Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

Unearthly by Cynthia Hand

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


A well crafted, well told story about Clara, a sixteen year old angel blood who travels to Jackson Hole, Wyoming to complete her heaven sent purpose. There is a boy she is meant to save. She doesn’t know anything about him apart from her visions of him in a forest fire. It gets complicated when she begins to fall in love with another boy, Tucker Avery, and it appears she could lose focus on her purpose. Based on her mom’s reaction, not a good thing. There's no telling what could happen to an angel who doesn't complete her purpose. Along the way Clara learns there are things dark and dangerous to angel bloods and there are truths her mother will not tell her.



As a writer I admired the author’s ability to fold backstory into the book in a way that was seamless. It never interfered with or slowed down the story being told in the presence tense. The main character, Clara, was completely and utterly believable as a teenager struggling to fit in and find her way who also just happens to be an angel with a mission.



The plot was fast and twisting. A for sure page turner as you wanted questions answered just as much as Clara did. As the climax approached I could not read fast enough, I was guessing until the end. As for the end? Satisfying. What needed to wrapped up, was and yet there is certainly more story to tell! Looking forward to a book two.



It’s a book I will be telling teens about both at the library and the book store.



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