When two Florida teenagers become stranded on a tiny island in the Everglades, they attempt to walk ten miles through swampland to reach civilization.
Of the books of hers that I have read, I enjoyed this one the most. I liked being able to see exactly what it would be like to have to endure that trek, it was so real. And the little twist at the end made it worth the read, it makes you go back and think if there were any tells at all to it during the story. Although I did wonder why they didn’t even talk about getting the airboat out of the water!
A fun take on the paranormal genre. Evie has spent most of her life living with and working for the International Paranormal Containment Agency. She’s got a special talent that enables her to see through the glamours projected by paranormal beings. Which is handy, since her job entails tracking them down, knocking them out and tagging them so that they can be tracked (or killed if they attempt to do any harm). Most of these paranormals wind up living at and working for the IPCA, so they make up that majority of Evie’s company. All Evie really wants is a chance at being a normal teenager, not that it’s going to happen. One night, a strange shape-shifting being breaks in and life as Evie knows it begins to change.
First off, I have to say that I’ve never actually read any of Kathy Reichs’ books, though I have seen a few episodes of “Bones”. I am always a little bit wary of best-selling adult authors moving into the growing market of teen/YA fiction. This particular offering was entertaining enough, but I had some issues with it.