Aislinn has had a special gift all her life.  A gift that is magical, but one that could also put her life in much danger.  Aislinn can see faeries.  Set in a modern day urban environment, Wicked Lovely is the story of Aislinn and the choices she must make not only for herself, but for the survival of the world as we know it.

For most of her life, Aislinn has been told by her grandmother to pretend she cannot see faeries.  Faeries hate being seen by humans, and can often be mischievous and harmful to those who see into their world.  Aislinn has been able keep up the charade until Keenan, the Summer King, enters her life.  Keenan believes Aislinn is meant to be his Summer Queen and help him defeat his mother, the Winter Queen.  Ultimately, Aislinn must choose between Keenan and her best friend and other love interest, Seth.  Teens and adults alike will love reading Aislinn’s story.  In Wicked Lovely, the author does a wonderful job of touching on first love, and the notion that sometimes life will lead you down a path you never expected.

No longer is Professor X the leader of the X-men. No longer is Magneto a villain.   No longer do the X-men live in the golden age of man, but struggle and fight for a better day in the Age of Apocalypse.  Everything you think you know about the X-men you can forget. In this classic, four part miniseries, the X-men struggle to find their purpose in a dangerous and unforgiving age of Apocalypse.   Guided by their leader, Magneto, the X-Men find hope that there is a better tomorrow and world without the rule of Apocalypse. This first part has all the makings of a genuine classic graphic novel; new people, exciting stories, and devastating consequences.  Looking for a page turner, this is it. Want something that you absolutely cannot put down, this is it.  I highly recommend this book for all ages; the number one graphic novel that I have read thus far, at your finger tips.

Identical twins Meredith and Mallory Brynn were born a few minutes apart on New Year’s Eve. While growing up, the Brynn twins speak to each other in telepathic twin-speak, and they share dreams and experiences. On the night of their thirteenth birthday while babysitting their little brother and cousins, an unexplained fire consumes the house and almost kills all children. The effects of the fire create tension between the twins. Mallory begins to suspect David Jellico of starting the fire due to the strange dreams she keeps having about David. Mallory’s dreams develop into sudden blackouts at seemingly random times during the day. Resisting the urge to brush it off and move on with cheerleading, Meredith helps her twin to find out the mystery of David Jellico. Although The Midnight Twins contains realistic topics of scary images, death, and rape – Mitchard has written a masterpiece about twins and the paranormal and I cannot wait to read the next one!

This book kind of scares me a little.  It’s about demons….and the thought of that scares me way more than any book about vampires, witches, axe murderers, etc.  Not that it’s a blatantly terrifying book.  Not at all.  Anyone else reading Devilish would probably say, “That’s scary?!”  Really, it’s just a campy, humorous book about a perfectly ordinary high school girl, Jane Jarvis.  Jane has a pretty normal life.  Her looks are nothing extraordinary.  A breakup with her boyfriend has been typically traumatic.  School is a daily grind.  Even Jane’s best friend Allison is comfortingly ordinary.  Until Allison sells her soul to the devil in exchange for popularity.  Now, that’s just not normal!  Enter the demons….who can look a lot like the “regular” people in Jane’s life but can take on any shape or form, can pop up anywhere at anytime, and can trick a girl if she’s not on her toes every second of every day.  Suddenly, Jane’s immortal soul is in as much danger as Allison’s, thanks to those pesky demons.

Looking for a cool read on a hot summer day? Try Marked by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast; mother and daughter authors. Marked is the first in a series called House of Night. It’s a great blend of the Harry Potter series where the main character has a crummy relationship with parental types of the human world and doesn’t quite fit in but finds that there is a special uniqueness that brings out heroism in another realm AND the teen vampire relationships that we really luvvvv to read about!

Zoey Redbird has been chosen and marked with a crescent moon zapped on her forehead by a vampyre. However, she is not your normal vampyre fledgling. She has been chosen as “special” by the Goddess Nyx. As Zoey starts her first month at a new school, she is faced with meeting new people, making new enemies, meeting a hunk and finding her destiny. Marked by tattoos and no fangs, this vampyre story is a cool twist to the teen vampire genre.