Review: Supernaturally (Paranormalcy #2) by Kiersten White

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Paranormal Element: All the Above
Series: Supernaturally #2
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PJ's QUICKIE POV:

I don't want to start this review negatively but the first thing that pops in my mind when I think SUPERNATURALLY is “not as good as the first.” While good, entertaining and fast-paced, there was something that was something that was lacking with SUPERNATURALLY that was infused throughout PARANOMALCY. This is a must-read though if you've read and enjoyed PARANOMALCY and if you haven't read the first book, what is stopping you??? Check out my review here. You will not be disappointed.

REVIEW:

Evie has everything she ever wanted. She's in High School. She is not living in the center. She has a beautiful boyfriend who loves her, a job, an actually girlfriend...yet she is not happy. Lend only comes home from school on the weekends. High School is not exactly what she imagined it to be – especially gym class. Her roommate spends more time playing RPGs on the computer than actually being friendly and her job involves taking out the trash and not being tipped by vampires that are upset their mind-control doesn't work on her. In one word, Evie's life has become MUNDANE. Yet, just as she is feeling the wear and tear of mundane living Raquel comes back in her life and offers her a consultant position with the International Paranormal Containment Agency. Evie wants this. But how could she tell Lend? Or his father? Or Arianna? Easy enough, she just won't tell them.


Lie after lie builds and Evie is slowly in deeper than she should be. There just might not be getting out of this one with her friends and her boyfriend intact.


I think my implied disappointment with the outcome of this novel stems from Evie's behavior. I was severely disappointed in her. I thought the constant lying and covering up was ridiculous and I actually believe she deserved a little more than she got in the end. The people that took her in hated the Agency she worked for. Hated. They were staunchly against the agency and here she is, solely supported by these people and she gets all involved with the agency again. Yet, even though I was disappointed in behavior, I was highly pleased with the novel. White's writing is superb and her character development was excellent. Out of all the people in SUPERNATURALLY I liked Jack the most. Which if you've read the novel, you'll know why this also adds to my curmudgeoness (is that a real word?). I could just imagine him doing back hand-springs and jumping on beds. Hilarious. Like a hot Willy Wonka or something.


Second books are the worse. They have to make some tough decisions because you have to lead up to the third book. They are almost the in-between. I hope things get better in the third...


RECOMMENDATIONS:

Recommended for readers that have read SUPERNATURALLY. If you haven't read it, this is not a stand-alone. Fans of paranormal romance and young adult books should enjoy the series.







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411 on the series

1.  This is the second book in the TRILOGY, Paranormalcy was the first book and listed on the NY Times Best Seller List almost immedietly
2. Ms. White did a series of vlogs and answer a lot of questions if you are interested.
3. Endlessly, is the third book and it will be out in 2012

Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

Paranormalcy by Kiersten White
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PJVs QUICKIE POV: I bleeping loved this book. I had high expectations and White delivered. If you are in the mood for a feel-good, action-packed book that balances light and fluffy with dark and stormy perfectly, this is the book for you. White does a balancing act between YA chick lit and deep paranormal romance well, lightening it up when you need it and sinking you deep into the rough and tumble right as you are getting tired of the cotton candy. YA fans - the publishers keep on delivering us some great debut authors, Kiersten White is now on that list and I say, "Keep It Coming."


REVIEW: Evie's pretty normal, yep, a normal sixteen year old. She likes pink, her weekly dose of television teen drama and shopping. It doesn't really matter that she works and lives within the confines of the International Paranormal Containment Agency, or that she is the only one on the planet that can see through a paranormals' glamour, she's still normal, an average human teenager, who just likes to name her weapons and paint them pink. Nothing strange about that.

On a routine bag and tag of a vampire Evie comes back to head quarters to find that her boss and stand-in mother wannabe, Raquel is not exactly Raquel anymore. She's someone wearing Raquel's face. A quick zap with her taser and situation handled...or is it? As more is revealed about the skin-changing stranger, Evie begins to realize that there is more to him than meets the eye, and she just might be at the center of all the controversy that is ranging throughout the paranormal world.

Great world building. Excellent character development. Touching romance. Heart-warming friend bonding. Heart-string pulling death and destruction. Skin-tingling evil behavior by the antagonist. Hair-pulling inner conflict... the list goes on. In the end I devoured this book and would like to request my own personal Lend. I would only make him skinchange into Ryan Reynolds every week or so. Vin Diesel, every other week.

I really couldn't find a thing wrong about this book...except maybe I wanted it to be a bit more mature. As an adult reading these sparkly little YA books sometimes I feel I need to corrupt them a bit more. ;)

RECOMMENDATIONS: Fans of lighter YA paranormal should really enjoy. There is nothing tawdry or overly mature in the book, so younger teens are fine. Fans of Jackson Pearce, Bree Despain and Kelley Armstrong's The Summoning Series should enjoy.