Review : Unearthly - Cynthia Hand

Review : Unearthly - Cynthia Hand

Released : 4th January 2011
Started : 8th January 2010
Finished : 11th January 2010
Plot : 4.5/5
Cover : 4.5/5
Page Turner : 4.5/5
Characters : 5/5
Ending : 5/5
Over-all Rating - 

The Blurb :

In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees . . . .

Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy.

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 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?

Please note, l took a bit from the blurb away. See it fully here

My Review :

I started this book having seen lots of great reviews on it and can’t remember seeing one bad review. This often makes me nervous about a book because at times books which have a lot of great reviews don’t live up to my expectations. This book did!

More than anything else l love about this book, its unique. Cynthia has come up with her own ideas and made her own little world. Never have l read a book and been interested in the environment which the characters live in. Mostly l am so focused on getting to know the characters l don’t care much for the detail of their surroundings. In this book l did because Cynthia put across the image in my head of what Clara was seeing and l became interested.

This book is very fast paced and l could see it easily being made bigger (and l believe the released book is.. l got the ARC} For example Cynthia skips a whole section which l feel could of had it’s own chapter. I didn’t feel this was a bad thing as it made the book even more engrossing and still gave you a ‘round up’ of what had happened.

I love Clara, she is a lovely character which although with her ‘powers’ she is a very nervous person with not a lot of confidence and l felt sorry for her in some parts of this book. In fact l loved all the characters in this book. They were all developed well and very different from each other. I also loved the relationships in this book, especially the relationship between Clara and her mother.  It was very real, with their ups and downs and her mother trying to look after her/protect her but Clara disliking her mother for doing so.

This book constantly keeps you thinking and throws more things at you. What l loved about this book is how you never knew what Clara was going to do and l felt a lot of the things she did other authors have ‘stopped’ their characters from doing this even though they have hinted to it and the characters have had to choose, they have always chose the other option. (Explained below .. in SPOLIER section)
I really recommend this book to any paranormal lovers, its a great read and well worth the time spent reading it!

SPOLIER below!! (Highlight to read)

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I felt sorry for Clara and l felt in that situation l wouldn’t know who to choose. Although l liked Tucker more and felt he was a great character.

I thought Clara choosing to tell Tucker is something authors have never chosen for their character and l never expected like she would tell him. I loved this factor, making it not predictable at all!
Thanks HarperTeen/Netgalley!

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