For months Clara Gardner trained to handle the open fire from her visions, but she wasn’t ready for the decision she had to make that day. And in the aftermath, she discovered that nothing about being component angel is as straightforward as she believed.

Today, torn between her love for Tucker and her complicated feelings about the functions she and Christian seem destined to try out in a world that is both dangerous and beautiful, Clara problems with a surprising revelation: Someone she enjoys will die in just a matter of weeks. With her potential uncertain, the only thing Clara knows for sure would be that the fire was just the beginning.

In this convincing sequel to Unearthly, Cynthia Hands captures the pleasure of first like, the anguish of loss, as well as the confusion to become who you are.