Tattoo
Barnes's (Golden) book about four  friends who get special powers from their temporary tattoos has some fun  moments, despite the far-out premise. Even 15-year-old narrator Bailey  acknowledges the surreal situation when she considers explaining what's going  on to her mother: "An evil fairy princess who doubles as one of the three Fates  is sucking out the souls of innocent people, and my friends and I have been  imbued with the powers to stop her, but we only have the powers for like  another twelve hours." But readers learn enough about the protagonist to  believe that she could be a descendent of the powerful Sidhe, and the girls  cleverly put to use their powers (Annabelle can control minds, Zo can see the  future and Bailey can start fires). The book's best moments may come from ditzy  Delia, with the power of transmogrification, who turns a hotel door lock into  butterscotch pudding, plus gives the girls Rollerblades when they're on the  chase, including a fashionable pair for herself that look like high heels.  Delia also delivers the book's best line when facing off against evil Alecca:  "You think you're bad?... I'm on the cheerleading squad; I know whatrealevil looks like." In the end, readers  will get a few good laughs from these sassy heroines. Ages 12-up.(Jan.)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.