I was recently asked to review Dark Hope   By Monica McGurk by CleverGirls.  The  Dark Hope: Book One of the Archangel Prophecies  is a teen genre book,  which i s right up my alley since I love simple love, and non violent books that have a fantasy aspect.  This book is a great read.

The Story focuses on Hope Carmichael who is a survivor childhood abduction. The story revels the mystery behind her abduction and her new life as a teen in a new place to her.   This book shows the evolution of Hope and her new friends.  When Hope meets Micheal and  life starts to change.  He overprotective and handsome .. Hope wonders why.  Allowing the reader to  learn to love the relationship between the two characters.

The other story that Monica McGruk weaves  through out the tale is the story of human trafficking and how Hope is affected by a stranger turned friend she meets.   Throughout the story hopes goal is to help and save her new found friend.    Monica does an excellent job of bring this crime of human trafficking to the light for all  teen readers who might not have any knowledge of what happens to the girls through out the world,  in hopes of coming to America and be free.

Hope is a developed as a true hero in the book showing the strength every woman hopes to have at difficult times. I enjoyed that Hope is a independent young women from the start.  She does not lived scared and wants to change the world.  She is a character that can be looked up to by our young women.

The Dark Hope: Book One of the Archangel Prophecies is the first in a series of books, so it does leave you hanging for the next book and so the reader can look forward to Hope’s and Micheal’s next adventure.

I will  also let you know this book references stories of the bible but it is not what I would consider “christian” book.  I would recommended this book to read is teen appropriate and a fast read.    I am looking forward tot he next book in this series.

I was selected for this opportunity as a member of Clever Girls Collective and the content and opinions expressed here are all my own.