Darkhouse
by Karina Halle
Available as: paperback, Kindle edition, ebook
Pages: 326 (Kindle edition)
Publisher: Metal Blonde Books
Publication date: May 1, 2011
Suggested tags: young adult, horror, paranormal, ghosts
First in the Experiment in Terror series. From Goodreads:
"There’s always been something a bit off about Perry Palomino. Though she’s been dealing with a quarter-life crisis and post-college syndrome like any other twenty-something, she’s still not what you would call “ordinary.” For one thing, there’s her past which she likes to pretend never happened, and then there’s the fact that she sees ghosts. Luckily for her, that all comes in handy when she stumbles across Dex Foray, an eccentric producer for an upcoming webcast on ghost hunters. Even though the show’s budget is non-existent and Dex himself is a maddening enigma, Perry is instantly drawn into a world that both threatens her life and seduces her with a sense of importance. Her uncle’s haunted lighthouse provides the perfect catalyst and backdrop for a mystery that unravels the threads of Perry’s fragile sanity and causes her to fall for a man, who, like the most dangerous of ghosts, may not be all that he seems.
Rated 16+ for language and gore."
Dirty Blood
by Heather Hildenbrand
Available as: paperback, Kindle edition, ebook
Pages: 289 (Kindle edition)
Publisher: Accendo Press
Publication date: April 2, 2011
Suggested tags: young adult, paranormal, werewolves
First in the Dirty Blood series. From Amazon:
"I killed a girl last night. I did it with my bare hands and an old piece of pipe I found lying next to the dumpster. But that’s not the part that got me. The part that scared me, the part I can’t seem to wrap my head around and still has me reeling, was that when she charged me, her body shifted – and then she was a wolf. All snapping teeth and extended claws. But by the time I stood over her lifeless body, she was a girl again. That’s about the time I went into shock… And that was the moment he showed up.
Now, all I can do is accept the truths that are staring me in the face. One, Werewolves do exist. And two, I was born to kill them."
Exceptional
by Jess Petosa
Available as: Kindle edition, ebook
Pages: 200 (Kindle edition)
Publisher: Jess Petosa
Publication date: February 23, 2012
Suggested tags: young adult, science fiction, dystopia, romance
First in the Exceptional series. From Amazon:
" 'In the future, things are anything but ordinary...'
In 2022, the United States commissioned a group of scientists to experiment with genetic mutations. Their goal was to create a serum that would alter the human genetic code, making the subject stronger and faster. They succeeded but their victory was short lived. Not only had they created a super serum, but also an airborne virus. By 2025, seventy-five percent of the world's population had perished. The survivors, well their lives would never be the same.
175 A.V.
Ally is an Ordinary; a human immune to the virus. She lives in a settlement outside the City with her mother and twin brother, but lately it doesn't seem to be enough. She is wrestling between being with her family and volunteering to move to the City, where she can work for the Exceptionals.
Luke is an Exceptional; a superior human being. His ancestors were infected with the virus and lived through it, leaving their super human strength and special abilities to him. He has never given much thought to Ordinarys, despite pressure from his father to choose one from the ORC. But all of that changes when he meets Ally..."
Sleepers
by Megg Jensen
Available as: paperback, Kindle edition, ebook
Pages: 154 (Kindle edition)
Publisher: DarkSide Publishing
Publication date: July 20, 2011
Suggested tags: young adult, fantasy, romance
First in The Swarm Trilogy. From Goodreads:
"An adoptee raised in a foreign land, sixteen-year-old Lianne was content with her life as handmaiden to the queen, until a spell cast on her at birth activated. Now she's filled with uncontrollable rage and access to magic she thought had been bled from her people years ago. Even her years of secret training in elite hand-to-hand combat and meditation can't calm the fires raging inside her.
Her heart is torn between two boys, the one she's always loved and the one who always ignored her. But when the kingdom threatens to tear itself apart due to rumors surrounding the queen's alleged affair, who will Lianne protect and who will she destroy?"
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