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3.98 AVERAGE
3.98 AVERAGE
Wow, this book was breath taking. I was very emotional more through the end of it. I couldn't believe the whole change from Unearthly toward this one. So much happened it's kind of hard to get everything in. It was an amazing sequel to the Unearthly series.
-Clara
I love Clara, she could be a little annoying at times but she was an awesome main character. The love triangle breaks my heart, they are both just so wonderful it's so hard, I feel for Clara. We get to see more of her powers into this book, and more scenes with Christian than Tucker, which I was very unhappy about. But this was truly amazing.
-Tucker
I am absolutely in love with Tucker. I have a bad feeling of what's to come with them in the final book. I have a feeling I will be getting my eyes out in the next book with him Clara. He is just so wonderful it is really hard to let him go.
-Christian
I have to say I wasn't that interested in Christian at first. Every time he was there instead of Tucker I was so pissed at Clara for being with him instead of being with Tucker. Nonetheless, Christian is a great guy and Clara is very lucky to have him in her life.
I truly loved this book. The beginning was kind of hard for me to get into but once I got halfway into the book of was hard to put it down. I cannot wait to finish this series off.
-Clara
I love Clara, she could be a little annoying at times but she was an awesome main character. The love triangle breaks my heart, they are both just so wonderful it's so hard, I feel for Clara. We get to see more of her powers into this book, and more scenes with Christian than Tucker, which I was very unhappy about. But this was truly amazing.
-Tucker
I am absolutely in love with Tucker. I have a bad feeling of what's to come with them in the final book. I have a feeling I will be getting my eyes out in the next book with him Clara. He is just so wonderful it is really hard to let him go.
-Christian
I have to say I wasn't that interested in Christian at first. Every time he was there instead of Tucker I was so pissed at Clara for being with him instead of being with Tucker. Nonetheless, Christian is a great guy and Clara is very lucky to have him in her life.
I truly loved this book. The beginning was kind of hard for me to get into but once I got halfway into the book of was hard to put it down. I cannot wait to finish this series off.
More like a 3.5 rating.
Sigh.. the story has so much potential to be amazing, but the only thing that makes me cringe and dislike it is the love triangle. I'm not a Christian fan, and after this book, I'm not a Tucker fan. Can't we get a story where the female protagonist is just friends with her male counterparts? I'm over the triangles! Hell, if you want to put her with someone, I'd rather she be with Samjeeza at this point. I'm just exhausted from Christian and Tucker. Extremely.
The scenes with her mom were emotional, but I think it was appropriate for the story. Her mom had to go through that. And don't get me started on her dad. I knew what he was before it was revealed. I just felt like too many secrets were being kept and the reason has to be her dad.
Jeffrey's situation wasn't a surprise, but it was an interesting twist. I never once thought about how Clara's decision to save Tucker could screw up so many things for so many people. That sucks, but makes sense.
I'm curious as to how this story ends, but I'm OVER the romance aspect. Truly.
Sigh.. the story has so much potential to be amazing, but the only thing that makes me cringe and dislike it is the love triangle. I'm not a Christian fan, and after this book, I'm not a Tucker fan. Can't we get a story where the female protagonist is just friends with her male counterparts? I'm over the triangles! Hell, if you want to put her with someone, I'd rather she be with Samjeeza at this point. I'm just exhausted from Christian and Tucker. Extremely.
The scenes with her mom were emotional, but I think it was appropriate for the story. Her mom had to go through that. And don't get me started on her dad. I knew what he was before it was revealed. I just felt like too many secrets were being kept and the reason has to be her dad.
Jeffrey's situation wasn't a surprise, but it was an interesting twist. I never once thought about how Clara's decision to save Tucker could screw up so many things for so many people. That sucks, but makes sense.
I'm curious as to how this story ends, but I'm OVER the romance aspect. Truly.
When I find myself dreaming about a book and crying when reading it, I know I am reading a good book. This happened to me with Hallowed. It was everything Unearthly was and then some more. I loved that I finally got to read a bit more about Christian! I found the story where I always felt it should have and I had a specific moment when I had tears in my eyes.
The backstory was developed in a beautiful way and it always got me thinking. Again, I had moments where the book took me by surprise and that is a factor I always appreciate because, as I have said, it is quite easy for me to see coming things that are suppose to shock me and, believe me, it is annoying.
This book gave me love, gave me feelings, gave me intrigue, made me realize good is not always completely good and bad is not always completely bad and of course left me hanging by a thread, waiting for the next book. Like crazy!
Again, Cynthia Hand gave me a book worth my time and my tears!
The backstory was developed in a beautiful way and it always got me thinking. Again, I had moments where the book took me by surprise and that is a factor I always appreciate because, as I have said, it is quite easy for me to see coming things that are suppose to shock me and, believe me, it is annoying.
This book gave me love, gave me feelings, gave me intrigue, made me realize good is not always completely good and bad is not always completely bad and of course left me hanging by a thread, waiting for the next book. Like crazy!
Again, Cynthia Hand gave me a book worth my time and my tears!
Deep, and definitely much more darker and strongly emotional than Unearthly. I'm very muuch anticipating for the next one!
simply breath taking. This book 2, after [b:Unearthly|7488244|Unearthly (Unearthly, #1)|Cynthia Hand|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1324782984s/7488244.jpg|9621771] is the perfect addition to the series.
There were so many surprises and so much new information, but all of it was perfectly interwoven together that it all just flows. And even though we get deeper into the Angel world, deeper into life and death and good vs bad (and destiny!), NONE of it is preachy or religious in any way. It's all just so natural and just flows.
I love this series.
There were so many surprises and so much new information, but all of it was perfectly interwoven together that it all just flows. And even though we get deeper into the Angel world, deeper into life and death and good vs bad (and destiny!), NONE of it is preachy or religious in any way. It's all just so natural and just flows.
I love this series.
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It's a book. I don't have strong feeling either way, read it between lessons at work and I didn't actively hate it. I think this book had enough going on to fight off middle book syndrome but that didn't stop it from being boring and slow in some areas. Didn't really pick it up much until I had no other option because I was at work and I made myself bring it to read. Also, the author made skiing boring. I don't know how you do that, but I'm not sure if it was bad scene writing or if she's never skiied before.
This continues to be a sweet love story cushioned among a larger story of a teen girl coming into her own. This 2nd book moved a little slower; her took most of the book and I guess that builds emotion but I kept thinking “move on already.” It is still intriguing enough though that I eagerly await the trilogy’s conclusion (I’m on hold for the book at the library - hurry up and return it already!).
I had the thought that Clara’s father, Michael, is like the right-hand-of-God angel Michael. He obviously is charged with And, being that we learn that Clara is leads me to believe that her purpose is going to be much greater than saving another angel (Christian) from a forest fire.
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mother’s deathI had the thought that Clara’s father, Michael, is like the right-hand-of-God angel Michael. He obviously is charged with
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ushering people from death to heaven – I had figured this out and had it confirmed when he vanished from Clara’s mom’s bedside right after she died.Spoiler
actually a ¾ angel not a ¼ angel
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Hallowed:
Things are getting intense now. After the ending of book one, I didn't know where this was going to go. But not long in and wow. Everything jumps to another level in this one and I didn't know what to make of it. There were some parts that were predictable, however, it didn't stop me from loving the book. It drove me to find out more.
Again, I really enjoyed Clara in Hallowed. She not only became more independent but there was a lot more she had to consider. And I really think that made her more likable. Clara had to make some decisions that were questionable but also drove her in a way that moved the story along.
The love triangle was much more intense in this one. And will I still didn’t love it, I think that Cynthia Hand wrote it in a way that really worked. In saying that I really didn’t like Christian in this one, the way that he pushed to be with Clara, really put me off. I adored Tucker. He was thrown into a world that he knew nothing about. Into a world he didn’t think was real. And he tried, he tried to understand what he could for Clara.
Friendship was a really big theme throughout Hallowed and I really enjoyed it. At first, we see Clara struggle with keeping her human and Angel friends separate and even harder keeping them together.
Overall, Hallowed was a really good addition to the Unearthly series. The tension between Clara and the Angel world is intensifying and that just adds to the novel so well. A really good middle book to a series.
Love triangles are tedious, annoying things when done wrong. Lately, it feels like every series has one and every series fails to serve, but Hand does an efficient job at giving her protagonist two boys while having Clara keep her spine and juggle the many griefs she has to deal with throughout Hallowed. My main fear though lies within the concept. Hallowed expanded the myth of the series, yet it didn't advance it (very much). As the series continues, I hope it kicks into a different gear, leaving the love struggle behind and more into the angel struggles.
Where as Unearthly was about new beginnings, Hallowed is around death. Not as in everyone is dying but as in the death of innocence, the death of naivety, loved ones, etc. In Unearthly I could have cared less about the "new beginnings", Hallowed I really appreciated the transition of death. Clara faced many choices and decisions in this book, some that aren't even choices. She struggles to do things her way, to fight "destiny" but slowly comes to accept to accept that what is meant to happen, will happen. All she can do is live in the moment. I mean, the motto of the book is "live in the moment. JUST BE" and it came across very nicely. When i turned that last page I felt satisfied.
The love triangle, well, it wasn't so bad. It didn't feel very one sided, though I am leaning toward Christian more so because a real future with Tucker is just impossible for Clara. Save yourself the pain. Clara never really doubted her love for Tucker. It was her purpose that drove her nuts, and as she sort of gave into the purpose, she started to see Christian. So, it's not a Bella Swan, I LOVE BOTH BOYS. Clara has a reason for two guys following her around (which can also be a metaphor for accepting her future as an angel rather than fighting in but that is going a bit far).
My only worry for this book series is how slow paced the plot is. Where is this going? For two books the slow and steady pace might have worked, but for the third and fourth, I feel like it can get stale. Next book I expect advancement in the angel-blood plot story. Something other than myth building, but actual like, turn of events. Plus, if Christian, Angela and Clara really end up in Standford next book, I hope they get to face and meet more people like them.
Where as Unearthly was about new beginnings, Hallowed is around death. Not as in everyone is dying but as in the death of innocence, the death of naivety, loved ones, etc. In Unearthly I could have cared less about the "new beginnings", Hallowed I really appreciated the transition of death. Clara faced many choices and decisions in this book, some that aren't even choices. She struggles to do things her way, to fight "destiny" but slowly comes to accept to accept that what is meant to happen, will happen. All she can do is live in the moment. I mean, the motto of the book is "live in the moment. JUST BE" and it came across very nicely. When i turned that last page I felt satisfied.
The love triangle, well, it wasn't so bad. It didn't feel very one sided, though I am leaning toward Christian more so because a real future with Tucker is just impossible for Clara. Save yourself the pain. Clara never really doubted her love for Tucker. It was her purpose that drove her nuts, and as she sort of gave into the purpose, she started to see Christian. So, it's not a Bella Swan, I LOVE BOTH BOYS. Clara has a reason for two guys following her around (which can also be a metaphor for accepting her future as an angel rather than fighting in but that is going a bit far).
My only worry for this book series is how slow paced the plot is. Where is this going? For two books the slow and steady pace might have worked, but for the third and fourth, I feel like it can get stale. Next book I expect advancement in the angel-blood plot story. Something other than myth building, but actual like, turn of events. Plus, if Christian, Angela and Clara really end up in Standford next book, I hope they get to face and meet more people like them.