Hallowed by Cynthia Hand 
Unearthly Book #2
From Publishers – Harper Collins Aust.
Release Date – January 2012
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Book Description: For months part-angel Clara Gardner trained to face the fire from her visions, but nothing prepared her for the choice she was forced to make that day. Now, torn between her love for Tucker and her complicated feelings about the roles she and Christian seem destined to play in a world that is both dangerous and beautiful, Clara struggles with a shocking revelation: someone she loves will die in a matter of months. With her future uncertain, the only thing Clara knows for sure is that the fire was just the beginning.

Review by Esther Fong: Clara Gardner is just your average teenage girl. Well apart from the fact that she is a part-angel. Hallowed is the sequel to the highly successful Unearthly by Cynthia Hand. After the events of Unearthly, Clara is torn between her love for Tucker and her purpose to save Christian. Clara begins to have new shocking visions, visions in which someone that she loves will die in just a few short months. Clara must deal with this tragedy while learning more about her angel heritage more then she wanted to know. Will Clara follow her true purpose as shown in her visions or will she use her free will and follow her heart?

Hallowed deals with the joys and trails of first love, grief and loss, and the fear of finding out who you truly are. Yes there is the typical teenage love triangle but Hand provides us with a very well written book in which we can connect with the main characters (while not thinking they are stalkers). The reader is able to feel Clara’s struggle and grief as well as her joys and happiness. Hand also provides readers with a refreshingly new take on angels on earth further engaging the reader hoping to find out more.

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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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!