Reviews by Tag: paranormal

Teen Review
Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins

Hex Hall

By Rachel Hawkins
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Mahad Z.
Oct 31, 2023

Summary: Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins is a young adult fantasy novel that follows the story of Sophie Mercer, a teenage witch who, after a prom night spell gone wrong, is sent to Hecate Hall, a reform school for wayward Prodigium (supernatural beings). At Hex Hall, Sophie navigates a world filled with vampires, witches, and shapeshifters, while trying to uncover the mystery of her family's dark past.

Teen Review
Twilight book cover

Twilight

By Stephanie Myer
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Aug 30, 2023

Bella isn’t like other girls; she just wants to live with her mom, but understands that she has to move to Forks to live with her dad. So, for her mom, Bella makes the decision to move to Forks and start her junior year there. The rainy temperate environment isn’t anything like what she is used to, but neither is the strange boy next to her in biology, Edward. Bella and Edward can’t keep away from each other despite Edward trying to establish distance. Bella knows Edward isn’t normal but she’s not sure what exactly he is.

Teen Review

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

By Ransom Riggs
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Mahad Z.
Aug 20, 2023

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a fantasy novel by Ransom Riggs that follows the journey of Jacob Portman, a teenager who discovers a mysterious orphanage on a remote Welsh island. The orphanage is home to peculiar children, each possessing unique supernatural abilities. As Jacob learns more about the children and their guardian, the enigmatic Miss Peregrine, he uncovers a hidden world filled with danger and intrigue.

Teen Review
Say Cheese and Die! book cover

Say Cheese and Die!

By R.L. Stine
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Mahad Z.
Jul 28, 2023

Say Cheese and Die is a thrilling children's horror novel written by R.L. Stine. The story revolves around four friends, Greg, Shari, Doug, and Bird, who stumble upon an eerie old camera in an abandoned house. Excited by their discovery, they begin taking pictures, but soon realize that each photo predicts a dark and dangerous future event.

Teen Review
Paranoia

Paranoia

By J.R. Johansson
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jun 20, 2023

Parker Chipp, a Night Walker, wants to save his dad, who has been captured, but Parker soon finds out that things are much more complicated than they seem, so he has to enlist the help of his friends, Finn, Mia, Addie, and Jack to mount a rescue mission to save his dad, and stop the Takers from creating a drug that will allow them to live in other people’s bodies until the body wears out. The Takers will then move onto the next body, creating a mass murder chain.

Teen Review
Paranoia by J. R. Johansson

Paranoia

By J. R. Johansson
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Jun 12, 2023

Parker Chipp, a Night Walker, wants to save his dad, who has been captured, but Parker soon finds out that things are much more complicated than they seem, so he has to enlist the help of his friends, Finn, Mia, Addie, and Jack to mount a rescue mission to save his dad, and stop the Takers from creating a drug that will allow them to live in other people’s bodies until the body wears out. The Takers will then move onto the next body, creating a mass murder chain.

Teen Review

Shiver

By Maggie Stiefvater
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Natalie M.
Feb 22, 2023

I loved this book so much! Picture Twilight, but replace vampires with

werewolves. And I know that can sound kind of lame, because when you

think of werewolves you think of the general stereotypes, but Shiver really

puts a good twist on it.

Teen Review
Crave by Tracy Wolff

Crave

By Tracy Wolff
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Mariam S.
Jan 3, 2023

Crave is a tale of coldness and unknowns, but also warmth from the strangest of places.

Grace’s parents died under mysterious circumstances, and without any other family in her native

San Diego, her uncle takes her in. He’s the head of a prestigious boarding school in the middle

of nowhere, Alaska. From the moment she arrives, Grace senses something strange under the

surface - and it’s not just the odd system of subterranean tunnels beneath the school. The

Teen Review
Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Cemetery Boys

By Aiden Thomas
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Sep 30, 2022

This book is about a trans boy trying to prove himself as a boy and be accepted by his family so

that he can become a brujo. Well trying to prove himself he summons the spirit of Julian, a

recently deceased bad boy from his high school, instead of his cousin Miguel who is missing.

Now he has to help Julian make amends with his friends and figure out how he died, try to find

his cousin, and prove himself to his traditional family. This book starts off slowly but then

Teen Review
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

Twilight

By Stephanie Meyer
Star Rating
★★

Rated by
Mariam S.
Aug 12, 2022

Twilight is perhaps the quintessential YA romance novel, notorious for its movie

adaptation and public division over the love interests. Bella Swan has just left her big-city life in

Phoenix to join her father in the small forested town of Forks, Washington. Not even past the

first day of school, she begins to notice odd things - like the pale and beautiful but isolated

family that is the Cullens. Especially Edward Cullen - who seems completely infuriated and

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