The Angels Trilogy

I had never read a Lurlene McDaniel book before this one, but a friend of mine had told me how good they were. She warned me that they were sad, so I was prepared for anything when I picked this up at Borders. Well, I thought I was prepared. I had no clue what I was getting into. This book gripped me so tightly that I read it in less than one afternoon and evening put together. I could not put it down, for the life of me. It was so well written, and uplifting (in a religious sense without being preachy and annoying), that I never expected it to end the way it did. Okay, I lied; yeah, I knew it would somehow end sadly, because obviously Ethan and Leah are from two totally different worlds, and although they love each other deeply, they would never belong anywhere, because she could never love his world, and he could never love hers. However, I still wish that Lurlene McDaniel had written an epilouge so that we could find out what happens to them. Does Ethan marry an Amish girl, or does he live a dutiful life of solitude? IT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY with curiousity. But anyways, I totally recommend this book. Even though it's sad, it has a wonderful message, and is heartwrenchingly beautiful.

This is one of, if not the best book I have ever read! I've never read a book so fast. I just couldn't put it down! You'll laugh and cry all at the same time. This is one of those books you'll read over and over again. It portrays to a tee how things aren't want they always seem. I think it is something that everyone can relate to in some way or another. Being faced with not knowing what life will bring tomorrow, and how you don't want today to end. It opens up the Amish world in a new way, letting you see things you've never seen before. This book shows you that even though things don't turn out the way you might expect or want them to, in the end it's for the best. If Leah would have never had cancer, she would have never met these wonderful people who show her what life is really all about. It's said that it is better to have loved and lost than to have never loved at all, and this book is proof. This book shows you that life is to short to just take things as they come. You must fight for what you love and take chances you wouldn't normally take. For instance when Ethan decides to take his "fling" because he wants to be with Leah and do the things she likes to do, Ethan Says, " All these things are frowned upon by my family. But I have never been with a girl I did not choose to be with. And since I met you last December, there is no other girl that I want as much as I want you." The two must decide what they really want in life, and no matter what they choose in the end, they each lose something.

I found this somehow more sad or touching than Lurlene's other books, and the main people didn't pass away really. It was a beautiful love story between two people that when it ended, that was the part I cried the most. I definetly recommend this bok to you if you are reading this now to see if you should purchase it. It was definetly worth every single penny and more!!!!!

This is one of my most favorite books. It is about sixteen year old Leah Lewis-Hall. Leah has to stay in the hospital during the Holiday season, all because of a broke finger.While in the hospital Leah gets an interesting roommate named Rebekah Longacre. Rebekah is a young Amish girl who is in the hospital because a Spider bit her.Leah soon meats Rebekah's family. Leah instantly likes her handsome older brother Ethan Longarce.She also starts to become friends with Rebekah's older sister Charity. The Amish family are really the first group of family that she can call her friends. However with Leah being English ( the word that the Amish use to call outsiders. ) Leah and Ethan find it very hard to maintain their romantic interest in each other.Things get interesting when Ethan wants to find his older brother Eli, who was shunned from the Amish community, because he didn't want to stay with the Amish ways of living. This is a very exciting and moving book, filled with a lot of turns.It has more then just a romance story. It's about two different kind of people, who have a very hard time to coincide with each other.Both Leah and Ethan have a very hard time trying to live with their wanting with each other, and trying to make their community happy. Both of them have very hard choices to make and no one really knows what the best thing in, but then who ever really does?This is one a very good book for some one who doesn't really like romance, but who also wants much more of a story line. The writing style is very wonderful and easy to read. The fact that the author tries to explain love through a different group of two people is also very exciting.This is a very sad book but I do think that the writer made the right chose how she ended it. I would have however liked to know what happened to some of the characters. Either way it's a very well crafted story.

The Angels Trilogy, consisting of Angels Watching over Me, Lifted Up by Angels, and Until Angels Close My Eyes, was a very good read. Lurlene McDaniel is a very talented author who writes about tough subjects. In this book, we meet Leah. Leah gets cancer at the age of 17. Facing trouble, she goes at it head on, meeting Ethan, a handsome Amish boy. Leah learns about the Amish, and falls in love with Ethan. I, too, fell in love with him. Ms. McDaniel brought me into the story. I was Leah, I was Ethan, I was everybody. Everybody should read this. I was hesitant at first since it is 552 pages, but every word of it was worth reading.