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Supernaturally

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Gr 9 Up—In this sequel to Paranormalcy (HarperCollins, 2010), Evie, 16, leaves the International Paranormal Containment Agency, hoping for a normal life. She dreams of attending Georgetown upon graduation and has a steady boyfriend, Lend. However, she lives in a tiny apartment and works part time as a waitress, and finds her life boring. When asked to do small missions for the agency, Evie readily accepts. These missions, however, are neither simple nor safe, and it looks like there's about to be a battle in the faerie world. Vampires, slyphs, fossgrims, and faeries are attempting to kill her, and she doesn't know why. A new friend, Jack, and a faerie ex-boyfriend, Reth, add to the danger she faces and strain her relationship with Lend. Evie does not know whom to trust or believe. In her search for answers, she discovers things about her past that add to her confusion. The story comes to a satisfying conclusion with the teen learning that there is good and bad in all creatures. She also discovers that there are many paths one can follow to reach a desired goal. Twists and turns abound in this novel, and readers are sure to be drawn in with each new revelation about Evie and her friends.—Lana Miles, Jackson Elementary School, Rosenberg, TX
Evie (Paranormalcy) reluctantly reestablishes ties with the International Paranormal Containment Agency, resuming "bag and tag" missions despite danger and her (paranormal) boyfriend's misgivings. Faerie Reth and Jack, a human raised by faeries, reveal the brewing tensions between the two Faerie Courts and the implications of Evie's own supernatural abilities. Spunky, straightforward Evie nicely balances the inscrutable realm of Faerie and its inhabitants.
Kiersten White’s follow-up to Paranormalcy is the perfect blend of comedy, action, romance, and fantasy. It’s hard not to get hooked on Evie’s lively, chatty, occasionally over-excitable voice. Faced with vamps who keep trying “to use their mind control powers” to convince her she doesn’t want a tip, Evie fumes, “I always want a tip, you undead creeps.” Evie is an “Empty One,” whose soul might peter out at any moment without her friends’ and boyfriend’s love. In White’s hands, Evie’s predicament becomes a clever dramatization of some of teenagehood’s most familiar feelings: loneliness, first love, self-pity, and confusion. Evie’s unique ability to see through paranormals’ “glamours” ensures that her world is full of humorous juxtapositions. Evie’s boss, for example, is a tree spirit with a “gorgeous blond glamour.” Local boys love to watch her working, though they’d “probably feel different . . . if they could see her hollowed out tree trunk of a back.” Supernaturally fleshes out Paranormalcy’s world and paves the way for the final installment in the planned trilogy.

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