I was hesitant about this book at first. I was told of it by a friend, but after reading a few reviews on here I decided to give it a go - and i do not regret it one bit. 
 Unearthly is finally a angel based paranormal young adult book that has characters that continue to develop as the story progresses. The protagonist a lively girl called Clara is an angel blood, and as all angels do, she is discovering her purpose. She dreams of rescuing a boy from a bush-fire and is forced to follow it all the way from California to Cowboy Country where she befriends a quirky girl called Angela, a quiet girl called Wendy, falls in love with the boy she is supposed to rescue - Christian, and makes an enemy of Wendy's brother and Christian's girlfriend. 
 At first i expected this book to follow the usual plot - they fall in love, then she rescues him blah blah blah happy ending.... i was pleasantly surprised to find that the book strayed slightly from this story line and managed to come into its own in the usually stereotypical genre of Angel themed young Adult books. I loved Cynthia Hand's writing, it flowed well and the imagery she managed to create is something that most writers can only dream about, the book had me hooked from the first chapter - unputterdownable as i like to call it :) 
 I was so excited for the next book - Hallowed, that i rushed to the book store today to pick it up! 
 5/5 stars!