schin 's review for:

Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
5.0

Another great book by Cynthia Hand.This book is the perfect continution from Unearthly.
I really cried in the end of the story, when Clara's mum died. But I am happy for her, such bittersweet feeling it must be, for you to have your true love by your side, but knowing that you will be leaving all these behind. I think it has a perfect ending near the back. Clara definitely needs some closure from her mum's death for the battles that is coming up front. I respect Clara for the empathy she showed for Samjeeza. I would've done the exact same thing.

Tucker doesn't get the girl, no surprise there. But I think Cynthia Hand does a great job with it, nothing cheesy like "I'm sorry this is not working" crap they always pull. I guess I will be happy if Tucker find someone else, but I just cannot feel a little quesy when I picture the nice gentleman Tucker with girls like Allison Lowell. Yuck! But well, ok, people! I know Tucker deserves to be happy!

I swoon at the line "this is where I kiss you". It is so genius, romantic and original. That is one of the things I love about Cynthia Hand's writing. She is original, funny, and does not go all crappy even when she writes about scenes that are supposed to be crappy. She just has her way of making it special.

So, note to author: Pls don't mess this series up like so many series I have read before. And may I just say, you did a fabulous job with Unearthly and Hallowed.

P.S., does anyone notice the line where Christian told Tucker that summer is something that is going to end? It reminds me of Taylor Swift's 'Tim McGraw'. And when Christian says he has to let go of Kay to be a better triplare and all, I was thinking, hey! This sounds exactly right with Chris Mann's 'Beautiful Life'. Love that song by the way. It is unbelievable how this book has reminded me of so many songs. If they make this book into a movie, I think I can contribute a whole list of songs.