In the interest of reading something similar to what I'm writing, I am in search of a novel (not a short story, not a movie, not nonfiction) meeting the following criteria:
1) Features angel(s)
2) Is not overtly religious or "inspirational" (e.g., I don't want so-called Christian fiction, or an adventure about dangerous Biblical artifacts and an OMG!Church Conspiracy!)
3) Is set in more or less modern times
4) Is set in the real world, or at least close to it (i.e., not a fantasy realm)
5) Features some teenage main characters, though doesn't have to be aimed entirely at young readers
Yes, I've done internet searches, and my eyes are getting tired of sorting through the slush. The only book I can think of that comes close is Good Omens, but that's still not very similar to my own. For one thing, it's a bit more frivolous (which of course is one of its attractions); and for another, it's ever so British (which is also one of its attractions, but I digress).
In the movie world, Michael and City of Angels/Wings of Desire are the closest, but they don't deal with teenagers.
Searches for teen angel fiction come up with lots of Buffy novels about the character Angel, who, despite his name, is a vampire and thus no help at all. So I'm giving up and asking youse-all.
1) Features angel(s)
2) Is not overtly religious or "inspirational" (e.g., I don't want so-called Christian fiction, or an adventure about dangerous Biblical artifacts and an OMG!Church Conspiracy!)
3) Is set in more or less modern times
4) Is set in the real world, or at least close to it (i.e., not a fantasy realm)
5) Features some teenage main characters, though doesn't have to be aimed entirely at young readers
Yes, I've done internet searches, and my eyes are getting tired of sorting through the slush. The only book I can think of that comes close is Good Omens, but that's still not very similar to my own. For one thing, it's a bit more frivolous (which of course is one of its attractions); and for another, it's ever so British (which is also one of its attractions, but I digress).
In the movie world, Michael and City of Angels/Wings of Desire are the closest, but they don't deal with teenagers.
Searches for teen angel fiction come up with lots of Buffy novels about the character Angel, who, despite his name, is a vampire and thus no help at all. So I'm giving up and asking youse-all.
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Other than that, they tend to have young characters, they are for the most part "urban fantasy" - that is, set in the here and now with some quasi-mystical characters, with quite a few of the stories actually set in Ottawa, where I live ;) In fact, Charles de Lint himself lives here in Ottawa, plays music at a local pub most Thursdays, and has at least one garage sale a year where anyone can go say hi.
This page has an overview of his books. The only ones I've read are Forests of the Heart and Someplace to be Flying, but friends of mine have read more, as well as met him personally, and speak very highly of them and him, so they could be worth a try.
Thanks!
Sounds like you might be starting a new genre, hehe!
Oddly, despite my Goth and slash pretensions, I've never read Brite. The excerpts Cat provided were enough to keep me away, I think. :)
All angels should be English.
;)
These books, by Jim Butcher, are about Harry Dresden, Chicago's only working professional wizard. They are set in modern times and in the real world... sort of. It's our world, with the assumption that there are wizards and faeries and such, but that most people either don't ever run into them or refuse to acknowledge their existence.