How old is evie in paranormalcy

However, she was really fun. For one, Lend is invisible. Sign me up for book number 2! Yeesh, my wallet is getting skinny. Verdict: I was totally surprised by Paranormalcy, in the best way. Renae M Top 50 Reviewer reviews. Couldn't put it down! November 30, This was absolutely one of them! She works around a lot of different creatures, and knows how to handle them all. And by a lot of different types, I do mean a lot—vampires, werewolves, fairies, even a mermaid who happens to be one of my favorite characters ever!

They all play off each other, and are paced beautifully. And she carries a bedazzled taser—bonus! Sydney Top Reviewer 13 reviews. Paranormalcy A Room with Books review. August 16, I really loved this book. It was such a change from your typical paranormal romance. I've been finding it hard to sit down and give my full attention to a book lately, but this totally drew me in from the beginning. I found Evie's character to be such a wonderful change of pace. Instead of a mopey teenager, this girl actually had normal teenage girl interests.

I mean, how many paranormal girls love pink and zebra print these days? The love interest wasn't dark and brooding but, instead, had a sense of humor and acted as a teenager normally does when approaching romance. I don't want to delve too far into that and ruin it for anyone though. Let's suffice it to say he's the type of guy we'd all want to date instead of ride around on the back of a motorcycle with.

In short, this book was like a tall glass of ice water in the middle of the desert that is paranormal romance. Don't get me wrong - I love paranormal romance books, but this one set a new standard by blazing its own trail.

Sidenote: Every time the book said "communicator" I couldn't help thinking "Kimmunicator" from Kim Possible. Jasmine Top 10 Reviewer reviews. May 24, After reading the summary foreshadowing a faerie prophecy about death and destruction, you would think this would be a dark and twisted, serious read. But that is so far from the truth! Paranormalcy had its moments of darkness, but its an overall light and fun read.

At first all of Evie's references to pink and glitter had me inwardly groaning - I was picturing another Zoey Redbird bullpoopie situation. Her love of normal teenager things, like owning a locker and going to prom, adds to her charm and I couldn't help but get caught up in her excitement for what I take for granted.

The plot moves along nicely and we soon learn that there is more to the organization IPCA, for whom Evie has worked for since she was 8, then we originally thought. As Evie starts to realize that her nobel intentions may have been met with not-so-nobel ends, she starts to question both everything she knows about the paranormal and herself.

Evie is a wonderful protagonist. She's insecure enough to be relatable, without being weak. When she begins to question her beliefs and the ethics of how paranormals are treated, I can see her inner struggle, which only adds to my ability to relate to her. She is fun, and opinionated and while she fears the repercussions of telling the truth, she is brave enough to face the consequences. She's not perfect, but the choices she inevitably makes are the choices you want her to make.

Her relationship with Lend is adorable. Unlike most YA romances out there, it was not love-at-first-sight, and we get to watch the relationship grow from one of convenience to one hinting at love. It was refreshing to watch Evie realize her feelings for Lend might be deeper then just friendship, and the following insecurities about whether her feelings were reciprocated.

I loved watching them go from the barest of touches, to the innocence of just holding hands, to their first kiss es. Again, it was adorable and completely believable; it was exactly how I picture a relationship should develop when its both your first real relationship and you're only sixteen. The only not-so negative thing I have to say is that I felt some of the supporting characters were slightly underdeveloped. I didn't feel the motherly bond between Evie and Raquel that Evie sometimes mentions and while I know Lish is Evie's best friend because I am told so , we don't see Lish in the friendship role very often and so it was hard to see her that way.

Reth was an interesting character, and I would have liked a little more history on him, but I'm glad that he was presented as an obstacle to overcome versus an object of Evie's affection, thus creating a love triangle. I hope to see more of him in the future, if only to get some questions answered. Kelly Goodwin Top 50 Reviewer reviews. Just Awesome. May 14, The International Paranormal Containment Agency hires Evie to track down unruly paranormals who threaten the unveiling of their existence, allowing her to tase them to the fullest extent of her desire.

She kicks serious butt and can take down a gaggle of vamps without a second thought. Cons: - Evie was annoying. I found her cute at first.

Ya know, she's a girl who doesn't get out much read: ever and she clings to whatever sense of normalcy available with every fiber of her being. She watches hip teen shows and wears zebra print dresses and pink stiletto boots. She has a right to be a little weird.

But somewhere along the line, she just began to grind my gears and wasn't cute anymore. I can't get much more descriptive than that, really, because I don't know when exactly she began to annoy me.

Reth was semi-appealing at first, until he uttered the line "let me fill you. That line should never be used in any context whatsoever, unless he's a bartender offering to fill her drink or a millionaire offering to fill her bank account. Lend just bored me. He shouldn't have bored me because he's your typical nice guy who isn't quite normal and, like the heroine, is looking for somewhere to belong. But he just didn't do it for me. Pink taser with rhinestones named "Tasey?

This book may appeal to many people and apparently has. I'll probably read the sequel, but I'm not rushing out to get it. If you like cutesy books with happy little rainbow endings, by all means, help yourself.

It could've been better, though. View all 50 comments. Apr 11, Steph Sinclair rated it it was ok Shelves: fey , vamps , werewolves , young-adult , reads , original-and-creative , it-wasn-t-all-that-but-enjoyable , i-liked-it.

Actual rating 2. Let me start by saying that I didn't hate this book, but I also didn't love it either. It was cute, spunky, and funny. However, there was just something about it that annoyed me. So I've recently found out what a Mary Sue is. All this time I've been calling it "A la Bella-esque. I thought she was really funny and down right silly at times. B Actual rating 2. BUT at the same time she annoyed me with being so cheerful with her love of all things pink.

I kept flipping back an forth. Sometimes I felt her endearing. Yet other times I wanted to bitch slap her. But I digress. I did find a few things I liked about the book. I found Evie's relationship with Lend to be very realistic. It wasn't over done.

They weren't ripping their clothes off after only dating for a week. They weren't confessing their undying love for one another. Actually, I would say the romance kinda took a backseat in this book. It was there, but it didn't feel like it controlled the plot.

Also, I did find the book really funny. Awesome dialog. Bonus points for no cliffhanger. Anyway, I can't really think of anything else to add to this review right now. It just didn't leave a lasting impression like I had hoped. I will continue with the series. More so, out of curiosity for where the story will go. More reviews and more at Cuddlebuggery Book Blog. View all 6 comments.

May 05, Andrea Cremer rated it it was amazing. Paranormalcy has it all: romance, adventure, suspense. This book made me laugh out loud and cry. Evie is an amazing character with a fabulous, authentic voice. I want to watch girly tv with her and of course battle evil right after!

View all 3 comments. Sep 19, Heather rated it it was ok Shelves: I'll admit it, I was lured into reading this one due to the oh so lovely cover as I'm a huge sucker for pink.

Luckily, Evie, the narrator of Paranormacly, shares my enthusiasm for the rosy hue. However, that's about all we share aside from our love of shopping. I'm contemplating joining a YA paranormal support group. More often than not, these reads fail to deliver. I need to cut the ties that bind and admit this genre is no longer what it once was.

Or perhaps I've matured as a reader. But seeing I'll admit it, I was lured into reading this one due to the oh so lovely cover as I'm a huge sucker for pink. But seeing as I bought this book for the pretty pink cover, I rather doubt it.

Nevertheless, the books within this YA paranormal genre are no longer up to par. I wanted to relish in this one, hoping against hope that it would be as funny as the blurbs boasted. I had myself convinced that Paranormalcy would be similar to Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a bit of Georgia Nicholson thrown in for good measure. Alas, thou hast been deceived once again by duplicitous marketing genius. This book is about as sexy and "scary" as "The Little Mermaid, and let's face it, "The Little Mermaid" was much more humorous.

In fact, "The Little Mermaid" was a bit more menacing when I think about it. The sea witch had me going for a minute there, and at one point I was terrified that she would marry Prince Eric and Ariel would be trapped forever as a mute without her fishy friends to keep her company, but I digress. As I mentioned, this book lacked humor, I didn't laugh once, not even an internal chuckle.

Evie simply isn't intelligent enough to be witty, nor is she ridiculous enough to laugh at. I'm a bit confused as to what exactly I was meant to find humorous. Worse, there wasn't a single moment of swoon. Did I mention that I used to have a raging crush on Prince Eric? I used to dream I could be turned into a mermaid with a singing voice, just so I could become mute in order to be made back into the human I am.

Oh the glories of being 5 years old! See what I did right there? Speaking of sighs, brace yourself, because this book is chalk full of them. People are sighing all thie time up in this tome. Now I know what you're thinking, you can't believe that a book lacking in maturity or humor couldn't at least boast of having a hottie. Well, let me tell you, don't believe the dust jacket. The dust jacket claims that there are two guys vying for Evie's affection, insinuating a sordid love triangle that those of us with wavering reading morals live for.

Sadly Evie hates one of these mentioned studs, with good reason I might add, and the other is just so ordinary and innocent that I hardly had to catch the drool. There simply wasn't any angst, anywhere. Read for brain candy if you must, but I for one, recommend you waste your hard earned dollars on something a bit more entertaining, like "The Little Mermaid".

View all 7 comments. Dec 10, Lora rated it liked it Recommends it for: people looking for a less angsty, more fun YA paranormal.

Shelves: g-ya-paranorm. First off, I really liked Evie. She reminded me of Mac from the Fever series a little, and that can't be a bad thing. I'm usually very fastidious when it comes to finding heroines that I like, but Evie was actually really nice.

She may have had a couple of blonde moments towards the end no offense to blondes, of course - my mother is actually blonde but I still think she was fierce, fun, refreshing, and insecure in a way that I found quite endearing. I alternated between wanting to grab her a First off, I really liked Evie. I alternated between wanting to grab her and hug her and wanting to go shopping with her. She just has that aura about her. And when the time came for her to make the right decision, she made it.

Plain and simple. There was no messing everything up so that the stage is set for the next book to have a bunch of obstacles to move and things to fix that could have easily been avoided if the heroine had only made the right decision. That particular story line did irk me a little.

I know that seems harsh, but nothing good can come from her sister IMO. Kind, sweet, yet protective when the situation called for it. He was the perfect yang to Evie's yin. And the paranormal aspect with him seemed more unique than most out there right now; I liked that.

I've never been a big fan of faeries when they're the kind that manipulate and take you away from where you're clearly supposed to be. So I think it's safe to say that I didn't really like Reth. But, in this case, I'm not quite sure you're supposed to. It seems to me that the author wants us to know he's not really a second choice for Evie—unless he changes drastically in the next installment—so much as an obstacle for Evie to overcome.

So, as far as love triangles go, I'd say this novel doesn't really have one YES! That's a good thing, IMO. And here's to hoping that doesn't change in the next installment. Now, I think the only thing I haven't mentioned is the writing. I think that some may read this novel and feel that it's maybe too cutesy or fluffy; however, for me, it was just a nice change of pace from all of the angsty YA romances that seem to be so popular.

So, Paranormalcy is a good debut and I look forward to seeing where this story goes in the sequel, Supernaturally. View all 9 comments. Jun 21, Amelia, free market Puritan rated it liked it Shelves: ya-kids-teen , point-of-view-girl , , annoying-characters , arcs , paranormal. I wrote a longer review of Paranormalcy back in At the time, I had just started my book-review blog, and this was one of the first ARCs I ever received.

So I think there was a lot to originally endear me to the story, and it was definitely light, cute, and a quick read. But then I tried to read the sequel, and I subsequently discovered that "light" and "cute" books just didn't hold my interest anymore. The characters Evie? So in retrospect, I have to remove Paranormalcy from my 'Favorites' shelf. It's a good book, I'd definitely recommend it to younger readers or 'chick lit meets lite fantasy' fans, but I guess I've outgrown books like this.

View all 11 comments. Aug 26, Kristi rated it really liked it Shelves: books-i-own. This novel had me hooked from the first page. He pulled his exaggerated white fangs back behind his lips. The pale skin? The black cape? Where did you even get that thing, a costume store?

I think for a book described as a paranormal, I was expecting something a little more serious But I should have known from those first lines that this book was going to be different!

Evie was such a great character. I think that made her character memorable. At least for me, I know it did. Evie stood out. The prophecy thing I was totally engrossed in what was going on with the agency and trying to figure out who the bad guy was, the prophecy sort of snuck up on me! The added mystery surrounding that, really added to the suspense of the novel!

A paranormal that is funny, engrossing and memorable I can not wait to dig into book two and see what Kiersten has up her sleeve! View 2 comments. I just don't know what it is with me and 3 star reviews now It's all i seem to be doing lately. What can i say about this one? Well, for starters it wasn't that remarkable, and it started getting predictable. And that was a no-no for me. Nothing about the book was memorable.

It felt like i was reading and reading to get nowhere at all at the end. And that was the cherry on top to a totally average maybe even below read. The ending was a total wtf. View 1 comment. Sep 08, Peep Pop! Yeahhhhh, so this one started out pretty funny. I kind of liked Evie. Though I did think she was much less mature than what you think someone would be, based on her level of confinement. The bad guy was ok. Broken Bird : Vivian Buffy-Speak : The main character is a sixteen-year old girl, and narrates in first person.

It was bound to happen. Cannot Tell a Joke : Evie jokes about being this. Changeling Tale : Jack and also Evie, of the "mum got impregnated by faerie" variety. Cluster Bleep Bomb : Lish the mermaid, who needs a computer to communicate through her aquarium, curses Reth out of sympathy for Evie. The computer censors her swearwords to bleeps, which Evie finds so funny that she starts literally saying "bleep" herself.

Cloudcuckoolander : Jack. Compelling Voice : Vampires. Defeat Means Friendship : Vivian, in a weird way. Even the Guys Want Him : Reth, even with his glamour on.

Exact Words : The Faeries, though Evie seems to be the only human who realizes this. Seeing Reth in action is all the confirmation required. Eyes of Gold : Werewolves under their glamours. Reth the faerie for the 'trickster' and 'above humans' aspects. Evie herself has to overcome this when she's forced to work with a vampire.

Glamour Failure : All paranormals to Evie. Half-Human Hybrid : Lend. And Evie. Heterosexual Life Partners : Evie and Lish. Before she dies, anyway. Following Evie through this adventure is like communicating with a friend through Facebook. Her voice, that of a modern teenager struggling to understand herself and her world, is spot-on. Evie's "normal day" may not mirror those of a typical teen, but her self-conscious angst and her "I am totally falling for this guy" innocence make her someone you'd totally want to hang around with.

In addition to a terrific narrator, Paranormalcy also offers a terrific cast of unusual yet relatable characters. I see that the sides are already lining up for Team Lend and Team Reth online. But it's the humor that makes this book so special and so different from most of the YA lit that's out there today. When you read most of these paranormal romances, you get the feeling that no one ever smiles or laughs or enjoys life.

I laughed out loud more than once while reading Paranormalcy , and I love that Evie doesn't turn sour even in the midst of the worst personal crises she faces.

Kiersten White is my new author-hero, a bright light in the dark world of teen lit today. Recommended by Stacy Nockowitz, Librarian, Ohio.

When Evie was found by the International Paranormal Containment Agency she was an 8-year-old foster child who could see through the "glamours" of paranormals. Her ability was so startling that agencies throughout the world made changes that allowed them all to work together for the first time.