Reading Log Post #1

Omygosh I am so sorry for not posting!  I meant to last Thursday and I forgot, and then I had my eyes dialated on Friday so I couldn't read (or look at, really) the computer screen.  So sorry!

Book: The Fallen (Aerie and Reckoning)
Author: Thomas E. Sniegoski (kudos to you if you can pronounce his last name right)
Pages: I read the whole book, so about five hundred or somewhere around that number.
Icons: Details and Multiple Perspectives

For Details: Aaron is a half human, half angel hybrid who is a savior that has been awaited for many years.  Outwardly, he's your average high schooler, nothing much to pay attention to.  That is, unless he's been ticked off recently and his wings and sigils show up on him.  That's besides the point.  Inwardly, Aaron carries the weight of a prophecy that deems him the savior who can grant forgiveness to all the fallen angels on Earth.  When one is close to death or is dying, he can grant them forgiveness and send them home to Heaven, and God.

For Multiple Perspectives: In the book, Thomas E. Sniegoski jumps around, following the perspectives of about five main characters: Aaron, Verchiel, Lucifer, Camael (in Aerie), and Lorelei (in both Aerie and Reckoning, but more so in Reckoning).  Here is a brief synopsis of their views:

• Aaron has the most time under the microscope in the story, as I put it.  His expression of the situation that he is in is that it's a lot to handle for someone who only recently wanted to graduate high school and get into college.  He has a hard time figuring out how he is supposed to do his job as savior, and looks to others for asdvice along the way.  His opinion of Verchiel and the Powers is extremely low.
• Verchiel is the main antagonist of the Fallen series.  He believes that it is his sole purpose to wipe out the Nephilim (the being that Aaron is) and kill all the Fallen angels in the service of God.  He thinks that the reason he has been hit by lightning twice, been disobeyed by fellow angels too many times to count, and has not healed from either situation is because he hasn't been able to kill Aaron.  Naturally, he's just gone insane.
• Lucifer is the reason there are so many Fallen angels wandering Earth.  He was the one who led the rebellion against God in Heaven, and he now carries within him the torments of Hell.  As he tells his mouse friend later on in the story, he was once God's favorite of angels, and much of his perspective is spent on his past. He is also Aaron's father.
• Camael is Aaron's mentor for the majority of the series.  He guides Aaron along the path to Aerie, and is part of the reason Aaron ever learns what Aeie is.  He also spends much of his perspective on his past, and how he must pay penance for once aiding the Powers.
• Lorelei is a girl who lives in Aerie and becomes its leader after its previous leader, Belphegor, dies.  She, like Aaron is a Nephilim.  Her perspective of the whole savior stiuation is that she is unsure of Aaron being the savior, but she knows he's special.  During Reckoning, she gains more faith in Aaron and eventually becomes a close friend of his.