I even enjoyed most of the side characters in the book! The biggest roadblock preventing me from giving the series a solid 5 stars was the ending of the trilogy. There was the age old good versus evil struggle and a bad guy you could empathize with.

The characters were relatable and interesting and the plotline was unpredictable enough to keep you hooked until the end of the story. I finished the whole trilogy in a week, so it was definitely engaging enough. Overall, I would give the series as a whole 4 out of 5 stars. Hand also did a good job making sure that the powers were believable for the most part and not over the top. I liked that the powers were not all of the same generic powers you would see in other novels and that they were partially genetically inherited.

Her characters had interesting and original powers for angel-bloods that correlated with the dilution of angel blood they had. I loved Hand’s concept of “purpose” that really drove not only the first book but the whole trilogy. Each angel-blood has a unique purpose and receive visions about it in different ways, and each of them was put on earth to accomplish that specific purpose at a specific moment in time. She is part human and part angel and because of this, she has a “purpose”. Clara is what you would call an angel-blood. This was not the case with Unearthly and its main character Clara Gardner. **This post contains affiliate links so I will get a commission for products you purchase at no additional cost to you. When you read a lot of books in the same genre, storylines and concepts start to feel overdone and boring. The Unearthly Trilogy by Cynthia Hand was a refreshing read for me simply because it felt pretty original.

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