What mood I’m in today: Writing
Okay, so when I first started reading this book – months ago
– I couldn’t get into it for some reason. Maybe it was just the place I was in
at the time. Mentally. But I picked it up again a few days ago, and oh my
bleep! It was awesomeness that I couldn’t put down. By the way, I was in the
store the other day and when confronted with a problem actually said, “Oh
bleep!” out loud. I’m pretty sure I got some weird looks for that. Not to
mention when I said that the pants with the bling on them were “Uber-sparkly.”
(yes, overly sparkly so much so that it was a little disturbing)
Supernaturally
starts out with Evie at school, trying to play a game of soccer, which she’s
terrible at. She describes her new “normal” life briefly, before being Raquel
unexplainably checks her out of school and she is snatched by a sylph and
dragged up into the clouds. Unable to fight him any other way, she steals some
of his soul and starts to half-fall, half-float to the ground.
So the whole point of the story is how she starts working
with IPCA again because she wants just a hint of her other life back, how she
lies to Lend, a new boy from IPCA named Jack that’s mischievous with a wicked
grin to match, and what she finds out about her past. WARNING – SPOILER ALERT!
She actually has a father, a drunk faerie who Reth introduces her too, and a
mother who she knows nothing about, except that she was probably human and
probably dead.
I absolutely loved this book, and I think it was because I
could relate so completely to Evie right now. She struggles with feeling a part
of nothing, the fact that she belongs to no race whatsoever; not quite human,
not quite faerie, and nowhere in between. Figuring out exactly what you’re
supposed to be or who you are is a grueling, sometimes earth-shattering
experience. I so know how that feels. And sometimes you round another corner
and “Oh bleep!” It starts all over again. Four stars, definitely, better than Paranormalcy even, and a fun but
empathetic reading experience.
I love Kiertsen White, and I love how she uses “bleep” to
get away with no vulgarity in her books. Love it! And it’s also a happy little
reminder of Lish. Oh Lish, we miss you. Anyway, I’m also super excited because
the third book in the series, Endlessly,
comes out July 24. May I direct you to her blog? http://kierstenwrites.blogspot.com/.
Yep, so excited.
Until next time, Happy Reading!
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