Cassie Bell has no idea her life is about to take a turn for the extraordinary. Of course, this becomes clear when she walks into her room, only to find an angel waiting for her...and he’s an attractive one at that.
She will soon discover another world exists within her own, one filled with tatooed fallen angels, bounty hunters on motorcycles, and a life far different from the small-town existence she wants to escape.
But when her world crashes into this new one, will she be able to handle the challenges...and opportunities...that this crazy life presents?
M. M. Cox is a journalist and professional blogger who just recently published the Teen Mobster Series with Bluewood Publishing. If you’ve ever wanted to try laughing while biting your fingernails, you should read her books. Cox has lived in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Colorado Springs, Boston, and Washington D.C. and run races in different cities. If you ask her why she writes, she’ll tell you that she attended her first writer’s conference at the age of 13 and dreamed of sharing her own stories ever since.
Cox currently resides in Oklahoma City with her husband and children. Yes, she’s had to crouch down in a storm shelter during a tornado. No, she hasn’t seen a witch and her flying monkeys. Apparently those are only in Kansas. But there's a first time for everything...
'The Recruit' introduces the reader to Cassie, a teen who thinks her biggest problems are not getting along with her mother and not wanting a boyfriend when everyone else seems to. When Cassie is confronted by bigger problems that she hasn't even realised existed in her life, she is launched on a journey of discovery that the reader follows with avid interest.
This story is really well written. The characters and dialogue are believable, and the story is packed with action, complications and heart-in-your-throat moments that make it hard to put down. Teen and YA readers will relate quite easily to Cassie, Kristen and Landon, and there's certainly enough complexity and depth in the story to keep older readers engaged, too.
'The Recruit' tells a great story, but it also raises some really interesting and thought-provoking questions about the nature of evil, and the balance of good and evil in the world we live in. Readers are challenged to think beyond what they can see and reminded that appearances can be very deceiving.
As a reader who enjoys a variety of paranormal stories, I found the premise and development of this book to be an interesting and refreshing change from witches and vampires.