Paranormalcy by Kiersten White

Pages: 335

Intended Audience: Teens and Mature Tweens

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Notes for parents: Nothing, really. Even when they swear they say “bleep.” There is some mild violence but nothing even slightly graphic.

The Back Cover

Weird as it is working for the International Paranormal Containment Agency, Evie’s always thought of herself as normal. Sure, her best friend is a mermaid, 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 still. Normal.

Only now paranormals are dying, and Evie’s dreams are filled with haunting voices and mysterious prophecies. She soon realizes that there may be a link between her abilities and the sudden rash of deaths. Not only that, but she may very well be at the center of a dark faerie prophecy promising destruction to all paranormal creatures.

So much for normal.

What the Back Cover doesn’t tell you:

The cover pretty much tells you everything you need to know.

What’s good?

This is a unique, refreshing paranormal story. It had a good balance of teenage angst and first love jitters, with a suspense-driven plot and a sarcastic, highly likeable main character. Oddly, as I read this, I kept thinking, Wow, this would make a great movie. Eventually I looked it up on imdb.com and sure enough, a movie is in the works.

Best part: Lend – even I had a crush on him!

What’s not so good?

This is the first book of a trilogy—thank goodness—because a lot of things were left hanging.

Worst part: IPCA’s indifference to the power of faeries seemed a little far-fetched.

Recommendations þþþoo

It was very entertaining, but I have to admit that I’m not very motivated to go out and find the next two books. However, if they were sitting in front of me and I didn’t have a whole stack of other books to read, I’d probably continue with the series. It was good. In fact, it was a lot of fun. And if it ever becomes a movie, I would definitely go see it.

White, Kiersten. Paranormalcy.  New York: HarperCollins, 2010.