WOW! What an amazing scary book. If you are a believer - you will want to recommit. If you are a nonbeliever - you will want to immediately ask for God's forgiveness and accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior. You certainly don't want to go to HADES. Hades by Alexandra Adornetto Feiwel & Friends August 2011 Even the love of her boyfriend,Xavier Woods, and her siblings, Gabriel and Ivy, can't keep the angel Bethany Church from being tricked into a motorcycle ride that ends up in Hell. Bethany Church is an angel living on earth in Venus Cove on the Georgia coastline in Sherbrooke County and goes to Bryce Hamilton High School. She lives with her siblings, Sister Ivy, a seraphim and her brother Archangel Gabriel. Yes - you read this right - the one and only mighty Archangel Gabriel. Bethany is not like her siblings in that she has a boyfriend Xavier she loves - not heavenly love but earthy love. Their mission is to visit other cities and towns in the vicinity of Venus Cove to expel any dark forces residing there. It is Halloween and she and Xavier are going to a party at the old abandon house out in the country. All of their friends will be there - all dressed in costumes. Bethany's friends want to have a séance using a Ouija Board. Bethany is against this - she knows about the dark arts - but her friends are insistent. Abby starts the incantation calling for the spirits to make a connection. Suddenly everything goes horribly wrong. A spirit materials telling them to stop - leave the place - they are all in danger. Now they have done it - they have broken the circle and trapped the spirit inside. They can feel the evil radiating around them. Bethany must find Xavier and leave. Before she can locate him she learns there has been an accident at the swimming pond - Xavier is hurt - she must go to him. She accepts a ride on Wesley Cowan's motorcycle and heads for the pond. to find Xavier. Only it isn't Wesley, but Jake Horn who is driving the cycle. Jake, known as Arakiel, is one of the original eight angels thrown out of heaven with Lucifer. Jake has once again left hell for earth and his goal is to take Bethany back with him. As they roared down the highway a deep, jagged crack appeared in the center - they were heading straight toward a gateway to Hell. In hell Lucifer is known as Big Daddy and Jake is a Prince of a section of hell and is determined to make Bethany his princess and keep her with him. Bethany is just as determined to return to earth - an angel has never been in hell. She is grief stricken - does anyone know where she is - are her siblings looking for her? Even the mighty Archangel Gabriel will have trouble finding the portal to hell. While looking for ways to free Bethany, Gabriel and Ivy must free Sister Mary Clare from a demon that has taken over her body. and learn where there is a portal.. What Bethany sees and learns about hell makes her more terrified - she has been to the club district, the pits, even the wastelands with the Hellhounds and talked with Lucifer face-to-face. With help of Tucker she has drank from the Lake of Dreams that puts her in a trance like state where she can project her spirit and visit her love ones so she is aware of what is happening with her siblings. Bethany is running out of time - she will soon lose her powers and her wings if she can't use them - how can she survive - an angel in hell - an unheard of event. Jake has made a wager with her - he will not harm Xavier if she will make the supreme sacrifice and give herself to him. What choice does she have? In the meantime Gabriel has located the portal to hell in a place called Broken Hill in Alabama. Portals were designed to repel angelic powers - Gabriranel is a high roller in heaven and even he can’t wangle them open - an angel has never broken into hell. They will need some real fire power to accomplish this. Archangel Michael, who runs with the big guns in heaven, to the rescue. The Sword of Michael - it could open the portal. Will they reach Bethany in time to save her from destruction and possibly themselves as well? Can Jake be trusted to keep his word? This is one book you will want to read and take to heart. Hell is not a figment of one's imagination, but a real place where one will be tormented for eternity. Which will you chose - Heaven or Hell? Highly recommended.