Waiting on Wednesday: Unearthly

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. I'm a little late in the day getting this week's post up because I have taken up dancing, as of yesterday afternoon, as a part of a thesis project for a friend. Incidentally, I have decided that dancing is much fun, and have been out doing dance steps (and gymnastics) in my yard. >_>

Anyway, though, books! Or rather, book. My pick this week is Unearthly by Cynthia Hand. I think this cover is beautiful, although I'm wondering about the lack of color - I tend to like lots of bright colors and it kind of bothers me that there's no color at all on this cover. But it's still pretty!

Description from Goodreads: 

Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood running 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 it 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 deciet, love and duty, good and evil. When the fire from her vision finally ignites, will Clara be ready to face her destiny?

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Sounds good to me! I haven't read many of the growing number of YA angel books, but I like the ones I've read and I'm excited to see where this one goes.

What are you waiting on this week?