Jenny Plague-Bringer (The Paranormals, #4)

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Jenny Plague-Bringer (The Paranormals #4)

by J.L. Bryan (Goodreads Author)

4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 · rating details · 170 ratings · 36 reviews

Jenny has survived in seclusion for the past year, but her peace is about to be shattered by two new paranormals, each of them with unknown intentions, both of them searching for Jenny and Seth.

The nightmares of Jenny’s most recent past life in the 1930’s erupt into the present, and she will face enemies old and new. Jenny is more vulnerable than ever, because she can’t us...more

Paperback, 400 pages

Published October 13th 2012 by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (first published October 1st 2012)

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Oct 16, 2012 Angela Kulig rated it 5 of 5 stars

I bought the book as soon as I could get my pretty little Skeleton hands on it. I breezed through it in less than 24 hours with 5 kids, and looming deadlines. It wasn't that I couldn't put it down, because I had to; it was that it drove me insane until I picked it back up again.

It's an odd thing, living through two worlds in the same book. There is unraveling nonstop. Even though the book opens with what seems to be a happy ending, Jenny feels as though it is impossible for her to really have on...more

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Nov 07, 2012 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars

(This review may contain spoilers).

I enjoyed the previous books in this series, but I have to admit, I was a little worried when I realised that there was a fourth book coming out. The third book seemed to have reached a natural ending and I couldn't see what else of the story needed to be told.

Actually, the book was pretty good. It was interesting to see two more of the paranormals and it made me wonder if there are more than the eight primeval creatures already mentioned. There were two other...more

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Oct 27, 2012 Kelly rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ebooks, 2012-favorites, read-in-2012, urban-fantasy

Whew! I thought we had closure with the end of the 3rd book. You know, since (most of) the bad guys got what was coming to them and Jenny and Seth had a chance at a normal life. Okay, at least it was as normal a life as someone who can't touch anyone without infecting them with vile, vile diseases could expect to have. Oh, and I guess being declared legally dead and having to hide their real identities sucked. And that whole "can't see their parents again thing" isn't *exactly* normal, but OTHER...more Whew! I thought we had closure with the end of the 3rd book. You know, since (most of) the bad guys got what was coming to them and Jenny and Seth had a chance at a normal life. Okay, at least it was as normal a life as someone who can't touch anyone without infecting them with vile, vile diseases could expect to have. Oh, and I guess being declared legally dead and having to hide their real identities sucked. And that whole "can't see their parents again thing" isn't *exactly* normal, but OTHER THAN THAT. Anyway. I must admit that this book did Jenny justice. She got to show both her badass, disease spewing side and the side of her that's determined to do the right thing and not be a mass murderer. Hey, we all have issues in life. Jenny just deals with the big issues. The really big, maybe-I-should-kill-them-and-maybe-I-shouldn't issues.

I really enjoyed the parallels between the present and Jenny's life in the 30s. These poor Paranormals don't have it easy no matter what skin they wear and the more we see the more we come to understand that all the power they hold is more a curse than a blessing if it falls into the wrong hands. Even Seth, the healer, is forced to used his ability against his will. For someone like Jenny (and her previous self, Juliana), it's even worse. And now I'm redacting a big, spoiler-esque sentence so I don't give anything away. You're welcome.

Jenny has grown so much as a character since the first book. Her pregnancy isn't the blessing it might seem on the surface. Knowing what she knows of her touch, she's afraid to grow attached to her baby and to entertain the thought that maybe this time things will work out. I just wanted to give her a big hug and tell her everything would be just fine. But then, you know, I'd end up infected with a horrible, horrible illness so, really, hugging = not a good idea.

All in all, I was very excited to have a chance to revisit Jenny and Seth and see what they've been up to since we left them last. A little sex (more than a little, really), a little death (more than a little there, too), and a very intriguing look at the two of them in a past life (there might have been some others involved in that past life, in case you were wondering) left me a very, very happy girl.

-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
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Oct 26, 2012 Jackie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: on-my-kindle

Seth and Jenny are happily living in Paris up until she begins telling stories about her recent past incarnation. At first I was disappointed. why? because there is no such thing as reincarnation! lol J/K! I found it all a bit confusing and uncomfortable. I wasn't interested nor did I want to be bothered with their past lives. I wanted to stay in Paris!:(

Jenny took us back to the Great Depression of 1933 where she was working in a sideshow Carnival as the Worlds Most Diseased Woman. Tis quite f...more

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Nov 13, 2012 Heather rated it 5 of 5 stars

I've really loved the Paranormals series from the first book, Jenny Pox, and my love grew with the characters through Tommy Nightmare. When Alexander Death came out, it was bittersweet because this was the last book in the series, but the author ended the trilogy on such a high note. When J.L. Bryan announced that there would be a fourth installment following these characters, I was so excited to get to be immersed in their universe again.

This installment of the Paranormals series picks up a ye...more I've really loved the Paranormals series from the first book, Jenny Pox, and my love grew with the characters through Tommy Nightmare. When Alexander Death came out, it was bittersweet because this was the last book in the series, but the author ended the trilogy on such a high note. When J.L. Bryan announced that there would be a fourth installment following these characters, I was so excited to get to be immersed in their universe again.

This installment of the Paranormals series picks up a year after the events of Alexander Death. Jenny and Seth have settled into a life of leisure in Paris. Jenny has a little studio in their apartment where she continues to work on her pottery, and Seth heals people discretely around the city, playing video games in his spare time. They are using aliases and hiding from the United States government, who should believe that Jenny and Seth died in the fire that leveled Seth’s family mansion back in South Carolina. But their happy, anonymous life is jeopardized when two new to us, unknown paranormals surface, threatening to break Jenny and Seth up in unspeakable ways.

Jenny’s biggest defense to protect them from this new threat is taken away from her because she’s pregnant, and she has the memories of hundreds of pregnancies from her past lives that ended in tragedy where she’d used her pox, unknowingly causing the babies harm.

The first new paranormal we meet is Ward, who’s the head of a secret government agency that looks for people with strange powers. Of course the events of that fateful Easter in Fallen Oak where two hundred people died mysteriously have come into his sights, and he’s determined to hunt down the people responsible. He has a very potent power that is delivered by touch, but I don’t want to spoil it. Even without his power, Ward is a brutal and intimidating figure who doesn’t play by any rules. As he makes his way through everyone that had ties to the Fallen Oak case and Jenny or Seth, he leaves a bloody mess in his wake, taking some prisoners too.

Mirialla shows up at the door of Jenny and Seth’s apartment out of the blue one day, asking for the boy who lives there. Jenny is immediately suspicious since Mirialla doesn’t know Seth’s name but knows that he will live there sometime soon. She bundles up just like Jenny does and wears gloves--leaving little skin exposed to avoid human contact. This piques Jenny’s interest enough that she starts spying on Mirialla, but all she finds is a spoiled, rich student. This paranormal’s power is the opposite of Ward’s, but she doesn’t use intimidation like he does.

I really don’t want to spoil too much of the plot of this book, but history definitely repeats itself. All of the paranormals find themselves together again. Will the outcome be different this time or are they doomed to the same fate again in this lifetime? I can tell you. however, that the battle is bloody with many casualties, and I certainly enjoyed these parts of the books. J.L, Bryan has mastered describing scenes where bullets are flying, Jenny's plague is airborn, and bodies are melting. It’s definitely not for the squeamish, and I practically squealed in delight as I devoured these scenes. They were pure horror and gore perfection.

Jenny has a big advantage over all of the paranormals that are still alive in the present day—Seth(healing), Tommy(fear), Esmerelda(speak to the dead), Mirialla, and Ward: she has complete memories of most of her past lives. But when Alexander helped Jenny remember these past lives, he purposefully guided her away from the last life they lived together in the 1930s—the one where Jenny chose to be with Seth instead of Alexander. This life was such an important one in their souls’ evolution, and luckily the addition of Marialla to their lives sparks the recall of the memories within Jenny.

Jenny Plague-Bringer, at its core, is a book about history repeating itself. How many times do you repeat the same mistakes before you learn from them, grow from them, and rise above them to become a better, more evolved soul? Do you become a victim of circumstance, or do you forge your own way toward the destiny that you know is right?

Told alternately with flashbacks to their previous lifetime that fills in the story nicely without repetition, Jenny Plague-Bringer is a solid follow up to a trilogy that ended strong but definitely left readers wanting more from the paranormals universe. J.L. Bryan expanded upon his original vision with even bigger questions from the original books, and he has written a more grown up and evolved set of characters. It’s rare to see such character growth and evolution over the course of a series such as this. I give this a five out of five. This is an excellent, evenly-paced, well-researched page turner.

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Jan 08, 2013 Rebekah Martin rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal

I liked this series. I was with Jenny from the start and I stayed with her until the end. I thought she was relatable, amusing, and fierce (especially after book three).

This book had me teetering through a lot of it, though. It jumped back and forth between Jenny and Seth's current life, and the parallels with the life they lived back in the 1930's when Hitler was rising to power in Germany. There was a lot of information about eugenics and creating a superior race of beings (all blonde-haired...more I liked this series. I was with Jenny from the start and I stayed with her until the end. I thought she was relatable, amusing, and fierce (especially after book three).

This book had me teetering through a lot of it, though. It jumped back and forth between Jenny and Seth's current life, and the parallels with the life they lived back in the 1930's when Hitler was rising to power in Germany. There was a lot of information about eugenics and creating a superior race of beings (all blonde-haired and blue-eyed, too. Can you say "Village of the Damned?"). I'm fascinated by the study of eugenics, not to actually do it myself, but the mindset that they believe that people should be bred like animals.

Nazies were sick people.

The idea in this story is to breed paranormals with other paranormals. Ashleigh Goodling, the blonde princess of power from books one, two and three, returns, but only in the past as Alise, a German girl who is one of the higher ups in the Reich that do the studies. She's not the so-called good girl she was made out to be in book one. She was a little tramp. She was trying to do her part to create her own little Nazis with other paranormals. And she used her touch of love to get the others into it too.

Have I mentioned in these reviews that I find A (Her name ALWAYS starts with an A) extremely creepy?

The book starts with Jenny and Seth living in Paris. Jenny now recalls their past lives, and tells Seth about them. They're happy, doing what they do, just relaxing in the fact that no one knows them. However, they are kidnapped, along with their new friend and additional paranormal, Mariella, by Ward Kilpatrick, Mariella's opposite (She can see the future, he sees people's pasts), and put back into the same place where Nazis ran tests on them. This time, they're all prisoners, including Tommy, who sets fear into the minds of everyone he touches (though he doesn't realize he's also a prisoner), and Esmeralda, who can speak to the dead.

After Mariella and Seth are able to remember their past lives (It involves getting high on mushrooms. Don't ask), the stories start to intertwine, and if there hadn't been subtle name changes (Jenny=Juliana, Seth=Sebastian, Mariella=Mia, etc), it would be hard to depict what was happening in what lifetime.

I did think the ending got a little long (there were some SERIOUSLY long chases in there!), but overall, I really enjoyed the story and the journey and was very satisfied with the ending. (less)

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Mar 05, 2013 Jessie Hill rated it 4 of 5 stars

After the last book I thought this series was over, so when I heard there was going to be a sequel I was a little worried that it was just a ploy to make some more money. I have to say that this books was a great addition to the series. Learning more about all of the paranormals' pasts was very interesting. It also added to the depth of the characters in my opinion. This book brought together all of the characters we had previously met and some new ones to end with a bang.

I really enjoyed the co...more

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Dec 05, 2012 Ashley - The Bookish Brunette rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-release, horror, new-adult

OMG! OMG! OMG! *deep breathe*

I fell IN LOVE with JL Bryan’s Jenny Pox series in September of 2011… When I devoured the entire series in less than a week! If you NEVER read indie authors, indie books… Whatever the case may be- READ The Paranormals series by JL Bryan.

It. Is. AMAZING.

Jenny Pox will RIP your heart out, make you fall in love and believe that ANYTHING is possible. And the last 15% will leave you in utter disbelief and complete *OH MY GOD!!!!! NO FREAKING WAY THAT JUST HAPPENED!!!!!* I...more

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I have just loved the hell out of this series. I honestly thought it was over with Alexander Death, but then Jeff surprised us with a fourth book that really impressed me! It was great to be back in the presence of these incredible characters, and to see them all in a very new light.

WORLD-BUILDING

Holy awesome to the sauce and back in the pot to swim around in the awesome, Batman! It’s no secret that J.L. Bryan has really blown me away with his world-...more

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Dec 09, 2012 April rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-reading-log, paranormal, new-adult, horror-thriller, classroom-library

I was so excited when I heard that J.L. Bryan was writing another book about Jenny and the paranormals. After reading Alexander Death, I so wanted to hear more of the story, more about Tommy and Esmeralda, and more about all of their past lives. Jenny Plague-Bringer delivered on all points. I loved how the book seamlessly moved between current day and Jenny and Seth's most recent past life. Some authors cannot do this without creating a disruption in the story, but J.L. Bryan nailed it. Everythi...more

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May 16, 2013 Kathleen Fawn rated it 4 of 5 stars

The more Bryan I read the more I like him. Flash backs can be unpopular but I like the way Bryan did it in this book. It fleshed out a novel that would have been very short otherwise. The way he integrated the past into the present was good and justified the return to past-life Jenny and Seth. I do still feel Bryan gives up information too quickly. I think the tendency to go into long summary and the impatience with information makes the books a good bit shorter than they could be.

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Nov 27, 2012 Mo rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites, series-favorites

An absolutely amazing book and series.

No Spoilers.

I'm usually not one for alternating POV's, but the author writes them so perfectly and with such ease, that I couldn't help but love journeying into their minds, seeing what they see, feeling what they feel.

What you get is a tight, intriguing plot, incredibly deep characters, romance, and action. Can't ask for anything more than that.

Would recommend to anyone and everyone.

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Oct 21, 2012 Aubrey rated it 5 of 5 stars

I am exhausted! I hope JL Bryan leaves poor Jenny and Seth alone now. They have suffered enough tests of their relationship now to last the rest on their incarnations! Seriously though, AWESOME additional story - I could not put it down. Excellent writing, excellent characters, and I loved the back and forth between the parallel story of past and present - but different outcomes. Just amazing. But Jenny and Seth deserve some peace and quiet now! If you have not started the series, you must! It h...more

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Oct 21, 2012 Tara rated it 5 of 5 stars

What a great finale to end this series! Mr Bryan, your writing reminds me of a mix of Stephen King and Jack Kilborn. Gore, paranormal mystery, some legends and folklore can only be pulled off by a truly talented writer who is beyond gifted in their craft. This series was brilliantly disgusting and horrifically thrilling. I loved every gag worthy moment :) and I'm beyond thrilled for the HEA

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Jan 25, 2013 Shannon rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: horror, kindle

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Jan 01, 2013 Bri Robbins rated it 5 of 5 stars

This was a fantastic series I hope it doesn't end with the fourth book and there is more to come! The insight into their past lives was helpful in understand how they became the way they are!

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Jan 09, 2013 deviantReads rated it 5 of 5 stars

Jenny Pox..Rocks! Rating 5 stars already with out even reading it cause I know I won't be disappointed with the last of the book in series. Gunna miss Jenny Pox.

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Oct 11, 2012 Samaire Provost rated it 5 of 5 stars

Wow!!!! Just...wow!!! I loved the other books Bryan wrote in this series, and they just kept getting better. This new installment is fantastic!!! WELL DONE, JL!!!!

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Mar 03, 2013 Jennifer rated it 5 of 5 stars

J.L. Bryan has done it again. This last addition to the series picks up where Alexander Death left off and we discover new paranormals.
In the previous book we were shown how bad a** Jenny was in her past lives and how she can be in this one. Now she wants something different and will fight for it.
As a reader you are drawn in to Jenny's pain, her self-loathing, her self-preservation and now we see her vulnerability. "Just a monster who can't touch anyone. Death in a white dress."
I won't give t...more

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Oct 17, 2012 Jennifer rated it 5 of 5 stars

OMG, this was the best book of the whole series. Totally amazing. I'll write a better review later after I have absorbed all this awesomeness into fitting words.

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Nov 05, 2012 ♬♪ ♪♬Stephanie♬♪ ♪♬ rated it 5 of 5 stars

I am so glad this book was written. It really tied so much together for me, I'm kind of sad the series is over. Thank you JL Bryan!!!

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Oct 29, 2012 Karen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: on-my-kindle

JL Byran, your books rock! This was one amazing series and what an awesome finale! Most definitely my favourite series ever :)

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Oct 04, 2012 Rhiannon Frater rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

A freakin' awesome book all around. So amazingly well done and just epic on every scale.

Full review to come.

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Jan 19, 2013 Donna rated it 5 of 5 stars

Omg! What a book. What a ending! So good!

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Oct 16, 2012 Samantha Young rated it 5 of 5 stars

Awesome! Best installment yet!

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Oct 23, 2012 Melissa Gouveia rated it 5 of 5 stars

Definitely the best installment in the series!!

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Oct 22, 2012 Elyse rated it 4 of 5 stars

I really enjoyed the last book! I loved how Bryan brought the story full circle, and it had a good ending tying up all the ends. I especially loved the fact that we got to delve further into the past lives of the characters, and the inclusion of Alexander, Ashleigh, Tommy, Esmeralda, and of course Jenny and Seth, with the introduction of a new character! I was very pleased with the last book in the series, especially since I was surprised to find that there would be a 4th book at all.

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Oct 28, 2012 deanneluvbooks rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorite-series, highly-recommended-book

What a terrific ending to Jenny's story!!! Or is it? I read all the books back-to-back and it was never a dull moment. I look forward to J.L. Bryan future work in 2013:)

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Oct 15, 2012 Loretta rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-release, adult, adult-horror, arc, indie-authors, horror, paranormal, review-book, series

OMG! LOVEEEEED!
Review to come!!

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May 12, 2013 Tiffany Day rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites, past-life, horror, super-powers

Omgoodnes! I loved this book. Loved the whole lot of them! Amzing read. Fast pace, and keeps you on your toes! Sadden that its over now, but thought J.L. Bryan ended this perfectly!

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J.L. Bryan studied English literature at the University of Georgia and at Oxford, with a focus on English Renaissance and Romantic literature. He also studied screenwriting at UCLA. He lives in Atlanta with his wife Christina, dogs Violet and Tiger Lily, and cats Shadow and Sue.

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