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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.

Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place—and out of place at the same time. Because there’s another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara’s less angelic side.

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?

Unearthly is a moving tale of love and fate, and the struggle between following the rules and following your heart.

In the past year, I’ve read a couple of books about angels. Hush, Hush (by Becca Fitzpatrick) was boring. Fallen (by Lauren Kate) was, honestly, probably the worst YA book that I’ve ever read. City of Bones was amazing… but, I reasoned, that might be because the plot wasn’t entirely focused on being part angel. So I was reluctant to read Unearthly. I picked it up and put it down on more than one occasion in more than one bookstore. But the other day one of my friends lent it to me with a wholehearted recommendation, so I decided to give it a try. It couldn’t be worst than Fallen, right?

I would like to thank my friend for lending me this book, despite my prejudices. Unearthly was amazing. A fast read, a good read, and a must read.

The characters were very well-written. They stayed true to themselves to the end and had serious depth. They all, Kay, Tucker and Christian especially, surprised me with their motives, actions and feelings… but I quickly realized that what they were doing made perfect sense, once I got to know them better.  After reading the first few chapters, I had thought that Christian would only have been portrayed throughout the whole book as a name, a face, and a hot bod’. I was very pleased when I got to know him as person, rather than a daydream. I also thoroughly enjoyed reading the book through Clara’s point of view. She was heavily burdened and even though she had a couple of realistic breakdowns, she was a strong female character. I wish I could see more of those.

I could tell you guys about the complete lack of plotholes, the originality, the sense of humor, or even the cute setting of Unearthly. But what I really, really, want to tell you all about is the ending. Oh. My. Goodness. The ending. The ending! The funny thing about this book is that Clara receives her Purpose, the angelic task that every angel-blood must complete, in the form of dreams from the first sentence of the first chapter. As a reader, you’ll quickly realize that Unearthly will end with Clara’s Purpose. No big whoop, right? She’s been daydreaming about the the novel’s conclusion throughout the whole freaking book! So you think you’ll have seen it coming… but trust me. You haven’t. You haven’t! It’s been 5 days since I’ve read this book and I still can’t get over the awesome ending! If that’s not a good book, then I don’t know what is.

Finally, Unearthly gets 4.3/5 stars. I’ve said this on Twitter, and I will say it again: drop everything you’re doing and read this book! It’s worth it.

I’ll keep you posted,