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A Touched Trilogy #2
Heal Me: Teen Paranormal Romance
What happens when the one person Lily can't heal is herself? Lily's sisters think her ability to heal the pain of others is easy compared to their truth telling and future seeing gifts. Who wouldn't love to heal people with a simple touch? But all of that pain and suffering has to go somewhere, and Lily's the one taking it all in. When someone close to her dies, Lily's life spins out of control. She clings to her best friend Micah, trying to feel something other than the suffocating emptiness that threatens to consume her, but what started as friendship morphs in to something much more. As Lily begins to fall for Micah, she realizes that while healing others is easy, healing herself is much harder. From USA Today Bestselling Author Angela Fristoe comes an emotionally touching trilogy for teens. Heal Me is the second standalone novel in A Touched Trilogy and is the perfect read for Young Adult fans of contemporary romance with a splash of the paranormal. *USA Today Bestseller List Sept. 4, 2014 and Nov. 9, 2016
226 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 25, 2013
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About the author
Angela Fristoe
18 books184 followersAngela grew up in Alberta, Canada. She dreamed of becoming the next Dian Fossey or Jane Goodall, until she realized she wasn’t all that keen on the outdoors or animals. Instead, she went into education and focused on elementary education and helping struggling readers. Her passion for writing grew gradually after being ignited by The Hunger Game and Twilight crazes. Angela lives on Vancouver Island with her family, where she is pursuing her Masters degree while continuing to write and serve as an instructional coach.
Learn more about Angela on her website angelafristoe.com and her YA book review blog angelafristoe.blogspot.com.
Learn more about Angela on her website angelafristoe.com and her YA book review blog angelafristoe.blogspot.com.
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January 16, 2018
Book Review- Heal Me by Angela Fristoe
Lily has the ability to heal people. She absorbs the negative feelings someone has and takes them into herself. She has this compulsion to help. It is now her senior year and she is tired. It has taken more and more energy to heal Dylan, her boyfriend. She knows something is really wrong that she doesn’t know what to do for him. It is completely draining to be around him. She decides it is time to break up.
She follows her thoughts and feelings, actually telling Dylan good-bye. She never thinks it will turn out the way it does. Her world crashes and she doesn’t want to feel or think. She looks elsewhere for what she believes she needs. She finds it in new student Micah. He is more than he seems and his life is surprising. Lily craves his company. However, her feelings grow stronger as Micah refuses to give her what she wants.
Again she finds herself fighting to protect herself from the pain she endures as she searches for herself and discovers what she really wants.
The first book in this series was pretty good. However this one was better. There is so much raw emotion going on that it hits you hard. I actually cried while reading what Lily went through. It’s darker than the first and the author brings up some more grown up themes. It drew you in and didn’t let you go until the end.
I felt sorry for Lily. Her sisters are a mess, so she can’t really confide in them. The boys in this book are ridiculous and you just want to smack them. Th only sane one in my mind is Owen. He had a pretty good perspective about things. I liked how he treated Lily and made her really think about what she was doing and how she really felt herself. She traveled a really rough road in this story but learned more than she probably would’ve otherwise. A great read. I give it a 5 out of 5.
Lily has the ability to heal people. She absorbs the negative feelings someone has and takes them into herself. She has this compulsion to help. It is now her senior year and she is tired. It has taken more and more energy to heal Dylan, her boyfriend. She knows something is really wrong that she doesn’t know what to do for him. It is completely draining to be around him. She decides it is time to break up.
She follows her thoughts and feelings, actually telling Dylan good-bye. She never thinks it will turn out the way it does. Her world crashes and she doesn’t want to feel or think. She looks elsewhere for what she believes she needs. She finds it in new student Micah. He is more than he seems and his life is surprising. Lily craves his company. However, her feelings grow stronger as Micah refuses to give her what she wants.
Again she finds herself fighting to protect herself from the pain she endures as she searches for herself and discovers what she really wants.
The first book in this series was pretty good. However this one was better. There is so much raw emotion going on that it hits you hard. I actually cried while reading what Lily went through. It’s darker than the first and the author brings up some more grown up themes. It drew you in and didn’t let you go until the end.
I felt sorry for Lily. Her sisters are a mess, so she can’t really confide in them. The boys in this book are ridiculous and you just want to smack them. Th only sane one in my mind is Owen. He had a pretty good perspective about things. I liked how he treated Lily and made her really think about what she was doing and how she really felt herself. She traveled a really rough road in this story but learned more than she probably would’ve otherwise. A great read. I give it a 5 out of 5.
November 6, 2017
Excellent follow through
Ms. Fristoe has once again produced an excellent YA novel. Real things happen and real emotions and consequences are shown in a sensitive and healthy way. This series is managing to address some of the bigger problems facing teens today. Teen premarital sex is depicted but the scenes are tasteful and various outcomes are clearly shown that could assist a teen in making good choices. There is also the usual quota of teen rebellion but again it is well handled.
The paranormal element is nicely done and the triplets' gifts are somewhat different in nature if not type than any I've seen in fiction. This series is character driven rather than plot driven, but this is rarely a problem since her characters are well drawn and likable. I definitely recommend this for 14 and up, including adults who don't mind YA fiction. I am actually enjoying the books and I haven't been a teen in a very long time.
Ms. Fristoe has once again produced an excellent YA novel. Real things happen and real emotions and consequences are shown in a sensitive and healthy way. This series is managing to address some of the bigger problems facing teens today. Teen premarital sex is depicted but the scenes are tasteful and various outcomes are clearly shown that could assist a teen in making good choices. There is also the usual quota of teen rebellion but again it is well handled.
The paranormal element is nicely done and the triplets' gifts are somewhat different in nature if not type than any I've seen in fiction. This series is character driven rather than plot driven, but this is rarely a problem since her characters are well drawn and likable. I definitely recommend this for 14 and up, including adults who don't mind YA fiction. I am actually enjoying the books and I haven't been a teen in a very long time.
April 7, 2013
I love this trilogy about a set of triplets. The first one, Lie to Me, was about Phoebe the truth teller. This one is about her sister Lily, the healer. Lily can heal people's physical and emotional hurts with just a touch. That's great, except that Lily takes on the pain of those she heals. She has problems with her boyfriend (no spoiler alert here!) and she meets a guy who seems impervious to her gift. That intrigues her. This is a tale of a girl coming to terms with a gift that sometimes seems like a curse.
December 15, 2014
I was given a copy in exchange for an honest review.
Heal Me, A Touched Trilogy #2 by Angela Fristoe
5 stars
Lily has a gift that is harder to use than she has given anyone a clue about. The emotional and physical toll her gift takes on her is heartbreaking. As she learns more about how to use her gift I definitely held out hope for her to get a HEA. I am totally sucked into these characters and hope book 3, Watch Me is available to read soon.
Heal Me, A Touched Trilogy #2 by Angela Fristoe
5 stars
Lily has a gift that is harder to use than she has given anyone a clue about. The emotional and physical toll her gift takes on her is heartbreaking. As she learns more about how to use her gift I definitely held out hope for her to get a HEA. I am totally sucked into these characters and hope book 3, Watch Me is available to read soon.
November 22, 2014
I read the first book lie to me and it was good. Enough so that I wanted to move on to the next book. Heal me was FREAKING awesome. I cried. I laughed. I had all the emotions in between. And I don't cry often with books and let me tell you I was sobbing at one point. I wish WATCH ME was out but I can't find it. The end of heal me said winter 2013, well, it's obviously passed that so I hope the author didn't quit the series.
March 12, 2016
I loved this book!!!! It was even better than the first book! I loved getting to know Lily! She was such a complex and emotional character. Micah wasn't my favorite love interest, but Lily was just so awesome that I didn't care. I cried through the whole book. It was so emotional, heartbreaking, and full of love and redemption. Five glittery stars!
February 17, 2015
Great book
I love love love the first two books!
I can not wait to start reading the third one. Good read.
I love love love the first two books!
I can not wait to start reading the third one. Good read.
March 5, 2015
Poorly written and boring. The characters are Mary Sue's and the love story is unrealistic and unlikely.
July 30, 2016
Excellent, fast paced read!
April 21, 2017
Classic. Favorite.
Unforgettable. Lily's story deals with hard hitting, heart breaking, tough issues. Many times I wanted to hug Lily, punch a couple of people around her, scream and sob. Beautifully written with good surprises, too, and a curve ball of an ending. Recommend to readers 16-up. Oh, and buy the paperback. This is one to keep forever and beg the author to sign.
Unforgettable. Lily's story deals with hard hitting, heart breaking, tough issues. Many times I wanted to hug Lily, punch a couple of people around her, scream and sob. Beautifully written with good surprises, too, and a curve ball of an ending. Recommend to readers 16-up. Oh, and buy the paperback. This is one to keep forever and beg the author to sign.
August 17, 2018
Another hilarious sentence: Phoebe has been on a zombie marathon this week, and I've started to dream in moan.
Another one: "What did you do tonight?" "Micah." Her mouth hung open in shock. "Please tell me you misunderstood my question."
Very sad and depressing. Thankfully it ended happily. I wasn't sure Micah would pick her.
Easy, really?
Another one: "What did you do tonight?" "Micah." Her mouth hung open in shock. "Please tell me you misunderstood my question."
Very sad and depressing. Thankfully it ended happily. I wasn't sure Micah would pick her.
Easy, really?
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