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Unearthly (Unearthly, #1)

Cynthia Hand

Start date: January 1, 2014

Finish date: January 30, 2014

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Nov 09, 2011 Annie Brewer rated it it was amazing

Shelves: nook-books, favorite-series, romance, favorite, absolutely-amazingly-awesome, irresistable-hot-guys, favorite-authors, favorite-book-covers-of-2011, fell-in-love-with-the-cover, angels

Wow where to start!! First I gotta say I wanted to read this book for months now. I finally bought it on my nook last week and had to wait til a few other books were read first. I am so glad I read it!!! This is definitely one of my new favorite angel books!! OMG it was amazing!!!

The characters:

Each of the characters bring something special and unique to this story. Clara is a strong and brave heroine (who is also part angel) that you can relate to if you ever felt like you didn't fit in. Move Wow where to start!! First I gotta say I wanted to read this book for months now. I finally bought it on my nook last week and had to wait til a few other books were read first. I am so glad I read it!!! This is definitely one of my new favorite angel books!! OMG it was amazing!!!

The characters:

Each of the characters bring something special and unique to this story. Clara is a strong and brave heroine (who is also part angel) that you can relate to if you ever felt like you didn't fit in. Moved to a new state and a new school. It's all very scary. But eventually she finds that it's a place she can not only call her home but it's where she belongs.

Christian. He's a popular sexy sweet guy that all the girls flock to. Including Clara. But you find that he's too perfect. I mean I was in love with him and all. IBut he changed my mind during their prom scene. But there are also secrets about him too.

Jeffrey....Clara's brother is a neat kid. He is pretty popular and fits in right away. Kinda interesting.

Angela...she is one of Clara's best friends and a little different like Clara. She is so welcoming and accepting of her once she realizes the truth about Clara. I would love her as a best friend.

Wendy, Clara's first best friends who truly is amazing. Though she is kept in the dark about all of Clara's secrets. But she is someone who can be trusted although I wonder if she ever finds
out anything in the next book.

And last but not least......there's Tucker Wendy's brother. I don't know how to describe him. He is just Tucker. Perfect in every way. At first I didn't like him. He was an ass to Clara, very sarcastic and mean. But wow he showed me a different side to him I never knew existed. He swept me off my feet. He is one of the only ones who knows the truth about Clara and yet he loves her still. He is romantic, charismatic and melting. Ahhhh he is just so indescribable. Though all the girls flock to Christian because of his hotness. Tucker is loved and respected because of his personality which makes him way more hotter than Christian.

With that being said, I highly recommend this book to everyone!! This is a MUST READ angel book!! I was on the edge of my seat most of the time. I found myself gasping for breath, crying, laughing out loud, going "Awwwwwwwwww" in many parts with Tuck!! I felt every emotion these characters felt. It was truly so magical. Now I am pining for Hallowed, the sequel that comes out in January. I wish I had it now but I will be patient. If you haven't read it, do so. If you have, I'd love to hear your opinion and thoughts. ...more

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Apr 20, 2012 Justin rated it really liked it

I've had Unearthly recommended to me for quite awhile now. I wasn't quite sure what I would think, I had heard a lot of great things about it and I really enjoyed the sound of it based on the description .I have to admit I was a little disappointed. Not in any major way, as you can tell by the fact that I feel that Unearthly is still worth four stars. I guess it's just one of those time that you have such high hopes for something and then little things throughout the book can bring that down a l I've had Unearthly recommended to me for quite awhile now. I wasn't quite sure what I would think, I had heard a lot of great things about it and I really enjoyed the sound of it based on the description .I have to admit I was a little disappointed. Not in any major way, as you can tell by the fact that I feel that Unearthly is still worth four stars. I guess it's just one of those time that you have such high hopes for something and then little things throughout the book can bring that down a little.

I've talked about it before in another review, but I feel like the Angel sub genre is becoming one of the better YA genres. Unearthly has a really interesting premise, I really enjoyed the idea of the "Purpose" I knew it was going to play an important part in the story, since it's basically the main focal point but I was impressed by how it all played out. Once Clara learns more about her purpose and everything it actually entails is when the book really starts to get good. There are several big plot twists thrown at you, especially towards the end that you don't really see coming. Is Clara's purpose really what it seems to be? What if everything she thought might not be wrong, but simply misunderstood?

Clara was great, I really liked her personality and everything throughout the book. Maybe it's a little cliche to say the main character is your favorite, but I really became attached to Clara and wanted to see where her story went. I was disappointed with some of the other characters though. Clara's mom had to be my second favorite. Christian and Tucker play huge parts in the book, they aren't bad characters by any means I really enjoyed the roles they played in the story I just couldn't really become attached to them as characters. Wendy, Angela and all of the other characters were really great though. There were very few characters in this book that didn't really bring anything major to the story, which I really liked. It's nice when you have a lot of great characters that all bring something important to the story, and not just a lot of fillers that you won't ever remember once you close the book.

The ending was slightly confusing at first. Everything in the story leads up to Clara's "Purpose" but it's not what you might think. Some things do play out the way you would expect them to, but there are a few huge twists that take place in the last few chapters. You're introduced to a new character, and you learn some very interesting information about characters you already know. It's just really interesting to see how things play out, I can honestly admit I had no idea it would end the way it did, so I would really be shocked to see if people could figure out the true meaning behind the Purpose and everything else before the end.

All in all Unearthly is a wonderful book, while I was a little disappointed with some of the characters I can't really complain to much. Everything else in the book made up for those small issues. I could easily recommend this book to people that enjoy the Angel sub genre. It's also another great entry book to the Angel sub genre, it has everything you would want to see in my opinion and it's written very well which makes make it even better. Cynthia is a talented writer, and I will definitely be reading Hallowed soon. ...more

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Oct 31, 2013 Sofia rated it it was ok

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Actual Rating: 2,5 Stars

The main problem I had with this book is that it drags and drags and drags for the first half, before there's any semblance of plot.
Clara goes to school, pines for Christian, mopes, finds out some more about angels. Rinse and repeat.
It's a shame, because the concept is really interesting and original. Though paranormal romances with angels are popular lately, I've never seen anything quite like this.
I enjoy the fact that there are various ranks of an ...more

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