Publishers:
Anchor Group Publishing
Pages: 255
Main Characters:
Michelle, Gabriel
A quiet seventeen-year-old girl living in a quite American
town where nothing happens and everyone knows everyone. A new boy at school,
with pale skin, pale eyes and a mysterious back story who, every time he sees the girl, makes her
feel all tingly inside. Wait, doesn’t
this sound familiar?
Yes that’s what I thought too when I started reading Destine by Katherine Polillo, it sounds
a lot like Twilight (the movie, not the books, I haven't read them). But to be fair
to the book there are some slight differences. The first is that (as his name suggests)
the new boy at school Gabriel, is in fact an angel, who has been drawn to
Michelle (the quiet girl) because she is the saviour of humankind and is the
only person who can stop the imminent arrival of the apocalypse. This is because
Michelle is the human embodiment of St. Michael, the angel who defeated Satin
and sent him to Hell! Michelle must use St Michael’s powers and Gabriel’s guidance
to defeat the Antichrist and prevent the apocalypse!
Now, the Antichrist is not the monster depicted in the bible
but a young, good-looking high school boy called Alex Chase who wants to become
class president. Michelle and Gabriel believe that Alex’s first step in his political career may see him becoming President and therefore
become the most powerful man in the world. However, it is not just Alex they
have to defeat but his three henchmen; War, Famine and Death (who are all
high school students)! Will Michelle have what it takes to defeat these
creatures of evil and save humanity from destruction, or will Alex and his gang
of high school horsemen take over the world?
As you can probably tell, I was a little sceptical about
this book. It’s not a genre I usually read but I was willing to give it a go because
the book was originally meant to be part of a Blog Tour. At the start,
the links and similarities to Twilight really
annoyed me because I thought that it was going to go down similar lines.
However, I was pleasantly surprised with how the story ended up and really
started to like the characters of Michelle and Gabriel whereas Bella and Edward
really, really annoyed me! However, I do think narrowing the apocalypse down to
a high school does sound a bit daft! I think in the next few books, Polillo
could make the battle between good and evil truly epic because Michelle and Gabriel have finished school and go on the hunt for Alex.
I’m not sure whom I would suggest this book to because I
haven’t really read any other book like it. Maybe if you have read Twilight you should give this book a go
to see the similarities and differences. I think if you are into these sorts of
paranormal/teen romance books, then you will probably enjoy Destine.
For author’s official website please click here. If you would
like to purchase this book, it is available from Amazon.co.uk.
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