On the outside, Aden Stone looked to be your typical troubled teen. Withdrawn with aggressive tendencies, Aden seemed to be the rebellious loner with no friends; but he was never alone. I mean really, how can you make friends when you have to tell them that you have four other souls with special gifts trapped inside of you? And these special gifts often inadvertently lead him into the trouble he usually found himself in; whether it be disappearing when one of them decides to time travel, when one accidentally raises the dead when walking near a grave, when one accidentally possesses another human, when one shows him the future, or just seeming to talk to himself, when in fact he is talking to his companions. These souls are always there, always constant, until Mary Ann Gray.

Mary Ann is Aden's opposite. She has friends, never in trouble and always tries to make everyone around her happy. Aside from losing her mother at a young age, Mary Ann lived a normal, healthy life; at least she thought she was normal until she meets Aden.

Where Aden attracts all things paranormal, Mary Ann repels it. When Aden is in her presence, the voices inside of him go away. She is his peace and the two build a bond of friendship.

The two soon encounter a werewolf shape-shifter who becomes protective if not possessive of Mary Ann, and a vampire princess that Aden cannot resist. Thus begins two separate romances that should not be, four tenuous friendships building, and a journey into a dark world of mystery to find the answers to Aden's past as he tries to find a way to release the souls within him.

INTERTWINED is the new young adult series from Gena Showalter. She explores the relationship between the four teens and Aden's captured souls, finding surprising answers to a mystery that will carry on into future books. This is an intriguing story and a clever mystery that I found enjoyable. I am looking forward to the next one, to see where their journey takes them.