior team find themselves thrust into a world they know nothing about. Matt takes over the life of Daniel, a young man with a great deal of baggage. Emily becomes Liz, a girl living in a remote village who relies on nothing more than her own strength to survive. A violent storm erupts one night, and framed in the window of Liz’s establishment is a frightening face. Let in by the soul of a Good Samaritan, the two visitors bring with them a past full of secrets that could literally change an angel’s path and a warrior’s plans.
From murder to redemption, this angel/warrior team must find a way to keep the faith they have in each other in a world that’s ripping them apart. 

I’m not generally one who likes to read Angel books, but I’ll admit that I was drawn to reading this one because of the cover.  Maybe it’s the heart that cracked and spidery looking.  Maybe it’s the way the color are used with the model’s hair.  Whatever it was, it drew me in.

Emily, an angel and Matt, her warrior are a perfectly matched set.  They are sent to earth to inhabit “shells” to right wrongs and judge those who cause harm.  They will always be there for the other to count on and defend, no matter what.  For this assignment, Emily is sent down to inhabit the “shell” of Liz and Matt, into Daniel.  It’s an assignment that will test them like nothing they’ve experienced before.  They will have to deal with human emotions and discover that what seems easy on the heavenly plane is more difficult when you’re dealing with the evil that can lurk in even the best of us.

Emily and Matt must learn to deal with all the emotions that Liz and Daniel feel, both for each other and anyone else that crosses their paths.  For Emily, it means questioning everything they have learned in their trainings and discovering that she isn’t exempt from sin.  It’s learning that mistakes and sins can be forgiven and you are willing to do anything to save someone you love.

I’ll admit, the first few chapters and epilogue had me completely lost.  The Emily/Matt/Liz/Jason/Daniel mess was confusing.  Even more so was when Emily would go “home” and have very cryptic conversations with Michael, Gabriel or Joseph.  But what kept me turning the pages was how Emily/Liz dealt with her feelings and what she needed to do that kept me engaged in the story.