Books Round up

Fern is strange, even within her own family. Light bothers her eyes, she can talk with the family dog, and can predict the weather extremely accurately. Her twin brother looks nothing like her, but he's her best friend and the only one who sticks by her in school. The other girls make it clear she's nothing but a freak and thus she spends most of the lunch period alone and recess hiding up a tree. And then one day, something significant happens: one minute Fern is sitting in class (secretly reading a book) and the next minute, she's one a beach. Fern's discovering a whole lot more information about herself: she can teleport and control water. More importantly, she discovers that she's a vampire and she's adopted. This explains so much to Fern, but it also terrifies her. She's torn between not having all the information and is forced to chose sides. She must choose and soon before the biggest dangerous she's ever faced comes to power - if she helps him. She doesn't know which side to trust, but must quickly figure things out if she and her family is going to survive.

This book is very different from the other vampire tales. It's more a good vs evil fantasy tale - with vampires thrown in. I'm curious to see if there will be eleven books, based on the eleven "Unusuals" that makes Fern so powerful.

Try Also: Glass Houses, Evernight, and Keeper of the Winds

Jasmine and her family moved to Venice for her senior year in high school - and she's not pleased about it. However, she trying to become the model daughter in hopes of returned home to visit her friends and her new boyfriend. The plan fails when instead of plane ticket home, she's rewarded with a visit from her cousin. When one of her new friends believes she's being dangerously stalked. Previously Jasmine resisted the urge to help her friend, but no, the gloves are off. She's no longer interested in becoming the model daughter. When her friend turns up dead on her way to meet Jasmine, Jasmine knows it wasn't suicide. She takes matters into her own hands, even if they are a bit clumsy.

The sequel to Bad Kitty and another fun and tricky mystery. Jasmine friends come to her rescue several times in an amusing fashion. I love that she's accident prone and attracts trouble like a magnet.

Try Also: Angus, Thongs, and Full Frontal Snogging
Jinx


Everyone has a personal fairy in Charlie's world. And she HATES hers. Charlie has a parking fairy, which means that everywhere she goes not matter what tiem of day, there is always the perfect parking spot just waiting for her. Because of her fairy, she's often borrowed in emergency situations or for running errands. She's completely fed up. Isntead of riding, she's now taken to walking everywhere in hopes of getting rid of her new fairy. In doing so, she becomes late for everything. Soon Charlie's racking up demerits at school and desperately trying to work them off. So she's performing community service for hours after school, does her homework, and gets very little sleep. She seems to be getting nowhere until one day, her BFF has an idea. She needs to talk to her arch enemy's parents - who are experts in fairies. Now armed with information, she's determined more than ever to ditch her fairy.

Chock full of humor, this book lets your imagination run wild. I even want to move there, just to see what my personal fairy would be. Very clever and completely different.

Try Also: Frog Princess
Wicked Lovely
Enchanted Inc