Title: Unearthly
Author: Cynthia Hand
Series: Unearthly Trilogy
Age Group: Teen / Young Adult
Release Date: 4th January 2011 (Aus)
Publishers: HarperCollins (Aus)

Book Summary: Clara has known she was part-angel ever since she turned fourteen two years ago, but only now is her Purpose – the crucial rite of passage for every part-angel – becoming clear to her. Clara?s Purpose leads her family to Wyoming, where, amidst terrifying scenes of a bush inferno, she finds the boy of her visions, Christian. He is everything she could wish for – so why does she also have feelings for her enigmatic classmate Tucker?

Clara discovers that her Purpose is only a small part of a titanic struggle between angels and their destructive counterparts, the Black Wings. And when the fire of her visions erupts and both Christian and Tucker are in danger, who will she choose to save?

From debut novelist Cynthia Hand comes a riveting tale full of supernatural powers, forbidden romance, and the choice between fulfilling your destiny or following your heart.

My Thoughts: Unearthly is one of the best Angel fantasy novels I have read. I literally could not put it down from start to finish. I am wondering if it’s just me or if all young adult books have love triangles these days. If not I seem to be attracted to all the books where the main character has two love interests. I cant seem to get enough of them and i love reading them and Unearthly is no exception.

I enjoyed reading the book from Clara’s perspective. Despite being an angel, Clara is very much a normal teen girl. She’s smart but insecure and like many teenagers she underestimates herself, but thats what makes Clara real and easy to identify with.

Christian was the heart throb with perhaps a more tender and caring side than your typical heart throb. He is the perfect guy! How could you not fall for him, but then along comes Tucker, hot but a little rougher around the edges than Christian the golden boy. As Clara got to know Tucker and swept us along with her I found myself falling for him myself. Did anybody else picture Kellan Lutz as Tucker or was that just me???  The ending surprised me, I  had actually pictured a different scenario and was surprised by how it actually played out.

All up I thought that Unearthly was a lovely story and I cant wait to see what happens next.

My Rating: (out of 5)

About the Author: Cynthia Hand divides her time between Southern California, where she lives with her husband and son, and southeast Idaho near the Teton mountains. She teaches creative writing at Pepperdine University.

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If you liked this book you may like to read more books for teenage girls like Winter’s Shadow M.J. Hearle, Sirensong by Jenna Black and Bloodlines by Richelle Mead!

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Book Summary: How many lives do you need to live before you find someone worth dying for?
In the aftermath of what happened at Sword & Cross, Luce has been hidden away by her cursed angelic boyfriend, Daniel, in a new school filled with Nephilim, the offspring of fallen angels and humans. Daniel promises she will be safe here, protected from those who would kill her. At the school Luce discovers what the Shadows that have followed her all her life mean – and how to manipulate them to see into her other lives. Yet the more Luce learns about herself, the more she realizes that the past is her only key to unlocking her future … and that Daniel hasn’t told her everything. What if his version of the past isn’t actually the way things happened … what if Luce was really meant to be with someone else?

My Thoughts – Please don’t continue reading if you haven’t read Fallen yet, there may be some spoiler!

I just finished reading Torment and I loved it! I could not put it down!

Torment is the second book in Lauren Kate’s fallen angel series and it picks up right where Fallen left off.
Now that Luce knows about the existence of fallen angels and of her past lives with Daniel, she and Daniel should finally be able to have that chance to be together but Daniel is still as illusive and mysterious as ever, insisting on secrecy for her own protection. He sends her off to another school which will ‘shield’ her from others that have learnt of her mortality. This is where we are introduced to Shelby and Miles. Shelby is Luce’s new roommate, she’s sarcastic, and a little rough at times but her and Luce become friends anyway and then there is Miles. Miles is cute and sweet and thoughtful and the guy that makes Luce consider the possibility that Daniel and Luce are not destined to be together after all.

I was glad to see that some of the old characters (from Fallen) were carried forward in this book, they helped to cement the two books together and also helped to answer some of the questions from the previous book.

Lauren gives us more details of Luce’s past lives as well as delving into angel mythology a little more in this book and many of the questions I had after reading fallen have been answered.

I loved the way Lauren ending Torment, such a cliffhanger and I am quite impatient for the next book now. If you liked Fallen, you are going to love Torment!

My Rating: (out of 5)

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More Books in the Series:

1. Fallen
3. Passion (2011)

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About the Author: The author of several pseudonymous novels for Alloy’s Inside Girl series, as well as the forthcoming The Betrayal of Natalie Hargrove, Lauren Kate grew up in Dallas, Texas. She received her Bachelor’s degree in the deep South at Emory University, then went to New York for a brief stint in publishing, before enrolling in the University of California, Davis’s Master of Arts Creative Writing program. She is finishing up her degree at UC Davis, where she also teaches. She lives and writes from an old farm house in Winters, California.

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Title: Halo
Author: Alexandra Adornetto
Series: Halo Series (Book #1)
Genre: Fantasy
Age Group: Young Adult
Release Date: 31st August 2010 (US) 
1st August 2010 (Aus)

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Book Summary: Nothing much happens in the sleepy town of Venus Cove. But everything changes when three angels, Ivy, Bethany and Gabriel are sent from heaven to protect the town against the gathering forces of darkness. They work hard to conceal their true identity and, most of all, their wings.
But the mission is threatened when the youngest angel, Bethany, is sent to high school and falls for the handsome school captain, Xavier Woods. Will she defy the laws of Heaven by loving him?
Things come to a head when the angels realize they are not the only supernatural power in Venus Cove. There?s a new kid in town and he?s charming, seductive and deadly. Worst of all, he?s after Beth.
The angels and Xavier must work together to overcome the dark forces – but will Beth survive the battle? (Harper Collins Australia)

My Thoughts: Halo is a lovely story about an Angel Bethany who falls for the handsome school captain and very human Xavier. Keeping her secret from everyone including Xavier proves to be difficult and there are Heaven’s laws to contend with. Add in a charming but evil new guy at school and this story has everything you need. Bethany is sweet and innocent and a little impulsive and Xavier is loving and caring and sometimes a little over protective but they make for a sweet couple that you want to read more about.

Halo is a well written, enchanting story and I’m looking forward to the next book in the series, Hades which is due to be released in 2011.

My Rating: (out of 5)

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About the Author: Alexandra Adornetto was only thirteen when she wrote her first book, The Shadow Thief. Now at only 18 years of age, Alexandra has won various awards for her writing and in 2006 won the State Legacy Public Speaking competition. Her future aspirations are to work full time writing novels and screenplays, while also pursuing a career as an actor.

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Today Dymocks Books hosted a Q&A with Lauren Kate author of Fallen and soon to be released Torment where fans got to ask her questions.

She was lovely enough to answer a couple of my questions which were:

Q “Is there a minor character from Fallen that you would like to explore more in future books?” and her answer was:

A “Arriane springs to mind first. She’s always been my favorite. I’ve written a couple of short pieces about her–scenes between her and Roland, scenes before Luce arrived at Sword and Cross. What’s fun about working on the series is that I get to go back not just to Luce and Daniel, but to all of them in each new book.”

Q “Have you always been interested in angels or was it a new interest before you wrote Fallen?”

A “It’s a newish interest. I was taking a course in graduate school about reading the bible as literature and I starting circling around all these angel anecdotes. It became a sort of obsession and by now, I think I’m hooked.”

Here is a quick run down of some interesting parts of the chat:

- Lauren is working with a production company called Mayhem and hopefully Disney will make the movie!

- Lauren is currently working on the third book in the series. It’s called PASSION and it’s actually a prequel which goes back in time across many of Luce’s lives.

- So far there are going to be four books in the series. Torment comes out next month, Passion will be out in June/July of next year, and then the forth book, Rapture, will complete the series, possibly in January 2012.

- Lauren reads alot of young adult books, she loved Wicked Lovely and Shiver, Hunger Games.

- She recommends reading The Replacement by Brenna Yovanoff when it comes out.

- She is wanting to visit Australia and says possibly in 2011

- Cam is based loosely on her husband

Lauren Kate’s sequel to the bestselling Fallen hits stores September 28th, 2010, here’s the book trailer:

You can find out more about Lauren and her books at her website!

I received two books in my mailbox in the last week! The first was Clockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare. I loved her Mortal Instruments Series so I have very high expectations for this book and can’t wait to start reading it. I have just posted an interview with Cassandra here! I was send this book to review by Walker Books.

The second book that arrived was Halo by Alexandra Andornetto. I purchased this book because I have read some great reviews about it. Keep your eyes out for my review in the next week.

I’ve been checking out quite a few Book Blogs lately and each time I go to a new blog I find another book or another series of books that I want to read, my list is growing quite long now. If only it were possible to spend the whole day reading without any interruptions!

The Story Siren runs a meme called In My Mailbox where Book Bloggers can interact and talk about the books they have received in their mailbox. Go and check it out!