Becoming Books: [Blog Tour] Embers by Karen Ann Hopkins

There are descendants of angels walking among us. Ember is one of them. And she may be the only hope mankind has as the rapture approaches and evil rises.

Embers is an epic paranormal adventure about an eighteen year old girl who discovers that she's immune to fire and any other injury when she’s in a horrific car crash that kills her parents. Following a violent episode with her aunt's boyfriend, Ember flees Ohio to live with an old relative in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. Ember's exuberance at escaping a bad home life soon turns to trepidation when she finds out that she's a Watcher, a descendant of angels. While Ember learns about her heritage and the powers that go along with it, she strikes up friendships with two young men who live in a frightening walled compound in the forest. Inexplicitly drawn to one of the men in particular, an impossible romance develops. But it is cut short when Ember discovers that her new friends are fighting on the opposite side of a war—one that’s been raging between two factions of Watchers for thousands of years. When the compound’s inhabitants threaten the townspeople, Ember takes action, sealing her fate in the ancient battle of good versus evil—and the grayness in between. Ember is up to the challenge, until she realizes that she isn’t only fighting for the lives of the locals and the souls of her new friends. She also might be one of the few champions who will make a stand for all of mankind as the rapture approaches and the end of days begin.

Embers is a dark and gritty YA novel that’s the first book in the series, The Wings of War.

About Karen Ann Hopkins

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A native of New York State, Karen Ann Hopkins now lives with her family on a farm in northern Kentucky, where her neighbors in all directions are members of a strict Amish community. Her unique perspective became the inspiration for the story of star-crossed lovers Rose and Noah. When she’s not homeschooling her kids, giving riding lessons or tending to a menagerie of horses, goats, peacocks, chickens, ducks, rabbits, dogs and cats, she is dreaming up her next romantic novel.

Angels are among us...

This is my first angel-based series and I loved it! I have purposely avoided reading angel series but...

The cover is really what drew me in because I would never think of angel wings and fire combined. But, it's the end of times and this angel story is wicked cool. Karen Ann Hopkins is able to present a compelling paranormal and contemporary world where good and evil collide. I'm not talking sides, but more of internal struggles on what is right/wrong which is interesting since angels are known for their pure roles. I can't wait to see how Ember, Sawyer and the Watcher factions grow as the series continues!

Little mushy love stuff...

Thank goodness! It was so refreshing to have an awesomely strong female lead, Ember, without being propped up with an overwhelming romance. Sawyer personality is not overly desirable so the fact that they have a connection at all is shocking but you know bad boys are attractive. Hopkins gives us enough of a ship to keep it interesting but not overwhelm the reason for the story, Ember. Ember, her family history and her transformation are what is central versus sacrificing the core for all the swoons. I do foresee more relationship building as the series continues and the end nears.

That ending though...

Say what?!?!? This girl is on fire!!!! I don't want to spoil anything but the ending has me ready for book two like... yesterday!

* Review copy provided by the author and tour operator, opinions are honest and my own. – review policy here.