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 Withdrawn with aggressive tendencies, Aden seemed to be the rebellious loner with no friends; but he was never alone.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.
Most sixteen-year-olds have friends. Aden Stone has four
human souls living inside him:
One can time-travel.
One can raise the dead.
One can tell the future.
And one can possess another human.
With no other family and a life spent in and out of
institutions, Aden and the souls have become friends. But
now, theyβre causing him all kinds of trouble.
Like, heβll blink and suddenly heβs a younger Aden, reliving
the past. One wrong move, and heβll change the future. Or,
heβll walk past a total stranger and know how and when sheβs
going to die.
Heβs so over it. All he wants is peace.
And then he meets a girl who quiets the voices. Well, for
as long as heβs with her. Why? Mary Ann Gray is his total
opposite. Heβs a loner; she has friends. He doesnβt care
what anyone thinks; she tries to make everyone happy. And
while he attracts the paranormal, she repels it. For her
sake, he should stay away. But itβs too late. . .
Somehow, they share an inexplicable bond of friendship. A
bond about to be tested by a werewolf shape-shifter who
wants Mary Ann for his own and a vampire princess Aden canβt
resist. Two romances, both forbidden. . . doomed.
Still, the four will enter a dark underworld of intrigue and
danger. . . but not everyone will come out alive. . .
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