Unearthly (Unearthly, #1) in Baltimore County Public Library Summer Reading BCPL SRC

Nov 26, 2011 A Book Vacation rated it it was amazing

I put this book off for sometime because of the cover. I know, I’m shallow. I’d heard the novel was good, but it has sat on my shelf for the better part of a year, mainly because I have many books to review, but also because the cover didn’t call to me. But the writing? The writing did. This story is amazing, and though I feel like angels and fallen angels aren’t a unique topic anymore, this story is. It’s riveting. Beautiful… I LOVE IT! And I’m kicking myself in the butt for not reading it as s I put this book off for sometime because of the cover. I know, I’m shallow. I’d heard the novel was good, but it has sat on my shelf for the better part of a year, mainly because I have many books to review, but also because the cover didn’t call to me. But the writing? The writing did. This story is amazing, and though I feel like angels and fallen angels aren’t a unique topic anymore, this story is. It’s riveting. Beautiful… I LOVE IT! And I’m kicking myself in the butt for not reading it as soon as I bought it… But, on the plus side, the sequel comes out in just two months, so I guess my timing is okay after all.

Hand blew me away from the very beginning of this novel. I honestly don’t know what I was expecting, but Hand delivers a masterpiece of a story, full of mystery and intrigue. I spent a majority of the novel trying to figure out Clara’s purpose. I concocted all types of bizarre endings for the book, including making Christian out to be a murderer, based on the visions Clara has throughout the novel. Yet, I was pleasantly surprised by the ending; I never even came close to figuring out Clara’s purpose, and I think that’s half the fun of a great read like this: trying to figure out what’s going to happen based on past events and foreshadowing. Hand proves that she is a master storyteller, keeping the reader guessing as the story unfolds, while enticing them on with the exceptional characterization that will capture the reader’s heart.

Tucker is my favorite. And this a different, because I’m almost always a “first” girl, meaning the first person the main character falls for is the person I’m automatically routing for. However, Hand made me fall in love with Tucker and not Christian, though they both have charm and are well written characters. But, there’s just something about Tucker, about the forbidden, and I fell hard for him. Very hard. Thus, I am dying to read the sequel because I must know what happens next for Clara and her suitors...

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Jun 18, 2012 Angie rated it really liked it

Unearthly is the detailed story of Clara Gardner, a quartarius angel-blood. When she recieves an ongoing vision called her purpose, her family is forced to move to Jackson Hole, Wyoming. It seems as if everything is falling into place. Clara meets the boy she must save in her vision but was it really to be? Was this really her purpose. It starts seeming out of place. And over the summer, she realizes the strangeness of what she has to do. That summer she spends with her best friend's brother wh ...more

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Aug 25, 2010 Katelyn rated it really liked it

Shelves: all-time-favorites, cover-lover

Good book! I'm still a little confused by exactly what's going on. But, Tucker?! Argh, so freaking hot!! The only complaint I have is that I don't feel like ANY of my questions were resolved with this book. Is it a ploy to make us read the sequel? Haha, probably.
I enjoyed the fact that Clara was an angel. And, one that really knew nothing more about being one than you or I would. She was kind, but at times sort of self-absorbed; to the point where it's mentioned to her at least twice in the book ...more

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Nov 19, 2012 Josiane Claremont rated it it was amazing

Shelves: not-manga

I had been planning to read this book for a while now, especially since a bunch of my friends told me to. It's sort of similar to Hush, Hush. Nephilim, Fallen, and Purpose. But, I think Unearthly is definitely better than Hush, Hush.

I guess it's because Unearthly has less romantic drama as Hush, Hush. The "romantic drama" I'm talking about is sort of like the stuff so often demonstrated in Evermore (not-so-smart girl and a boyfriend who is too good for her, or a guy saying that his girl is too ...more

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