Unearthly By Cynthia Hand

In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees . . . .

Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy.

Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place—and out of place at the same time. Because there's another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara's less angelic side.

As Clara tries to find her way in a world she no longer understands, she encounters unseen dangers and choices she never thought she'd have to make—between honesty and deceit, love and duty, good and evil. When the fire from her vision finally ignites, will Clara be ready to face her destiny?

Unearthly is a moving tale of love and fate, and the struggle between following the rules and following your heart.

This book rocked!
After reading Embraced i was i the mood to read Unearthly for some more Angel fun, hoping it was as great as Embrace so i wouldn't be disappointed and i wasn't. But it was definitely different from Embrace, for instance a significant amount of the story is her attending school which is what i love about it because honestly there are some VERY funny moments of her at school.
The whole angel thing is different as well whereas embrace was about guardian angels in a way this book is more about fulfilling your purpose in life (her vision).

As for the characters is nothing you have witnessed before. I can't ever remember so many times that i was screaming in my head to this girl. She's one brave brown nut. I just can't get over how she can just stare at someone and check them out while she knows that people are watching her including the person she's checking out, it's just hilarious! The best part for me (TINY SPOILER) was when she followed Christian to a pizza place then watched from a table as he played arcade type games. His friends became aware of her watching him and made remarks about how "Bozo The Clown/Hot Bozo" (reference to her died red hair-you'll have to read it to find out why she died it) was watching him. AND SHE CONTINUED TO LOOK AT HIM! She finally looked away when he caught her eyes, then swiftly left the pizza place.

I'm URGING you to read this book.
It definitely gets a 9.5 on the SophaScale. (it was that good i had to put .5! threes nothing wrong with it but i only save 10's for books that are so good it leaves me thinking about them for days...so 9.5!)