Review: Roller-Coaster Rockin' YA Paranormal-Don't Miss!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2012
What an utterly intriguing YA novel! Riveting-layer upon layer of secrets and unspooling revelations-characters with depth-paranormal auras and overtones throughout-the author teasing the reader gently with one secret after another, like being tickled with a feather. You know you love it, you know you've gotta read more:).Protagonist Stanley at fourteen suffers with the knee damage caused during a night-time run on the beach. He is strongly affected by the phases of the Moon-especially waxing and full-and when he starts developing chest and back hair, achy joints, and feeling like his teeth will drop out, he's get really anxious.  More so because his is a vegan household-yet Stanley is developing a craving for meat. His friend Karen is acting wacky-she broke off with their mutual friend Zach, a full-fledged vegetarian, when he called her a carnivore and she nearly broke his arm. Now she can't abide sunlight and discovers the value of the taste of blood. Zach keeps pushing all-natural supplements, to be taken three times a day, and Stanley gives them a try, while Karen warns that they are addictive and dangerous. All Stanley knows is that for the first time since his fall, the pain in his knee is gone.I totally enjoyed this story; it was so fast-paced, and I empathized with the characters, the young people as well as the adults. Author Jacobs draws on a wide variety of religion, mysticism, and paranormal elements to weave the tapestry of this story, which will be appealing to YA and adult readers alike.Wicked Hungry