{"id":24703,"date":"2012-09-28T18:18:39","date_gmt":"2012-09-28T08:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=24703"},"modified":"2012-09-28T18:18:39","modified_gmt":"2012-09-28T08:18:39","slug":"aussie-teen-writing-sensation-and-model-alexandra-adornetto-is-back-with-the-glittering-conclusion-to-the-halo-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=24703","title":{"rendered":"Aussie teen writing sensation and model Alexandra Adornetto is back with the glittering conclusion to the Halo series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/news\/heaven01.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At twenty &#8211; an age when many young people are just starting out in their careers &#8211; Alexandra Adornetto is already a hugely successful international author.\u00a0 Since publishing her first book at fourteen, Alexandra has written five more bestsellers, moved to the United States, started university, and is\u00a0 now also pursuing an acting and modelling career in LA.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/news\/heaven02.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Heaven<\/em> is the third and final book in the acclaimed <em>Halo<\/em> trilogy \u2013 one of the original angel romance novels published both in Australia and internationally.\u00a0 In this page-turning and eagerly anticipated conclusion to the series, angel Bethany and her mortal love Xavier are faced with their most daunting challenge yet &#8211; The Sevens, a military order of angels designed to maintain balance in the universe. These soldiers won\u2019t stop until their job is done &#8211; capture the wayward angel and send her home.<\/p>\n<p>Age: 12+<\/p>\n<p><strong>Praise for Alexandra Adornetto\u2019s <em>Halo<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Adornetto\u2019s dialogue feels fresh and real, without any need to prove relevance \u2026 If it were not for young adult readers like her, the YA boom never would have happened and publishing would be much gloomier\u2019\u00a0 <strong><em>The New York Times Book Review<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018It\u2019s remarkable how well-turned the language is, and how assured the plot, in this zippy and evocative young adult fantasy \u2019 <strong><em>The Age<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Teenage wunderkind Alexandra Adornetto\u2019s first foray into mass-market young adult fiction is a major achievement \u2013 commercial, sophisticated and hugely enjoyable\u2019 <strong><em>Sun-Herald<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Alexandra Adornetto<\/strong> was born in Australia and now studies at the University of Mississippi. Her first novel was published by HarperCollins when she was fourteen and she has worked as an author ever since. Alexandra&#8217;s first series THE STRANGEST ADVENTURES was inspired by Peter Pan and written because she refused to grow up! The HALO series marks her international debut. <em>Halo<\/em> debuted at #4 on the <em>New York Times<\/em> Bestseller List and is now published in over 22 countries.<strong> <\/strong>Alexandra is passionate about country music, theology, acting and her dogs, Tinks and Ollie.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At twenty &#8211; an age when many young people are just starting out in their careers &#8211; Alexandra Adornetto is already a hugely successful international author.\u00a0 Since publishing her first book at fourteen, Alexandra has written five more bestsellers, moved to the United States, started university, and is\u00a0 now also pursuing an acting and modelling<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=24703\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bookscomics-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24703"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24704,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24703\/revisions\/24704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}