Supernaturally audiobook

What a breath of fresh air!With so many end-all-be-all dystopian apacolypse YA books out there, it's a relief to finally find one that breaks the mold. “My life is a black hole of boredom and despair.""So basically you've been doing homework.""Like I said, black hole.” Evie was created by the fairies as an "Empty One." She longs to suck the soul out of anyone supernatural...almost as much as she longs to go on a date with her boyfriend (Lend) or go shopping.She's finally managed to escape the clutches of the International Paranormal Containment Agency - aka IPCA aka her old job - and is experiencing a "normal" life...which consists of lockers (yay), her boyfriend (double yay!) and...gym class (ugh).But just when things settle down (aka they get boring), life throws her a curve ball. IPCA wants needs her back, the supernaturals are acting suspicious, the fairies are downright murderous and she just can't seem to stop lying to Lend. She feels terrible - especially about Lend - but how exactly do you break the news that your boyfriend is immortal? I'd tell him, though. Soon. Soonish. Eventually. Just when she thinks she has a handle on everything...life gets even crazier. Will she ever obtain the normal life she's always longed for? And if she gets it, would she even want it? I adore this series.Evie is such a hilarious and vivacious character. She brings this series alive - I love her from her pink-and-sparkly taser ("Tasey") to her butt-kicking attitude: “Yeah I know you're a creature of the night. Bringer of death, sucker of blood, needer of tans, so on and so forth. And oddly enough, I'm still unimpressed.” However, Lend's character felt much...dimmer. I really enjoyed the give-and-take between Evie and Lend from the first book. And in this one, he was still a great guy but his personality fizzled into blandness. I really liked the direction White is taking this novel. The inclusion of Jack and all the other cool details (i.e. fairy slaves or troll towns) really rounded out this world. I absolutely cannot wait for the next one. Faeries and vampires were glittery now? Honestly. Audiobook CommentsThe audio delivered. Emily Eiden had the perfect timing and delivery for all of Evie's one-liners - she really took this book to the next level. Loved it!YouTube | Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | Snapchat @miranda_reads

5 SERIOUSLY SPARKLY STARS.Oh, bleep! It was SO. GOOD.Let me just say I was torn between reading at a crazy, feverish, I-am-consumed-by-this-book pace and slowing down to savor each delicious word and laugh-out-loud line.As I ended up reading Supernaturally in 3.5 hours, I obviously opted to drink from the fire hose instead of sipping daintily from a tea cup.Kiersten White, you are the word maestro. You really upped the hilarity quotient in this sequel with your clever turns of phrase and laugh-out-loud lines sprinkled on every page. You know that part where Lend gives Evie a gift (which she loves) and Evie says, "Well, you've set a ridiculously high standard for yourself. Should have started out with something tacky."? That's how I felt after Paranormalcy. You'd set the bar so high for yourself (no short jokes intended). Could you do it again?My answer is a RESOUNDING YES!It's been six months since Evie and Lend's escape from the International Paranormal Containment Agency. Evie's finally gotten the "normal" life she's always longed for: high school, a job, an apartment, a locker. But Evie's finding that normal is...kind of boring. So when Raquel and IPCA come calling, swearing they've kind of changed their ways, Evie's drawn back in by the lure of the excitement of her former life (and helping out Raquel). The best part for Evie: no more trips through the faerie paths with psychotic faeries thanks to IPCA's newest teenage phenom, Jack.Oh, Jack. With your cocky attitude, all-kinds-of-funny wit, and dimpled audacity, you had me laughing from hello. Jack, thy name is Cheeky. (I just had to throw that little ode in to one of my favorite new characters of 2011.)I don't know if Jack has a real-life inspiration, but if he does, heaven help that boy's poor mother.Kiersten White knows her stuff. She seems well aware of YA tropes and avoids them at every turn with her refreshing characters, unexpected plot points, and authentic relationships. Kiersten seems to know we're tired of love triangles. And clingy, over-dependent heroines. And cliffhangers. (There is no the-building's-burning-and-we-don't-know-who-gets-out-alive for our Supernaturally ending. *ahem, Demonglass*) Kiersten lovingly pokes fun at many of these well-worn YA tropes and creates something fresh and fun--an absolute pleasure to read. Each moment where I thought the story could descend into predictability, Kiersten White took it in another direction of total awesomeness.And Evie. I heart Evie. There are YA heroines I respect. Others with which I sympathize. Some I relate to. But Evie, she's in the very tiny category of YA heroines I'd want to be friends with. SUCH A FRESH VOICE. She's sassy and clever and witty and relatable and sparkly. She's tough yet vulnerable. And she likes pink. Kiersten draws these characters with such a vivid hand.The pacing? Genius. It was unputdownable. And unforgettable. I've read it three times now because it was that good. There was an "oh my gosh, what's going to happen next" read, an "I am so savoring this" read, and a "good parts--wait that's all the book" read. I am an unabashed fangirl at this point.Fans of Paranormalcy, start counting down to July 26. P.S. That cover is all kinds of gorgeous.P.P.S. And Kiersten, I was waiting to see where you'd fit in the usage of "cleavagization" and now I know. =)

Supernaturally (Paranormalcy #2), Kiersten WhiteThe second book in the sparkling Paranormalcy trilogy from Kiersten White, Evie finally has the normal life. But she’s shocked to discover that being ordinary can be ... kind of boring. Boring enough that when she’s given a chance to work for the International Paranormal Containment Agency again. Evie dragged into a series of disastrous missions, and eventually ends up in a battle between the fairy courts.تاریخ نخستین خوانش: دهم ماه اکتبرسال 2014میلایعنوان: فوق العاده، کتاب دوم از سری ماوراء الطبیعه (اوی در سرزمین خون آشامها مترجم مونا حسینی)؛ نویسنده کرستن وایت؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان ایالات متحده آمریکا - سده21مداستان کتاب نخست از این سری سه گانه، روایت زندگی دختری شانزده ساله‌، به نام «اِوی» بود؛ او در مرکزی کار میکرد، که در آن موجودات ماورء الطبیعی را، شناسایی و خنثی (بیخطر) میکردند؛ «اِوی» توان آن را داشت، تا آفریده های دیگرگونه از انسان‌های عادی را بشناسد؛ کار اصلی او پيدا کردن خون‌آشام‌ها، و دستگیری آن‌ها بود؛ و در آن راه، لحظاتی سرشار از ترس و هیجان را، تجربه میکرد؛ «اِوی» در میانه‌ ی داستان کتاب نخست متوجه میشود، که آن مرکز، او را هم در رده‌ ی موجودات ماورء الطبیعی، در کنار «خون‌‌آشام‌ها»، «ديوها»، «پریان»، و دیگر موجودات فراطبیعی، قرار داده است...؛ و ادامه ی داستان در این کتاب دوم: «اوی» سرانجام زندگی عادی را، که همیشه آرزویش را داشت، از سر میگیرد؛ اما او از کشف اینکه، عادی بودن میتواند شوکه کننده، و خسته کننده باشد، تعجب میکند؛ آنگاه که به «اوی» فرصتی دوباره، برای کار در آژانس بین المللی داده میشود، «اوی» میپذیرد، و ادامه ی داستانتاریخ بهنگام رسانی 15/02/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

You ever read a first book that you just loved and had everything you were looking for: a good MC, no love triangles, action, suspense, not a lot of vanilla characters, was fun, and had an ending that wraps everything neatly with just enough strings left unattached that leaves a smidgen of mystery to rope you into the next book?Well, for me, that was Paranormalcy, the first book in this series. I just loved it. Evie was smart, badass, had a funny voice, and really good character depth. I totally devoured that book and have re-read it quite a few times; I just wanted to be sucked back into her world that White created so well. After I finished that book I was really excited to read Supernaturally, and waited with baited breath for its release. And you can believe I bought this sucker the second it was on the shelves.Well, what did I think after such high expectations? I'm going to use another rhetorical question to describe my feelings here:You ever read the next book of a series and feel like something you thought was indelible is now gone? It was like that for me while reading Paranormalcy. The best way I can explain it is that there was some sort of spark the first book had that was missing here, and I just couldn't connect to Evie, Lend, or really the book as whole as well as I did the first time.Part of the problem for me, which I thought I'd never say, was Lend. He wasn't in this book nearly as often, and even when he was all he was doing was nagging Evie and not letting her make her own choices (although Evie did tell him off about that when he tried to bring it up, but nonetheless) or his being there was further clouded by Evie worrying about telling him that he was immortal. Bleh. I seriously just wanted to grab her shoulders and shake her! Just freaking tell the man already! He deserves to know something so personal about his own life, dammit! Oh, and did anyone else find that his solution to the problem that he lives forever and Evie could die before she turns 30 was kind of stupid? It wasn't really even a solution. It was just some blanket statement that solved nothing; which wasn't something I expected Lend to come up with, but it seems some of his sense has flown out the window. I mean, how does saying "I'm just going to live my life" solve anything! You're going to live forever, Lend! I'm sorry, but that just sounds like a pussy answer; you can't just put in on the back-burner! Then he never really said anything funny or witty, he just ran around worrying about Evie the whole bleeping time, and that was not cool with me.And I'm even more shocked to say that some of the reason that the spark was gone was because of Evie. For one, she was so dependent on Lend that she seemed to stop thinking or having many coherent ideas of her own. She even says herself towards the end that she wasn't thinking (view spoiler)[ when she realizes that she could have tried other colleges close to Georgetown in order to be close to Lend only after ignoring 4 other people telling her to do that the whole book! (hide spoiler)] I mean, what!? In the last book, if Evie was in trouble or had a big problem to solve, she figured it out and was smart about it. In Supernaturally, however, she seemed to turn into a bit of a Bella Swan and think that the dangerous, stupid, things were the best way to go, like follow Jack- who she doesn't really even know- and leave Lend. And she was so scared of sharing anything with Lend because he'd be mad at her. That's not the Evie I knew at all. She makes her own choice for what she feels like is best, and if someone doesn't like that well, screw them. I feel like she lost some of that spunk that I've always admired about her character.I thought that Jack was a nice addition to the story, but not necessarily needed, per-say. I think White could have just stuck with faeries and could have been fine. (with more Reth, another thing I was bothered about; I needed more of the sleezeball!) I think that there were flashes where I could see Jack becoming a good main character, but it just never stayed there and I didn't connect with him. His appearances were a bit too random for me, and I felt like I knew he was seriously screwed up and beyond saving way before Evie even considered he might not be the best person to hang out. In short: he just wasn't Reth. Reth is scary, cunning, devious, and still manages that whole debonair tsk tsk personality without seeming tacky. And Jack was, well, tacky. Now, I did rate this book four stars, so I still did like it and White's writing was fine, Evie still had her moments, and there was a nice suspense and plot. I will read the last book in the series; maybe with not nearly as much fan-girl action as I had before, but hopefully this is just a common case of MBS (middle book syndrome) and it will go back to the series I adored with her last installment.

These books are so much fun. I’m having an absolute blast with Evie and Lend. They’re such a cute couple and really relatable and hilarious characters. I can’t wait to see what adventures the finale will hold...onto the next! 😉

Okay, I know this is random, but best acknowledgements section ever.Anywho:I started off my year with Kiersten White's debut, Paranormalcy, and I said in my review that it was the perfect funk-breaker and way to start the year.  I've been recommending it heartily ever since.  And so, though I don't usually actively pursue review books, the sequel, Supernaturally, was one I was bound and determined to get my hands on.  (As politely and professionally as possible, of course... ;p)  So yes, Misty + ARC of Supernaturally = Pleased As Punch.  I was so, so ready to slip back into Evie's world and have her funny, effervescent voice back in my head.Supernaturally picks up a few months after the events of Paranormalcy, with Evie settled into the normal life she's always craved - and she's quickly learning that normal's not all it's cracked up to be.  I mean, she's even beginning to lose her enthusiasm over lockers.  Evie is...sad, but she doesn't quite realize it yet.  I kept thinking as I was reading this that the Evie we meet in Supernaturally is going to be hard for some fans of Paranormalcy to swallow.  She is going through some major changes and confronting the facts of her life - no longer a super-special kick-ass IPCA chick, not quite as human as she thought she was, missing her best friend and almost-sister, finding out normal = boring, and relationship slightly on the rocks - and all of this makes for a less likable Evie.  She's not as buoyant and irrepressible; she's sort of angsty and occasionally whiny, and at times, downright sulky.  She's a little hard to bear, and it may well put some fans off. But the thing is, I still have to give credit to Kiersten White because I think these changes were honest.  It makes perfect sense that after everything, after losing so much and finding out that her life has always been a lie, that Evie would be reeling and not dealing with it all that well.  Her world has been turned upside down, and she can't trust anything anymore. She's starting from scratch, and the shiny wears off pretty quickly, especially when the only thing you've got to look forward to is a locker.  Not to mention that she's pretty much lived her life in a controlled bubble, so she doesn't necessarily have the coping mechanisms to deal with these huge changes, nor does she have the people in her life that would have been the ones to help her through them.  It's only fitting that this introduce some angst into her life, and that we see her in a rough patch. It wouldn't have been believable to have everything go on smoothly and nonchalantly as before.  But even if it's understandable and even necessary to advance Evie's character, there will be people who just don't have the tolerance for it.  And with a lot less Lend in the story than people are going to be happy with, and most of the cutesy gone, there may be those who were fans of the first book, but heartily dislike the second.There were times when I was irritated with Evie or the story, but for the most part, even if it lacked a bit of the magic of the first, I enjoyed it pretty thoroughly.  There were some new beings introduced, either briefly or for the long haul, that brought in a lot of the fun I've come to associate with White's writing.  Much of it expanded the world nicely, and some of it was downright hilarious (unicorns!).  One of the new major characters, Jack, was a great deal of fun, very Puckish* and irreverant, and school-boy/smart-ass charming.  He's good, crazy fun.  I mean, don't get me wrong, I saw his storyline coming a mile away, but I still enjoyed getting there, and what he brought out in Evie or allowed to be revealed.(*I mean that in the old-school sense, not the J. Kagawa sense. Stop squeeing.)Many of the old characters were there too, even some that you may not have expected to see again.  Raquel is back with her sighs - though less of them, thank god - and we get to know some of the formerly minor characters a little better.  And Reth makes an appearance or three, and I ate up every minute of it.  I love me some Reth, I don't even care.  Say what you want, he may be a Fey dick at times, but I lurve him, and I don't even care to hide it.  One thing I was happiest about, though, was the continuance/resolution to the Vivian storyline.  Vivian is still a part of the story, in her way, and while still just as intriguing, it is a much calmer relationship.  I really like her and the consistency of her character; even when she grows and changes, it's believable, and she facilitates that in Evie, too.  The realities of Evie's struggle and what she and Vivian are paves the way for a great expansion of Evie's history.  There is still so much there to explore, both in the person she is going to become (and I love her struggle, love the temptation and the horror of being what she is), and in the way the other paranormals treat her.I think, in some ways, this was a book to get through.  I don't mean that it was bad or you have to slog through it, but I think it acts as a necessary bridge between what has happened and the things that need to come into being.  Just as Evie needed to go through these hard, angsty times to come into her own (I hope) and grow, I think there are a lot of things that either happen or are hinted at that give a sense that the story is much bigger.  Something big is brewing, and it always feels as if it's about to explode.  There are things that aren't 100% tied up at the end, and though that may frustrate some, it's doesn't seem done in that false way that's meant to get you to buy another book.  There are just...implications of a bigger picture, hints about the elementals and other beings, of tensions and alliances, and though the main events of this story are wrapped up nicely, you get a sense that it's just the calm before the storm.  And personally, I love storms...Looking forward to book 3.Related: If you haven't read the book, here's the trailer.  If you have, this fan-made, Sims-based trailer kills me.  So bleeping funny. 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(Actual Rating: 3.5 stars)Wow. I really should've reread Paranormalcy before I started this.Kiersten White did very little review at the beginning of SUPERNATURALLY, which lead to a very confused Hayden.This was me: I was trepid going into this book. Previous Goodreads reviews shattered all sense of hope I had of this being a good sequel. They said the characters fell flat (specifically Lend) and it suffered from being the middle book in a trilogy. I think those reviewers were wrong, at least in my sense of the experience of reading it. The beginning of the book may have been pretty slow, but once you got going you didn't want to stop. The only thing that stopped me from continuing and finishing this book last night was my need of sleep. I woke up this morning with the book overturned and my bookmark right underneath my hand.SUPERNATURALLY did have its fair share of differences from PARANORMALCY, a big one being Evie isn't cooped up in the IPCA every minute of every day like she was for the majority of the first book (or at least what I can remember of it). Lend spends most of the time in SUPERNATURALLY away at school, and he seems to take the backburner in this installment, which I don't really mind. A new character is introduced in the book, as well; his name is Jack, and he's a kinda-human that has access to the Faerie Realms. He's really obnoxious, loud and blond, which makes for great fun in Evie's world. At a certain part in SUPERNATURALLY, I was thinking Lend was out of Evie's love triangle and Jack had filled his part, or maybe she'd made it a love rhombus.For those who have read the book (or those who haven't, but don't mind a minor thing being spoiled), my favorite part of SUPERNATURALLY is when (view spoiler)[Evie finds out what she is (hide spoiler)]. I think that scene is very intense and dark, and it brings a whole new wavelength to the Paranormalcy Trilogy. I'm really liking the direction the plot is going.The reason I said I should've reread PARANORMALCY before reading this is because I forgot who some characters were (Vivian, especially), and I forgot what happened in the climax. Gradually, I began to understand more and more as it went on and the characters reviewed it for themselves, but I would've liked to know it beforehand. I have a feeling I would've had a better experience with SUPERNATURALLY had I reread its predecessor.Overall, SUPERNATURALLY earns a solid 3.5 stars, because I felt the beginning was slow and the ending was rushed (you can just tell when the author can't wait to finish). The storyline is complex, and like Kiersten said, it's very character-driven. In my opinion, Lend doesn't fall flat, but he's as strong and supportive as ever, Reth seems to toughen up as well and become even more intimidating, and Evie is just as spunky as she was in the introduction to PARANORMALCY (entitled OH, BITE ME). (The Acknowledgments section of SUPERNATURALLY is a riot!)["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>

Originally posted at Small Review"The Buffy mark"There was a blurb on Supernaturally that said something along the lines of “Comes closer than most to hitting the Buffy mark.” Well, Buffy fanatic that I am, any sort of comparison to Buffy usually sets me off…and not in a good way. Because can anything really come close to the awesomeness of Buffy? I didn’t think so. Now Kiersten White is no Joss Whedon. Her humor is completely different and it isn’t really fair to either of them to try to compare Evie to Buffy. They’re just different. Yet, that blurb is totally spot on.What Joss Whedon managed to do so perfectly that makes Buffy epic was create a show that had incredible humor, but also incredible depth and seriousness. These aspects are then balanced in a way where both complement and enhance one another. THIS is where Kiersten White nails it. This is how she "hits the Buffy mark."I love these peopleEvie is one of the funniest characters I’ve ever met. Just like in Paranormalcy, the first page--heck, the first line--had me laughing. I knew this book would be awesome by that first sentence alone. Evie's the kind of girl who looks at the world, says exactly what I would be thinking, but does it in a way that’s a million times funnier than I could ever dream of being. The best humor is the kind that resonates, and Evie is so utterly relatable. Whenever I read Evie, all I want to do is make her real and have a million sleepover parties together and buy BFF charm necklaces.She also so gets my high school gym experience.And yet…beneath all the cute glitter and pink is a deceptively sad story. It might be easy to get wrapped up in the light tone of the book and believe there is no more here than superficial fun, but that would be a mistake. There’s a darkness here that is breathtakingly tragic.The characters Kiersten White creates are so real and possess such depth. My heart aches for them. Even the Big Bads are complex people with logical reasons for why they act the way they do. If you’re the type of reader who wants villains that transcend the black and white confines of Good vs Evil, then look no further.Supernaturally gives greater insight into Paranormalcy’s Big Bad while also introducing a new BB to the mix. While they’re both bad, the funny thing is that I feel protective over them. I like them. Yeah, ok, they’re not good people, but I get them. I see where they’re coming from, even if they’re wrong. I want to cry over their completely heartbreaking stories. The best part is that Evie sees it too, and watching her grapple with the confusion this leads to adds the depth of both character and plot that elevates Kiersten White from “good writer” to “superb writer.” Middle books are differentI was blown away by Paranormalcy, and while Supernaturally is made of awesome it doesn’t quite hit the same mark Paranormalcy did. The plot of Paranormalcy really grabbed me and took me on a roller coaster of a ride. The impending threat of the Big Bad going around murdering paranormals and the mysterious nature of that BB kept my eyes glued to the pages.Supernaturally’s Big Bad is a lot more subtle, and, for me, that subtlety lessened my “OHMYBLEEPINGGOSHWE’REALLGOING TODIEEEEE” excitement that I had going with the first book. Don’t get me wrong, the story is still fun and there’s still a mysterious aspect to unravel (which I sadly managed to figure out too soon), but it didn’t have the same edge-of-your-seat feeling that I loved so much.In some ways Supernaturally is very much a “middle of a trilogy” book, but in this case that isn’t a bad thing. Evie’s life changed completely in Paranormalcy, and Supernaturally shows Evie dealing with all of that fallout. It’s a very character-driven story. Too often major things happen to characters and the impact of those events is glossed over for the sake of advancing the plot. Now, you know me, I have a very short attention span. I want ACTION! So when I say I truly appreciated the time Kiersten White takes here in letting Evie figure everything out, you can be confident that this isn’t a boring filler book.(To put it in terms Buffy fans will understand, Supernaturally is Buffy’s season six. There isn't really a gigantic Big Bad like in the other seasons. The focus is instead more inward and focuses on the characters themselves. Supernaturally obviously has totally different events, but think the soul searching and character development end of things.)Unique paranormals (with proper sparkle placement)There are so many clichés in YA paranormal books right now that complaining about the clichés is practically a cliché in itself. But Kiersten White? I need to create an altar to bow down in front of and give massive thanks for turning paranormal clichés on their heads (but there will be no animal sacrifices at this altar! Will offerings of sparkly things suffice?)I may need to offer a few sparkly pink taser holsters in penance for ever doubting her, too. Hear me out though, ok? I mean, Paranormalcy was chock full of a whole bunch of paranormals, and they were all totally different from how we’re used to reading about them (noooo pretty vampires here!), but not in ways that are lame (sparkles are for jewelry, not vampires). This was awesome, but I really wasn’t expecting Kiersten to have the imaginative reserves left after all that to create even more unique paranormals and add even more depth to the already established ones. Now having read Supernaturally? Me=IDIOT.Diana Peterfreund was the sole occupant of my “Authors who make COMPLETELY AWESOME AND ORIGINAL Unicorns” pedestal, but I now need to put in an order for a wider pedestal. Kiersten White is soo getting a spot on it now. I’m not even going to mention the other paranormals so you don’t get spoiled, but I will say this: Reading Kiersten’s books is like taking a stroll through a paranormal amusement park. (That's a good thing). Crazy for youI’m so torn on all of the scenes of peril. I want to go running around screaming in fright, giggle like a seven year old listening to a fart joke (um, still do that), and clap my hands in delight over the new spin on the paranormals. So, uh, Kiersten? Thanks for making me look like a COMPLETE LUNATIC when I read your books in public. Ugh, Readers, take it from me and don’t even try to explain to (non-cool) people why the cloud scene in Supernaturally is made of win. (But, seriously Kiersten, thanks. The reading experience is so worth those weird looks). Final proof that Kiersten White is a genius?The chapter titled "Sparkles Make Everything Better" Yes they do, Kiersten. YES THEY DO!Bottom lineIf you loved Paranormalcy, then I’m certain you’ll love Supernaturally. Luckily I’m tiny so I can hide from you pretty easily if I’m wrong and you try to hunt me down for misleading you. But I don’t think that’ll happen. You definitely have to read Paranormalcy for Supernaturally to make any kind of sense, but Supernaturally ends nicely without any pull-your-hair-out cliffhangers (Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!). I can’t wait for the third (and final *sniff*) book, but that’s because I just want more.My only complaint is that there isn’t nearly enough Reth and I really wanted to learn more about him. His scenes are wonderful, but too infrequent and riddled with cryptic clues. *Sigh* That is just so like him.Originally posted at Small Review

I'm giving this one 4 1/2 stars, with this book I laughed, I cried, I got mad at Jack when I found out what a jerk he was to Evie but then on the other side of the coin who can blame him? he wanted revenge. I liked Reth a lot more, and Lend: Well he just jumped to the top 10 of great Paranormal boyfriends.

Supernaturally was even better than Paranormalcy. The plot is more defined, although personally I feel like some of the characters don't have enough substance. They're all lovely characters. The problem simply is that many of them have no backgrounds, no likes and dislikes, nothing that binds them to Earth.Also, I'm not a huge fan of White's writing style. I like hearing Evie's voice, but the way it's written can come across as everything from obnoxious to clueless. I like Evie, but I suffered some serious problems with her in this book. However, since she's pretty awesome, she managed to overcome them. This is why I love Evie.Ack. The romance. Someone please kill me now. I thought it was sweet it the first book, but in Supernaturally it dominates just a bit too much of the story for my taste. I am so sick of heroines who will "be okay because they have their boyfriends by their side." Real life isn't like that, okay? You need to be strong on your own before you can be strong with someone else. Lend was still a sweet character, and I do like him for Evie. I find him rather bland personally, but he's definitely got some things going for him.I was happy to see the return of Reth, even if he does have a new name now. I've alway had a thing for bad boys, and Reth satisfies this perfectly. He's never boring and alway manages to show up at the most perfect times in the book. He just has that sexy, mysterious allure.Several new characters and introduced in this book, but by far the most important is Jack. Jack plays a huge role in this book, although I'll keep my mention of him minimal because I don't want to give anything away.However, there were some developments in the book that I found completely pointless. Well, one in particular, but there're more.In any case, I genuinely enjoyed Supernaturally more than Paranormalcy. I would definitely recommend it, and I'll be counting the days until the release of Endlessly.

This is such an awesome series! If you haven't read it... you need to do so NOW! I love the brilliance of Kiersten White (she is BRILLIANT, people!!) and her witty one liners and hilarious antics.... Kiersten truly breathes life into Evie. If you enjoyed Evie's personality in Paranormalcy, have no fear, our girl is back and even better in Supernaturally. With the characters that we loved from book one: Lend, Raquel, Reth Arianna and a new addition: Jack.We get to see a whole different side of Evie in Supernaturally. White does an excellent job fleshing Evie's character out, that really made this book exceptional! I was so excited to be back in this world, I didn't realize how much I'd missed it! And it was so easy to get completely absorbed in it... I read this book in a day it was so addicting!And this is a great paranormal for readers who don't really want that darker aspect that you often get with the genre. These books are light and fun, and just downright funny at times. This series would appeal to a broad spectrum of readers from middle grade all the way to upper young adult!Trolls... vamps.... selkies... oh my! I can't wait to join Evie on another adventure!

I was disappointed. Maybe I wouldn't be if the first book wasn't so great, but everything in this one just wasn't as good. Mostly, it was just too slower paced. I was bored! Evie spent too much time at high school. There were a couple of IPCA missions, but other than that not a lot happened. Lend wasn't in it as much since he's gone to college, and when he comes home they're either making out or fighting. Why do they always ruin romances after the first book?! I want that spark and banter back! Evie was basically the same (except for a moment of stupidity.) She's working for IPCA again, but keeping it from Lend. That's why they're fighting, her secrets. (Which is so overused in YA!) At IPCA Evie meets Jack, a human stolen by fairies who's figured out how to use their doorways. He's more of an annoying little brother character than a love interest, but of course Lend is jealous. Other than a few answers about what Evie is and how she came to be this way there wasn't much plot development. (view spoiler)[I actually really liked her new relationship with her "sister". (hide spoiler)]There was a little excitement towards the end, and we figured out what was going on with the attacks, but nothing really wrapped up except the romance, which was rather sappy.

** spoiler alert ** Actual score is 4 1/2 StarsI was unsure before I started this as to if it would be worth while or not as the first one was so epic I didn't want to be let down by a second story. Luckily I wasn't let down and this one remains to be another incredible and fascinating story.I was so happy that the relationship between Evie and Lend was just as beautiful and growing naturally, they are such an adorable and perfect couple and fit perfectly together giving both of them the normal life they both needed and needed together. Though some parts were very predictable for me such as Jack everything was predictable that it was him. The first second he came Into it I didn't like nor trust him, he was so obviously the bad guy that Evie was too naive to notice but that's okay as he took her on an incredible adventure even if he was bad. He though was using her acted like he cared and was her friend and for Evie that's a big thing, but it's the one weakness that can get you in trouble which he did. She is a stronger and more powerful paranormal than she ever realised which was so fascinating to read, her ability is coming to life and more and more things she can do, I dare say in the last book she will progress even more. I liked the hints at Vivian within her dreams though now I dear Jack has a way to free her and force her to open the gates of hell for him in the next book. I'm very excited for when I get to read the final instalment to this incredible series.

4.95 Lend is all I have to say...

It's been a few months since the events in Paranormalcy. Evie is now a regular attendee at the local high school (with her own locker!), and working diligently away at getting into Gagetown (I think anyway, something with a G), the university where Lend attends. Her life, while still tainted by the supernatural, is now pretty normal. That is until supernatural beings start to attack her, her old boss wants her back working for IPCA, and a lovely new character takes on the role of comic relief, Jack. Romance problems, inner problems, and just plain problems take center fold in this novel. Can you say angst?I really wanted to fall in love with Supernaturally as much as I did with Paranormalcy. But, and this will probably be the weirdest analogy I will ever use, but you know how with heroin (well documented fact peeps) the first high you get is the best? And how nothing, no matter how many times and how much you use, will get you back there? That's the best analogy I can use to describe my relationship with this series. Paranormalcy was the first hit. And that first hit was phenomenal. It was hilarious, cute, and just plain well done in comparison to the crap YA seems to be spitting out sometimes. Supernaturally was that second high. And that second high just didn't cut it. So there are a lot of good things that did happen in Supernaturally. The world, for instance, that fun, urban fantasy world is still there for you to love. There are a few supernatural creatures that pop up in addition to the usual vamps and wolves, giving the series more depth, though Evie doesn't tag many of them, sadly. IPCA and Lend's father's resistance movement are still butting heads, and the characters are still themselves and there. (except for a few, but I'll get down to that) White also does this thing with IPCA and the resistance movement by making them seem a little less evil/good than they were. She humanizes them, I think is what I'm getting at, and making Evie feel a little more conflicted about the ides of sides, and that whole kind of grey morality thing. Which I liked.Character wise, there were things I felt White did right, and things she did wrong. One of those right things was Arianna the vamp, and this goes with that whole morality thing White presents in the novel. So throughout the novel, there's a struggle within Ari about being a vampire. While we see Evie being disgusted by Ari's real body, and her 'species' in general, we see Ari's pain at having to live with being a monster (which makes Evie think of herself obv.), and just how now she has no idea what to do with her immortal life. It's an interesting take on a vampire character because there's not that inner peace/I'm so beautiful/strong/whatever, but rather there's pain at what she is, and what she's supposed to do with the rest of her existence. I really liked that aspect of Ari, and thus liked that part of Supernaturally, because it made me think first of all, and secondly it made me feel for her. And that's a very important part of reading for me.Evie as a character was where I felt conflicted about the book. And by this I mean I liked and disliked her by turns. She was still spunky, quirky and just plain fun, but throughout this book, she was a lot more angsty, OMGPANIC!, and just urg than the first novel. She kinda feel into that OMG this, this, and that are preventing me and hubby from being together, and OMG what to do category that you tend to see in a lot of love-centered YA novels. Which made me sad, because Paranormalcy to me wasn't about the romance. It was about Evie. And while Supernaturally does focus a lot on Evie, this angsty teenager who'd taken over my kick-ass heroine with a taser kept annoying me. I think what I'm trying to get at is that Evie lost that fun, happy go lucky edge to her that made her so luckable and awesome in Paranormalcy, and instead became kind of a typical YA heroine. Strung up on boys or boy in this case, and leaving all the work (or most of it) to others, while sitting in a corner and crying. Okay, that's a bit extreme, but it's how I felt. To be fair, if she continued to be kick ass and awesome, I'd probably wouldn't like that either-characters gotta have flaws. I'm not for angst, but it does make sense in this novel and for this plot, even if I don't always like it.I think I also wasn't impressed by the lack of hilarity in this book. I laughed a lot in Paranormalcy. I just rolled my eyes in Supernaturally.The other characters? Meh, not much of them really, and not much to say. Lend was barely there for most of the book, and was pretty typical boyfriend for the rest. Jack was perhaps the most interesting character, besides Ari, in my opinion, and he got me almost smiling a few times. He's also batshit crazy, but that's another story.For the record, I enjoyed his part in the novel. Even though I guessed a good portion of it.On that note, predictability was a big reason why I wasn't impressed with this novel. I guessed wayyyyy, way, WAY too much of the plot, and have kind of figured out where Endlessly (the last Paranormalcy novel) will go. We'll have to see if I'm right of course, but I think I've got a good idea at the very least. Besides those few points, everything else was decent if I remember correctly. White's writing style is fresh, and while lacking a bit of hilarity this time, I was still interested, and didn't get bored when reading. The plot, as I've mentioned, was pretty predictable, and kind of revolved around angsty Evie getting more angsty, which wasn't a plus for me. But, all in all, there was still enough here for me to want to keep reading, and to see where White is going with the last novel. Please don't disappoint me. I'll be supremely sad.On that note, I should add the because I really do like this series, and because it is a middle book and therefore deserves some slack (bc middle books are usually the hardest and worst to write-and read sometimes), Supernaturally gets a 3.5-4/5

A sequel as good as the first! Supernaturally is a rip-roaring, heart-stopping, magical good time. I love Kierstin White's unique takes on age-old legends and myths, especially the reasons why vampires avoid mirrors and the sun, and Evie's relationship with Lend and her issues trying to balance a normal life with her less-than-normal nature are totally relatable. Can't wait to read the next one!