I reviewed Boundless as part of a book tour over at Eve's Fan Garden. This is one of my favorite series and this book was a fitting farewell to some characters that I've grown to really love. So check out a snippet of my review here and then read the entire thing over at EFG!
Boundless
By: Cynthia Hand
Release Date: January 22, 2013
Authors Website
Summary:
The past few years have
held more surprises than part-angel Clara Gardner could ever have
anticipated. Yet from the dizzying highs of first love, to the agonizing
low of losing someone close to her, the one thing she can no longer
deny is that she was never meant to live a normal life.
Since discovering the special role she plays among the other angel-bloods, Clara has been determined to protect Tucker Avery from the evil that follows her . . . even if it means breaking both their hearts. Leaving town seems like the best option, so she’s headed back to California - and so is Christian Prescott, the irresistible boy from the vision that started her on this journey in the first place.
As Clara makes her way in a world that is frighteningly new, she discovers that the fallen angel who attacked her is watching her every move. And he’s not the only one. . . . With the battle against the Black Wings looming, Clara knows she must finally fulfill her destiny. But it won’t come without sacrifices and betrayal.
In the riveting finale of the Unearthly series, Clara must decide her fate once and for all.
Since discovering the special role she plays among the other angel-bloods, Clara has been determined to protect Tucker Avery from the evil that follows her . . . even if it means breaking both their hearts. Leaving town seems like the best option, so she’s headed back to California - and so is Christian Prescott, the irresistible boy from the vision that started her on this journey in the first place.
As Clara makes her way in a world that is frighteningly new, she discovers that the fallen angel who attacked her is watching her every move. And he’s not the only one. . . . With the battle against the Black Wings looming, Clara knows she must finally fulfill her destiny. But it won’t come without sacrifices and betrayal.
In the riveting finale of the Unearthly series, Clara must decide her fate once and for all.
My Ramblings:
I was terrified to read this book. I put it off for a full week. I
let it sit there on my shelf as I read other books, wanting to pick
Boundless up, but not quite ready to do so yet. Has this ever happened
to anyone else? I love this series. It is one of my all time favorites,
so when Katie at MundieMoms contacted us about being part of this tour I
of course jumped all over it. Then the book came and I couldn't bring
myself to open it. Not because I thought it might disappoint, but
because I was not ready to say goodbye yet. It's rare that a series is
this good all the way through, and I love reading about the characters
and the world that Hand has created in the Unearthly series and I wasn't
ready for it to be over yet. I said to someone on facebook that these
are book nerd problems. Who else frets about having to say goodbye to
fictional characters? After all that though, with the deadline for our
tour stop looming, I finally picked the book up and 4 hours later was in
tears. It was over. And it was so, so good.
First off this book really
does have it all and Hand managed to surprise me several times. There
are a few love connections going on in this book, and it isn't all about
Clara, Christian and Tucker. We see Angela and Jeffrey both struggle
with relationships and trying to figure out who they truly are and what
they want. They are all dealing with the constant pressure of living up
to their purpose, while still trying to also deal with surviving the
real world. We also see some shifting relationships between people who
we thought were evil revealing themselves to not be the 100% bad guy we
anticipated. There are also a few deaths. Yes, a few. Including one that
completely caught me by surprise and reduced me to tears. Not everyone
survives in Hands world, which I actually like. It's more realistic then
everyone magically living happily ever after. That being said, there is
a fair share of magic in this story, which I also like. when you are
dealing with angels and heaven and hell, there has to be a sense of
faith driving everyone's actions and that leads to impossible things
happening. Hand strikes the perfect balance between what we can all
relate to and the magic that is there right below the surface. In the
end everyone ends up exactly where they are supposed to be. Hand even
managed to write an epilogue that I like! I usually despise epilogues,
but I felt like Hand took it far enough into the future that it felt
like peaking in on old friends instead of trying to wrap up loose ends...
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