Unearthly, Cynthia Hand
I've read quite a few of the popular YA angel books around - Lauren Kate's Fallen series, Becca Fitzpatrick's Hush Hush series, Courtney Allison Moulton's Angelfire; well, you get the idea. I think they all bring something different to the angel genre, and Unearthly does, too. I think it's safe to say that it's my favourite angel book I have read thus far (L.A Weatherly's Angel comes in a close second.)

I loved the way the book was set up so you believe Christian to the boy Clara will fall in love with. I really thought I was going to dislike Tucker because he was going to break Clara and Christian up but that turned out not to be case at all. It was refreshingly wonderful to be duped like this; Tucker was funny and cute and had that charming southern gentleman thing on his side (I adore southern gentlemen!) I wouldn't have even given him a chance if Christian hadn't have been out of the picture. As far as leading men went, he didn't really do a great job compared to Tucker so I'm really interested to see what role he'll play in the next books and the repercussions of his revelation.
There was more to this book than just the romance, though; the angel lore was fascinating, as usual, especially for someone without a religious background. It was also fantastic to see a strong female character who had to save the guy for once. Not just that, but she was also strong enough to defy what she believed to be her fate and forgo her purpose to save the boy she loved. Some may think that she was throwing away her future for a boy, but I have to disagree. I think it showed just how strong Clara was, that she was prepared to sacrifice what she could have had with Christian and incur the wrath of the heavens (maybe that's a little dramatic, but who knows what might have happened next!) for the purest thing on earth. After all, isn't religion about love?

I'm really intrigued to find out about Jeffrey's wings and Angela's Italian lover (how great is Angela, by the way. I am in love with her!) I also cannot wait to get back to Wyoming because the setting of this novel was absolutely gorgeous. One of my favourite things about books tends to be where they are set and I enjoy them a lot more if it's somewhere like Unearthly is set.

I'd give this one 4.5/5 stars, only because I really didn't like Clara's mother much and I also didn't enjoy the way in the English edition 'mom' was changed to 'mum'. Aside from that, I thought the book was fantastic and couldn't recommend it highly enough. This is deifnitely one you should have one your bookshelf!