When Clara Gardner learns she’s part angel, her entire life changes. She now has a purpose, a specific task that she was put on this earth to accomplish, except she doesn’t know what it is. Her visions of a raging forest fire and a mysterious boy lead her to a new high school in a new town but provide no clear instruction. As Clara tries to find her way in a world she no longer understands, she encounters unseen dangers and choices she never thought she’d have to make—between the boy in her vision and the boy in her life, between honesty and deceit, love and duty, good and evil. . . When the fire from her vision finally ignites, will Clara be ready to face her destiny?
My Rating: 4.5 stars
My Review:
Unearthly is beautiful. I’ve read it three times since I first got the book a year or so ago, and I still love it just as much as I did the first time around. One of the best things about this book is Clara’s Mom. She’s by far the best Mom in any Young Adult book that I’ve read. I loved her Mom so much. I also loved her relationship with her brother, Jeffery. By the way, Jeffery is totally me, eating at every oppurtunity.
I think another great thing about this book is that it’s still realistic, despite being about angels. It’s not at all cliche, and a lot of the things that happen in the book actually make sense. I love the idea of the purpose. It makes sense, because aren’t we all supposed to have some sort of “purpose”? And the angels are so realistic in this story. I actually love them.
The only thing about this book that bothered me at first was the love triangle. I hate love triangles. But this one actually works, and it’s not eyeroll-worthy. Both guys would be a good match for Clara, and it’s really hard to pick between the two, though I definitely love Tucker a lot more than Christian. Something about him just irked me, I don’t know what.
I loved Angela, the best friend. She’s a realistic best friend. I can name several YA books that feature so-called best friends who end up being total bitches, but Angela’s not one of them. She really helps Clara get through one of the hardest times in her life, and she sort of keeps her grounded. It’s nice to see a friendship in a YA book that doesn’t make you want to smack the main character for being friends with said friend. I also really liked Wendy, Tucker’s twin sister, even though she wasn’t in the story that much.
Another thing that I really liked is that Clara actually already knew about the angels and stuff a long time ago. It wasn’t one of those books where the main character finds out that “surprise, you’re a...”. She was fourteen when she found out, and I like that we didn’t actually know how she found out right away. So many books have the cliche “main character turns sixteen, and discovers that something odd is happening to her. Surprise, you’re some kind of a supernatural being with awesome magic powers!” plot line, which I hate. It is stupid and boring and ruins the good idea you probably would’ve had otherwise.
Unearthly was an excellent read, refreshing among the boring/cliche YA angel books. The next two books, Hallowed and Boundless, are just as awesome. This trilogy is definitely worth checking out! Totally recommend it.
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