The Otherworldlies
She blisters after just moments in the sun, communicates with her dog, and has correctly predicted the weather every day for more than two years. But that's not so weird, right?Then one day, Fern closes her eyes and opens them seconds later to find herself on a sandy beach, miles away from...
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She blisters after just moments in the sun, communicates with her dog, and has correctly predicted the weather every day for more than two years. But that's not so weird, right?Then one day, Fern closes her eyes and opens them seconds later to find herself on a sandy beach, miles away from school. And when she disappears again—this time to someplace far more dangerous—Fern begins to realize just how different she is.With the help of her twin brother, Sam, Fern struggles to gain control over what's happening to her. Yet the arrival of a sinister stranger—a vampire—soon leads her to question her very identity. Before she knows it, Fern finds herself in the middle of a centuries-old battle—one that puts more than just her own life in danger.
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Format: ebook
ISBN:
9780061903816 (0061903817)
Publish date: November 1st 2011
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Young Adult,
Magic,
Childrens,
Teen,
Paranormal,
Urban Fantasy,
Middle Grade,
Mythology,
Supernatural,
Vampires
Series: The Otherworldlies (#1)
This was a book intended for MG kids and the protagonists were younger than the ones I usually read. However, this did not detract from my overall enjoyment of the book though I did need a moment to re-situate myself. Fern is weird. At least in comparison to the other students of her grade. She wear...
Looking at style and content alone, this is much closer to a 3 starI liked the general idea, the various families of vampires, the references to Greek gods and mythological terms, etc. I liked the family dynamics. Still, I got bored reading it. The pacing was an issue for me, too slow at points. The...
I had a hard time getting into this book. There have been a lot of vampire books gaining popularity recently, and I like many others, have found myself wanting to read them all. This book had great potential to be a wonderful read, but I believe it fell short. The story was extremely slow moving,...
Honestly, I was both pleased and disappointed with this book. Upon reading the description, I was thinking it was going to be a super powers/heroes kinda book. Unfortunately, it was just another book about vampires. (Don't get me wrong, I love vampire books, but this genre has gotten so flooded with...
I noticed my old review was rather lame and lacked capitalization/spelling/punctuation/etc. so I'm just going to edit it a bit. Hooray.Well, I can tell you now that a couple years after reading this, I barely remember a thing about it except for that I didn't enjoy it. I remember reading most of it ...