Thursday, February 3, 2011

Books I Love – Paranormalcy by Kiersten White


I made it through the storm just fine. One good thing about the blizzard is that I had a whole day to just chill and read. I caught up on some library books and this one really stood out.



Evie's always thought of herself as a normal teenager, even though she works for the International Paranormal Containment Agency, her ex-boyfriend is a faerie, she’s falling for a shape-shifter, and she’s the only person who can see through paranormals' glamours.

But Evie's about to realize that she may very well be at the center of a dark faerie prophecy promising destruction to all paranormal creatures.

So much for normal.

Sometimes I read a book and I get jealous because it’s so damned good. Yeah, this was one of those books. Evie was just the right amount of sassy and sweet. Also, I like female main characters that can kick some butt. Evie is extremely likeable as a lonely girl living outside of “normal” society.

I liked the way the love story progressed. Evie isn’t exactly torn between two men (boys…things…whatever) but she does have an outside influence (a fairy…literally) vying for her affections. With all the weirdness going on in this book, you’d think things would get confusing, but really White does a great job of holding it all together and making Evie’s word accessible.

My one complaint is that Evie calls her taser gun “tasey,” which really got on my nerves. I’m not in to cutesy wootsy…but seriously, that’s my only problem. The rest of the book was awesome.

Tomorrow – More about synopsis with tips on writing a longer version.

18 comments:

  1. Great to know you survived the white monster - I must check this book out! Thanks for your review!

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  2. I loved Paranormalcy too! It was nice to read something DIFFERENT!

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  3. I liked her fresh take on paranormals, too. And so not angsty, which was nice.

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  4. Thanks for the follow! I haven't read Paranormalcy. Kiersten is so fun, though, I need to give it a try.

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  5. Ooh, great stuff :) I'll have to look in to these...

    Sarah Allen
    (my creative writing blog)

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  6. I love this book, too! Kiersten is great at writing funny AND serious. It's one of my favorites from last year.

    Also - thanks for following my blog. Now I have 100 followers!

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  7. I actually wrote a review for this a few months back. I also loved it; and Kiersten is one of the nicest NYT Bestselling authors out there!

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  8. I'm glad everyone seems to have liked it as much as I did. I wonder where she will go in book #2.

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  9. I love Evie's voice! That definitely stood out to me, too.

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  10. I loved this too. Evie's voice just sucked me in.

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  11. I'll have to check this out! On to my reading list it goes.

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  12. Thanks for the review! It is now officially on my TBR list.

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  13. Nice post. It makes me want to give this book a try (thought 'tasey' will likely irk me as well).

    Thanks for stopping by my blog. Yours is well worth following. :)

    Marie, http://marierearden.blogspot.com

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  14. I thought I was the only one who was annoyed by "tasey" LOL!

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  15. I almost didn't mention my dislike of "tasey," because the book was so incredible, but everytime I read that one little word I rolled my eyes. :)

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  16. Hi! Thanks for stopping by my blog...and for reviewing this book. It's been on my tbr list for a while now. Maybe it's time to pick it up!

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