sabregirl 's review for:

Hallowed by Cynthia Hand
5.0

This book was much better than the first one. The first one had it's moments of predictability (Tucker/Clara, Angela being an angel-blood) and a bunch of other little things but the turns in this book were big and unexpected. Like Clara's father being a full-blooded angel. I wasn't really expecting that, I didn't see any hints of it either unless through my fast reading of the first book I might've missed something small. But that was a nice twist, and shows why Clara is much more powerful than Angela. The other big shock to me was that Jeffrey started the fire that Tucker was in! Man, how stupid does Clara feel, messing that up for everyone. If only she hadn't been second guessing everything. The major plot in the story however, is Clara's 'dream' which turns out to be a vision of the future of a funeral that turns into her Mother's. It's a bit shocking that she would loose her Mother especially when she needs her but alas, the 120 year rule. It'll really be interesting to see where this goes since the third book will most likely be about Angela's purpose and Christian and Clara will probably be together.