Review: worst young adult paranormal book ive ever read
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2012
I downloaded this book when it was offered free and honestly it wasn't worth the time it took to download it.  It is SO bad that I seriously cannot fathom what the previous reviewers were thinking.  (They all read so much alike it makes me wonder if they're all friends of the author.)Yes this book has multiple types of paranormal creatures - fairies, werewolves, witches, etc.  But tons of supernatural characters does not a good story make.I loved paranormal / supernatural stories, especially adventure/romance ones.  I've read tons of amazing stories in this genre and this is NOT one of them.  I am only 1/4 of the way through the book and I don't think I'll even finish it.  (And I have NEVER not finished a book.)The story just picks up out of the blue with a teen girl witch driving around when she suddenly hears some "fighting"/"banging" in an adandoned old shack out near the road so she stops to go check it out for whatever reason.  Then she encounter a bitchy female werewolf in dog form who has just bitten a teenage boy (who is, of course, great looking).  Who knows why they were in an abandoned shack on the side of the road.  No vehicle outside the shack is mentioned, so one can only imagine how they even got there.  The boy never explains it either.When they meet, you have been given basically no background on either of the characters, so you're not emotionally invested enough in either character to really give a crap what happens to them.  He is changing into a werewolf which he hates, but he's a stranger to me so I don't care.  Vivian says that she thinks there is something to return him to "normal" in the "book of the hidden" which is a book about all supernatural beings.Teen witch (Vivian) is falling for him (Seth) immediately.  Even after just a day, he is giving her gifts (who knows where he went "shopping" for gifts - she had taken him to the underground supernatural world and he had no vehicle - but hey, maybe he rode a centar to Target or something).  In any event, they attend a formal dance together (which coincidentally happens the night after he gets there) that happens at the underground world.  She then takes him to some silver pond that inexplicably shows him a vision of his brother for whatever reason (it's never explained how or why or even what the silver pond thing is or why it "shows" him anything).  He doesn't ask and she doesn't explain.  So the read is left in the dark about that.She gives him her car keys & tells him to go find his little brother (whos been taken for whatever reason to an orphanage since his now-turning-into-werewolf brother has been gone for all of 2 days or something).  She, in the meantime, agrees to get the "book of the hidden" back from her "normal", non-supernatural family who stole it from her twisted sister (who's a real biotch in my opinion).  Does she actually go get it though?  Nope.  She just writes them letters.  He's been gone a few weeks and she's been writing them letters for a few weeks.That's where I'm at.  See why I'm not really excited about continuing?  I'm cutting my loses and deleting this from my Kindle.  If I ever get bored, I'll just reread something else.If you want a good young adult paranormal romance/adventure story, here are some ideas (much better than this book):Twightlight Series by Stephanie Meyer--- vampires, werewolves, etc, great story ---The Trylle Trilogy (Switched, Torn & Ascend) by Amanda Hocking--- awesome series about trolls ---The Mind Readers by Lori Brighton--- pretty good book, 1st in series, but I haven't gotten to the rest yet ---Survival & Ressurection (The Guardians of Vesturon Series) by A.M. Hargrove--- pretty decent books, 1st has it's problems, but 2nd is better & ties up story nicely ---Mortal Instruments Series (5 books so far w/ 6th/final coming soon) by Cassandra Clare--- awesome series, some of the best i've read ---Darkest Powers series (Summoning, Awakening & Gathering) by Kelley Armstrong--- awesome series w/ multiple supernatural types, great author ----Certain Slant of Light by Laura Whitcomb--- focuses more on intense YA romance, great book IMHO ---The Uglies Series (Uglies, Pretties & Specials) by Scott Westerfield--- great book about how things could be in the future, great author ---The Pacifica by C.M. Loomis--- great book that will probably end up as a series bcause this author is pretty great ---Smokeless Fire by Samantha Young--- pretty good book about genies, 1st in Fire Spirits Series - I haven't gotten around to the rest of the series yet ---