It's six months since beautiful model Angel Summer found herself having to choose between a life with Ethan Turner, the laid-back Californian baseball player, or giving her marriage to football star Cal Bailey another go. Her friends and family were stunned when she picked Ethan, but it looks like Angel made the right decision: Ethan loves her and she loves him.
But nothing is perfect. Ethan has secrets in his past that could threaten their relationship and when he faces financial ruin the couple are forced to star in a reality TV show about their life together. Despite everything, though, Angel is convinced that Ethan is the man for her. So why can't she stop thinking about Cal?
As the tabloids have always been quick to point out, the path of true love has never run smoothly for our sexy celebrity, and when her dad falls dangerously ill Angel rushes back to England to be by his bedside, throwing her and Cal back together. But Ethan loves her, Cal has a girlfriend, and Angel has made her choice. It's too late to go back now... isn't it?
Rating: 4 Stars
Positives: As always its lovely to return to beloved characters, and Angel is a brilliant character to start with. It's nice to see her back to being her old self as she settles into LA life with Ethan, instead of the horrible paranoid character she had been in Angel Uncovered. And of course we get to feast our eyes on the gorgeous Cal Bailey once more, plus there's a cameo from my all time favourite Katie Price character Sapphire. And of course once we see Simone again I think we all knew that things weren't going to be easy for Angel ...
And of course there's plenty of suspense as Angel gains herself a stalker, someone clearly has a grudge against her as they break into hers and Ethan's home, scrawling nasty messages across a mirror and leaving one of her dresses cut up on the floor. To any readers who have read the previous books involving Angel they should be able to make the connection fairly quickly and work out the identity of Angel's stalker, but it still makes for good reading.
Plus its lovely seeing Cal and Angel and how they interact with one another. They really are a dynamic pairing and we see them starting off so awkward, admittedly how else are things going to be between them, but they grow into so much more. I really loved the one day that they spend as a family with their daughter Honey on Santa Monica beach, it gives us hope that maybe our favourite couple could work things out.
Negatives: Firstly it really irked me that when Angel is making her final decision between Ethan and Cal, she isn't thinking about whats best for her and Honey, but is instead doing exactly what she did at the end of Angel Uncovered. Only this time its Cal on the receiving end of her games. Okay yes she is admittedly torn, but it just felt repetitive because she used exactly the same thought processes last time round. Could we maybe get some new material please?
Secondly much as I love Simone bitch-face Fraser and her psycho bunny boiler tendancies does she really need to reappear again? It feels like Katie Price knows she's created a good villain (or as close as we can get to a villain in these books) and seems determined to use her at every opportunity. But sometimes less is more .... Although hopefully with the final chapter from this book we've reached a resolution as far as Simone is concerned.
Speaking of the final chapter that brings me onto my final criticism; the very last bit where without spoiling anything or as little as possible for those of you who haven't read the book, where our two lovebirds (see I'm technically not even giving away people's identities as we know there's a major love triangle in this book) make the same proposal at this time is just so unreal. I'm sorry but I don't buy into being so in sync with your partner that you'll both say exactly the same thing at the same time. I've come close yes, but only at a point where we both go to text each other at the same moment. I've never known two people to ask each other the exact same question in unison before, especially not a question like that.
Would I recommend this book? If you've enjoyed the other books about Angel then you really do need to read this one as it ties up several loose ends. As always with Katie Price books this is a light hearted sexy summer read, great for a lazy Sunday afternoon.
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