Book being reviewed: Unearthly (Unearthly #1)
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.I must say with a heavy heart, I wasn’t fortunate enough to like this particular book. I had such high hopes for it, especially since so many of my Goodreads friends had rated it highly. But I just couldn’t get the feel of the story. Not to mention the book’s events seemed very predictable to me. Halfway through the book, I was hoping to blame the fact that I was slightly doped up on pain meds after having my wisdom teeth removed. But even then, I couldn’t. I kept telling myself that I may have to reread the book to possibly get the feel again, thinking that I may have forgotten what the book was about. But, again, I couldn’t blame that either. I just truly couldn’t get into the book.
As I previously stated, the book was highly predictable. Girl moves away from all she’s known, girl isn’t very pleased about it, new girl is hardly accepted within her new town and school, new girl hates her life, and so on and so forth. I think you get the point. The only difference is, the new girl happens to be part-angel. I can honestly say that I liked that little twist, seeing as most angel-type books I’ve read usually have the angel being the lead male character.
The other part that wasn’t very predictable at first, although eventually became predictable, was the love story aspect of the book. When you first begin reading through the chapters, you get the inkling that the heroine, Clara, is going to fall in love with Christian, the oh-so-beautiful-popular-boy-toy. But such is not the case after we meet Tucker, the completely handsome and rugged cowboy. Clara's feelings battle it out between the two. And in the end, Tucker the cowboy wins Clara’s heart.
All in all, I wouldn’t exactly recommend this book to a friend. There are many other books I’d choose before this one. If you’re one of the readers who enjoyed reading Unearthly, then I’m glad you got something out of the pages that I didn’t.
On to the next book, I say!
Read on, Bookworms, read on,
I had rented this book from the library, but didn't read it in time. I've been debating if I should rerent it, but now I'm thinking I'll put it on my to read some day list, cause truth be told, I can barely manage the have to read now list. =)
ReplyDeleteGreat first review, TIT!!