

Despondent and angry, Bethany goes out of her way to antagonize her shrink, Eve.

Bethany, unable to see Xavier or his family harmed, surrenders and goes back to Heaven with them all, getting locked up as a result and placed with the Heavenly equivalent of a shrink. That threat eliminated, Gabriel falls into a very human state of depression and ends up saving Molly from Wade's abuse, and soon Bethany and Xavier are once again cornered by the Sevens. You guys will see if you decide to read it.

Right after that, the reader finds out a secret about Ivy, Xavier, and his family-I won't reveal this. Gabriel agrees, much to Bethany and Ivy's dismay, and thus saves Xavier. For a while Lucifer torments the Churches-Bethany in particular-through Xavier's body-until Bethany conjures up Jake's soul from Hell at Lucifer's behest to propose a trade: Xavier's body free of Lucifer in exchange for Gabriel's wings being literally ripped out of his back. She succeeds, but the time period was so long between Xavier being dead and alive that Lucifer-that's right, the Lucifer, as in the Devil, possesses Xavier's body, as recompense for Gabriel murdering Jake, one of the Original angels to fall with him and one of Lucifer's first sons. Inconsolable, Bethany actually fights a grim reaper to bring back Xavier's soul. In a showdown between them and Bethany's family, Xavier is killed. The family is able to hide for about a month or so until they are found by the Sevens and their leader, Hamiel. Fun, huh? Meanwhile, Molly follows the two, having transferred to the university for a guy named Wade. Forced to flee to Mississippi from Venus Cove, the family hides in plain sight, the couple enrolls at Ole Miss to try and have a normal life, albeit under aliases-and as brother and sister.

Ivy and Gabriel are panicked, as the two didn't even talk to them before marrying and defying God's law. Their union is met by dissent up above, leading a rebel faction of celestial soldiers called the Sevens to pursue them and bring the "renegade" Bethany home to Heaven, to deal with the repercussions of their decision. Heaven begins with Xavier and Bethany getting married after graduation, much to Heaven's displeasure. The bottom line: The final book in the Halo trilogy wraps things up neatly, as well as adding new characters and new twists, and it was enjoyable-I couldn't put it down!
