The Unearthly (Unearthly, #1)

by Laura Thalassa

[Angie]

The Unearthly was a pleasant surprise! Based on the first couple of chapters, I felt like this was just another YA Paranormal Romance where the heroine is super super special and gets the attention of the most popular supernatural guy around and they're destined to be together and they live happily ever after after he saves her from some baddies. Well, it is that, plus some interesting twists! Gabrielle was adopted when she was five after her parents died in a fire, so she has no clue what legacy is mentioned when she's invited to attend Peel Academy. When she gets there, she learns that it's a special school for supernatural teens and it's time to be Awakened.

Special schools are my weakness, so of course I liked The Unearthly. Peel Academy isn't the most original version of this trope, but I still liked it. All kinds of supernaturals are allowed in, but only if they're "good." No evils allowed, which basically means those who would use their abilities for bad and all vampires. Obviously this means that Gabrielle has to be a vampire, which causes quite the ruckus! Not just because she's deemed automatically evil, but because no one has ever been born a vampire before. Super special!

The Unearthly also comes with the requisite insta-love romance. I did not like Andre at all, especially when he literally grabs Gabrielle, throws her over this shoulder, and shoves her in the car when she refuses to go on a date with him. WTF, dude?! I suppose he had his reasons, but still not cool. At all. If you didn't guess already, Andre is a vampire, and the most important vampire EVER, so he's the one to help Gabrielle learn about her heritage and abilities. Lots of mentoring time leads to falling in love, and saving her life because someone is out to kill the only natural born vampire! Dun dun dun!

I probably didn't do a very good job explaining why I liked The Unearthly. I just did. I thought it was fun. Vampires and special schools are my favorite, so it was hard to not crack a smile every few pages, even with cliches running amok! There's also a pretty interesting twist at the end about someone that Gabrielle thought she had been hallucinating. So onto The Coveted!

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