From Goodreads: Jennie Townsend is unlucky in love, so she is immediately suspicious when a mysterious new student named Nate tries to gain her friendship. But there is something special about Nate, and in spite of her best efforts Jennie finds her feelings for the boy growing deeper every day.

In fact, Nate is more special than Jennie can even imagine. He is a guardian angel, sent to protect Jennie during a most dangerous time in her life. To do so, he must first become close to her – but not too close. The rules for Protectors warn against physical contact and strictly forbid falling in love. But the more time Nate spends with Jennie, the harder the rules are to follow. Will Nate be able to save Jennie from a premature end, or will his own emotions – and Jennie’s – get in the way of completing the task for which he was specifically chosen?

With Unbreakable Love, Angela Carling has created a captivating story for young adult readers, with a refreshing twist on relationship issues. It is an ode to the magical power of true love, a tribute to belief in a benevolent higher power that watches over us and surrounds us every day of our lives.

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Carling has put together a really cute guardian angel love story.  And, while there are many books out there dealing with the topic of angels, I personally haven’t seen very many dealing with the good guardian angel, but more so the bad fallen angel.  This was a nice change, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching Nate and Jennie as they became intense friends.  While the pacing of the novel was a little fast, and it made it difficult to gage the exact amount of time that passes within the novel, it’s clear that Jennie and Nate have a slow budding relationship, though it seems to move quite quickly through the pages as Carling skips the boring segments of friendship building all together.  Some readers may not like that the novel tends to fast forward to the action, for instance asking about a dance that’s a few weeks away, and then, a few paragraphs later, suddenly being at the dance, but I kind of enjoyed this.  It’s apparent that Jennie and Nate’s friendship is blooming, but Carling makes sure that the story keeps a fast pace.  Yet, she still is able to flesh out her main characters without all bringing the novel to a standstill in action. This tactic won’t be enjoyable for everyone, especially those who really want to see the relationship slowly blooming, but I found it refreshing.

Nate’s struggle between his duty to protect Jennie and his growing love for her were really interesting to watch.  In order to protect her, he must keep his distance, but that’s also nearly impossible to do when love in involved.  I really enjoyed how Carling developed his struggle and, though at times it seems impossible that all will end well, the twist at the end brought a huge smile to my face.  Carling is an author to watch.  Four stars.

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.