Review: Intertwined

This is a YA novel by Gena Showalter.

Book Blurb:

Most sixteen-year-olds have friends. Aden Stone has four human souls living inside him:

One can time-travel.

One can raise the dead.

One can tell the future.

And one can possess another human.

With no other family and a life spent in and out of institutions, Aden and the souls have become friends. But now they're causing him all kinds of trouble. Like, he'll blink and suddenly he's a younger Aden, reliving the past. One wrong move, and he'll change the future. Or he'll walk past a total stranger and know how and when she's going to die.

He's so over it. All he wants is peace.

And then he meets a girl who quiets the voices. Well, as long as he's near her. Why? Mary Ann Gray is his total opposite. He's a loner; she has friends. He doesn't care what anyone thinks; she tries to make everyone happy. And while he attracts the paranormal, she repels it. For her sake, he should stay away. But it's too late..

Somehow, they share an inexplicable bond of friendship. A bond about to be tested by a werewolf shape-shifter who wants Mary Ann for his own, and a vampire princess Aden can't resist.

Two romances, both forbidden. Still, the four will enter a dark underworld of intrigue and danger - but not everyone will come out alive..

I loved this book. :)

This is a YA book and one of the first books issued under the new Harlequin Teen line.

I love the whole concept of 4 souls trapped inside one 16 year old boy. Each soul has a different and unique ability and because they are inside of Aden, he has those unique abilities as well.

I am intrigued by the way Aden interacts with the voices he hears - it amazes me that he is not sitting in a corner screaming or self medicating to the point of zombie land.

I don't like to give spoilers in my reviews - merely my thoughts on each book. I can't say enough about Intertwined - it is a really great read. I am so hoping this will become a series. The way the book ended - I can see at least 3 more books. :) I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I give this book 5 out of 5 stars and if you're a fan of YA or just looking for something outside your usual read - I suggest this book. :)

M

Novels by Gena Showalter

Animal Instincts (2006)
Oh My Goth! (2006)
Catch A Mate (2007)
Intertwined (2009)
The Amazon's Curse (2009)