Monday, February 28, 2011

YA Paranormal Bug


As I typed the title to this post I realized that I really can't claim that the bug has recently bitten me. I read my first YA Paranormal nearly ten years ago, when I started Meg Cabot's Mediator series, and I've pretty much been searching for more at a desperate pace ever since.

It's just so stinking fun to read!

I recently read several, and I liked nearly all of them, so I'm sharing. Tess Oliver has three books available on Amazon as kindle editions right now - but I cannot find them in hard/paperback form. Not sure if she's publishing straight to kindle or what. Anyway, I'm currently reading the 3rd (they are not a series) and have enjoyed them all immensely so far. There is a little language in Safe Landing , and some "British" language in Camille:

Which is about a werewolf hunter who falls for a recently infected young man. It was loads of fun, and all three books total $4.97 on kindle. Love!

The others I have recently enjoyed are:

The Demon Trapper's Daughter by Jana Oliver. I don't remember, but there is probably some language in that one.

Shiver by Maggie Stiefavter. Not super deep, and I'm not interested in reading about other characters in the 2nd and 3rd books, but it was a fun take on the werewolf legend.

And then there's Immortal, by Lauren Burd. Of this book, two things are certain:
1. The editor, if there was one, should be fired. (the sentence structure was SO bad.)
2. S. Meyer could probably successfully sue the lady. The characters, situations, even the conversations are that similar. I made it 70% of the way through the train wreak before I tossed it away in disgust. And it is not often that I cannot bring myself to finish a story and see how it ends.

Enjoy!

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