Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC on this one!

I loved Unearthly - I'm not usually one for the mushy-type supernatural romances, but it grabbed me in a good way, especially with the way it stayed true to types of angels, and the play they took off that.

Hallowed I also enjoyed - clearly from my four stars - but less so than Unearthly. The problem is I really dislike Clara and Tucker: maybe I'm just a horrible person that way, but I'd like to believe that love doesn't make you absolutely stupid, and I also have trouble believing in love between high school students. I mean really, if we revisited any YA novel romance when the characters are 30 - they've either split up, or resent each other too much to do so.

Anyways, I loved the lore behind the story, and Ms. Hand does a great job in integrating it into her characters and the plot, and giving it to use in reasonable doses and in believeable ways. She also writes beautifully, and I can picture everything in my mind fluidly. But if Clara and Tucker continue on, without learning any lessons or getting over their swooning, this series is going to begin to lose my interest.

Four stars for now - but reign in the romantic for the sake of the story for book three.