Sometimes the people you love keep secrets from you. They tell you it’s to protect you, and you shouldn’t have to deal with it. Whether its adoption, a family death, or anything else; it’s for the best, right? Not so for Evie in Paranormalcy by Kiersten White, where the secret her ‘family’ keeps almost kills her. Evie works in the International Paranormal Containment Agency (IPCA), an agency that keeps humans blissfully unaware of paranormal creatures, and has a rare gift to see what these creatures really look like underneath their human skin. This gift allows her to get closer to a prisoner, Lend, who also is an unknown paranormal, like Evie herself. Lend may have some answers to her true identity, and Evie is determined to find them out.
Raquel is the mother Evie never had. She’s strong, confident and slightly bossy, and the director of the IPCA where Evie works. She scolds her when she’s late from a job, nags her to finish her homework and, on occasion, takes her shopping. Lish is the best friend Evie never had. Even though Lish is a mermaid, mute and lives in a water tank at the facility, she’s still Evie’s closest friend. They watch Evie’s favorite teen drama, Easton Heights, and talk a lot about things she can’t tell anybody else. She never really has questioned her life, until now.
The biggest pain of Evie’s life is Reth. Reth is a Faerie and apparently gorgeous. He is also her ex. She liked him since they had met when she was 14, and soon he started taking an interest in her as well. They were good friends, and she really liked him. They used to dance and hold hands, but not much more since she’s watched like a hawk, and grew close. This was until she saw the fury in Reth one time when he saved her, and she decided to end their little romance. Reth didn’t handle it well, still in love with her, he kinda stalks her now. She hates him and is over him completely, but he gets some control over her a times again. That is until he tries to hurt her.
Thankfully Lend was there to get in the way. No one knows what Lend is, and he’s not telling. But he seems like a shape shifter to me. He can take on the appearance of any person of the same general stature, and he catches Evie’s attention right away when he breaks into the facility. After he’s taken prisoner, Evie seeks in his room to hang out with him on multiple occasions. After they start to become friends, (and after Evie starts crushing on him) Reth almost ruins it. Thankfully Lend saves the day and she grows even closer. Though, Raquel doesn’t like it and wants Evie to stay away, Lend is blackmailing Raquel to let Evie stay. And as they become friends, and maybe more, Lend says he wants to get her out. She’s flattered, until he actually does, with a little help from Reth.
It’s a good story at the beginning and fast paced towards where I stopped, around page 185. It’s different from a lot of paranormal books and busts a lot of the myths out there. It’s told through the eyes of a unique, lively and completely lovable character, and shows the point of view of her position extremely well. I look forward to reading the rest of this book and finding out what happens to the se characters I have fallen so completely in love with.
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