Unearthly (Unearthly #1)

I’ve been on a bit of a fallen angel kick lately with the Hush, Hush saga and now this. I just heard about this book not to long ago and I thought it sounded good, I added it to my TBR but there was no rush. Then I got a kindle. YAY! And this book was only 99 cents so of course I had to by it. Once I started reading it was love at first page. This book was absolutely perfect! There wasn’t a single thing I didn’t like about it.

Lets talk about the amazing characters that make up this book:

-Clara was a great main character! Usually the main character will grate on my nerves at one point or another throughout a story but not Clara. She didn’t make a single decision I didn’t agree with and love her for. There were a few instances where she had to make some huge and I mean HUGE decisions and this is normally where the character does something that makes you want to scream or slap them but Clara surprised me every time by making the decisions I was hoping she would.

-Christian is perfect. He’s sweet, funny, extremely handsome, the guy every girl at Jackson Hole High is in love with. Usually the good-looking popular guy turns out to be a jerk in the end, but not Christian he truly is a great guy.

-But then there’s Tucker… Tucker stole the show and my heart the minute he walked into the school cafeteria and called Clara “Carrots.” Tucker is a true Wyoming cowboy and outdoorsman. Skiing, hiking, fishing, white water rafting, horseback riding. There’s nothing he can’t do.

- Angela is one of Clara’s best friends. At first I was skeptical of Angela. I wasn’t sure if I trusted her or not but she’s always there when Clara needs her and proves herself to be a really great friend.

I knew there was a second book when I went into this and was expecting a cliffhanger ending but don’t worry there are none of those here. The ending is satisfying in itself but also leaves enough open that I’m itching to start the next book, Hallowed.

When I was researching the book, sequel, and author after I had finished, I stumbled across a blog post where the author announced that the CW is working on writing a script in hopes of making Unearthly into a TV series. Ahhhh! I got so excited when I read this. I can’t wait to see who they cast! =)

Reader reviewed by EGZ

Praise: 
Unearthly is very well written, the charter, Clara is very
understandable for young girls. The plot is followable and a good summer
read.



Critique:
The book only really had one plot, there were no major barriers or
extra problems added for the character to overcome before the main goal.

Reader reviewed by Nicole Block



     I really loved this book; pretty much everything about it I loved. I
loved Clara and her family, and I loved both of the boys and her
friends and the setting and the angel part. First, I had always thought
that Wyoming was miles and miles of corn and sheep and grass. Well, was I
wrong. In the book Clara's family moves there, and I could just see the
mist in the mountains and the clear river in the summer that they jump
into. I actually want to visit Wyoming sometime.

    And the love triangle. Oh Tucker, oh Christian I love you both. It's
impossible for me to choose one. Actually it isn't, I would go with
Christian. But you don't know what I'm talking about because you
probably haven't read it! Anyway, and I also love both of Clara's new
friends Wendy and Angela. I love that they're total opposites yet
they're both so awesome. Angela's so sassy! Haha.

    I've read a lot of paranormal romances where the creature is an
angel, (Hush, Hush, Fallen, Crescendo, etc.) but this book portrayed
them so differently than the other books, which is amazing because
that's like trying to create a unique type of vampire for a book. It's
just so hard because everything's already been done! I really liked how
the background of the angels didn't get all bible-y, because I'm just
not really into that.

    Another thing that I really liked was that I never saw anything
coming. Usually I'm really good at predicting what will happen, and I
did a little in this book, but only like a paragraph before it happened,
so I liked that I could be so surprised. The ending especially. Didn't
see that comin'!

    I really think you should read this, even if you're to really into
the whole angel scene. I'm on one of those book rolls right now where
I've been reading so many good books and I have so many awesome ones
with me to look forward to reading in the next couple of weeks. When
this stops, I'm going to be really bummed.

P.S. You know me, I can't help myself if the cover is pretty. The cover
is even better in real life because it's got like a shimmer or shine to
it. It's really cool.

Reader reviewed by Lia

Clara has recently just found out about her angelic heritage, and is forced to cope with sudden, unpredictable visions of a boy standing in the middle of a raging fire. Clara and her family move to Wyoming for Clara's purpose, to save the boy from the fire. Clara struggles to put all the pieces together before her purpose arrives, while trying to keep her angelic side hidden.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that I liked Unearthly. It was different from the other supernatural books. There is a love triangle in the plot, but it's not as predictable as you would think. Clara was sometimes an annoying character, but it was understandable since she was supposed to carry out her purpose without having any clue. Overall unearthly was a satisfying read, and I look forward to the next installments.