Falling Angels

Melissa M. Garcia
iUniverse (2006)
ISBN 9780595377107
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (11/06)

While Luc heard the sound of the ball striking the bat, the murderer of eighteen-year-old Angel here’s the sound of a gun.  “It is a sad day when an Angel dies.  So I have to ask this.  How many angels have to fall before we stand up and take notice?  How many more Angels have to die before we realize there is a larger problem that needs to be fixed?”

A frantic call from Mattie concerning her missing husband sends Luc rushing to her side and old feelings for her begin to haunt him. Now he’s become a suspect.

Luc was jealous of Spencer throughout college.  He seen to have everything Luc had ever wanted, a loving family and a beautiful wife.  He was jealous but the two remained friends.   “I was starting to worry that Spencer was no longer alive…there was a good chance he was already dead…I still needed to know why.  I needed to find him not only for Mattie.  I now needed to know if he was the same man I had met in college.  I needed to know what went wrong and how badly he had screwed up his life.”

When Luc pulled the knife and held it to the face of the “child” in the alley I was shocked.  He had a good reason but this part of the book grabbed me for it helped define the character of Luc.  Luc is strong and independent.  He takes nothing off of anyone.  Mattie is beautiful, strong, independent and married to a man she’s not in love with.  Luc had no idea he was the man.

This book has an intriguing plot.  There are many unexpected twists and turns.  The pages just couldn’t turn fast enough; I could hardly wait to see what would happen on the next page.  This book has something for everyone, intrigue, mystery and romance.  I highly recommend “Falling Angels.”

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