She knew something was making her feel sick, but never knew what it was until she comes across the sexy stranger who she talks to in the elevator. When she is given another chance at life and saving her sister’s life, she chooses to let the light in, instead of the dark. Her twin, Laila is dying at the hospital, and Nicola is not far behind. Nicola has been suffering from the darkness around her since the beginning. He will learn that love does exist and he is capable of positive things. The minute he comes across Nicola, his life is about to change. He has craved to be just like the other Sent Ones, but he believes he has been punished for what he has done in his past thanks to what his parents endured him to do.

Ever since his hatred toward both of his parents, he had chosen to take revenge on his mother and hoped he killed his father when he did. His mother was the one who took his beautiful wings from him, and his father put him situations where he had to do things he was ashamed of doing. His mother hated him since the day he was conceived, and his father tortured him the minute his mother gave him up to his father. I fell in love with Koldo from the first page and felt for him even though I know he is fictional, but to me, he came to life due to the way Gena writes her stories. “Beauty Awakened” is the second installment to the Angels of the Dark series, and it was worth every month, day, minute, and second to wait for it. Gena Showalter has done it again she has made me fall in love with her characters again and fallen in love with a book I had a hard time putting down. Though he fights duty, destiny and his first addictive taste of desire, his toughest battle will be the one for Nicola's life-even if he has to sacrifice his own. She is the key to Koldo's deliverance.and his downfall.

Nicola Lane was born with a defective heart, yet this fragile human shows surprising strength as demons stalk her every move, determined to end her. But if he yields to the forces of hatred, he will be kicked from the heavens, eternally damned. He is scarred, powerful, his control legendary-and he lives only for vengeance, determined to punish the angel who viciously removed his wings. Published by HQN Books on February 26th 2013

This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I received a complimentary copy of the book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Beauty Awakened by Gena Showalter