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Intertwined (Intertwined #1)

by Gena Showalter (Goodreads Author)

3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 · rating details · 9,945 ratings · 885 reviews

There’s something about the new guy at Crossroads High…

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 possess another human.
One can tell the future.

Everyone thinks he’s crazy, which is why he’s spent his entire life shuffled between mental institutions and juvie. All of that is about...more

Hardcover, 440 pages

Published September 1st 2009 by Harlequin Teen

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Jul 29, 2012 Selen ozleyen rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Vampirler, kurt adamlar, cinler, periler vs. hepsini kapsayan gençlik romanı. Güzeldi. Bazı yerlerde dedim Edward Bella durumu ters dönmüş. Edward insan Bella vampir. o arada kurt adama aşık olan başka bir kız. içinde 4 ruh taşıyan ve vampire aşık olan bir oğlan. Ruhlarla konuşmaları çocuğu herkes içinde deli yapıyor falan falan. Hoş kitapti.

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Mar 17, 2010 Brianna rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: urban-fantasy, favorite-couples, likable-protagonists, made-me-laugh

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Aug 23, 2009 Steph Bowe rated it 4 of 5 stars

I loved the concept of a character with four human souls living inside his head immediately. And when the book opened on him in a graveyard, accidentally raising the dead and then being forced to decapitate them, I was even more excited.

I was very disappointed to find Aden didn’t fight any more zombies through the book, but I felt the use of his other abilities incredibly interesting.

Many people enjoy reading paranormal romance. I can handle it, but vampires and werewolves make me cringe straigh...more I loved the concept of a character with four human souls living inside his head immediately. And when the book opened on him in a graveyard, accidentally raising the dead and then being forced to decapitate them, I was even more excited.

I was very disappointed to find Aden didn’t fight any more zombies through the book, but I felt the use of his other abilities incredibly interesting.

Many people enjoy reading paranormal romance. I can handle it, but vampires and werewolves make me cringe straight away. I felt in this book, the four people inside Aden’s head, with their assorted abilities of time travel, seeing the future, raising the dead and possessing others, would have had enough interesting adventures on their own, and the introduction of the vampire and werewolf love interests was done only to pull readers of Twilight. When fairies, goblins and witches started to make appearances, I was a bit unsure where it would go.

In spite of this, I really enjoyed Intertwined. I liked the friendship between Mary Ann and Aden, as well as Aden’s relationships with the people inside his head. I like flawed protagonists in novels, and I felt Aden was, though Mary Ann was a bit of a Mary Sue. Invented details about vampires (like the fact that you can only hurt them in their eyes and ears) felt a bit unnecessary, and some of the fight scenes a bit prolonged.

There were a couple of things I didn’t like: The vampires all had typical vampire names (Victoria, Dmitri), and Aden and Riley always felt the need to protect Mary-Ann and Victoria, and constantly assert their manliness by threatening each other (Do teenage girls find this attractive or something? I don’t get it).

Those things aside, I felt this novel was well-executed. Though I went “What?” when more mythical creatures started to appear, my interest didn’t dwindle, the story was gripping. This will inevitably appeal to readers of paranormal romance, and if that’s you, it’s well worth checking out. I think if I were more of a fan of that genre, I would have enjoyed Intertwined a lot more. It’s already far better than Twilight for me, and really action-packed. Based on Intertwined, I’m definitely going to check out Gena Showalter’s previous YA novels.(less)

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Aug 11, 2009 Steph Su rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: stick-to-writing-adult-books

It’s unfortunate that the premise is so appealing, because, for me, INTERTWINED was an overwritten, confusing, and crowded paranormal mess. Too much was implied and told directly to readers, the characters were unappealing, and the whole thing was just way too long to hold my attention.

Showalter has the unfortunate penchant of telling, not showing, and making her characters take agonizingly slow paragraphs to undergo a simple thinking process. Any story that relies heavily on the main characters...more It’s unfortunate that the premise is so appealing, because, for me, INTERTWINED was an overwritten, confusing, and crowded paranormal mess. Too much was implied and told directly to readers, the characters were unappealing, and the whole thing was just way too long to hold my attention.

Showalter has the unfortunate penchant of telling, not showing, and making her characters take agonizingly slow paragraphs to undergo a simple thinking process. Any story that relies heavily on the main characters’ romantic appeal must work on showing us readers the attraction and potential, instead of telling us over and over again, “X couldn’t resist Y. Z was scared to show her feelings” etc.

As a staunch fan of Showalter’s adult Harlequin romances, I was disappointed that she seemed to feel the need to “dumb down” her writing for the young adult crowd. Please. It’s the R-rated sexual thoughts and scenes that need to go, not intelligent character development. Teenagers can tell the difference between an author who knows the teen voice and an author who typically writes for adults and is just trying to make his or her way into the YA genre.

It goes without saying, then, that I couldn’t make myself care for the characters. They were self-absorbed, overbearingly introverted when it came to pondering, and didn’t do anything really worth mentioning. So Aden attacks a werewolf, gets bullied, and wants to lavish the vampire princess. So Mary Ann has a few conversations with her friend and boyfriend, and continues to hang out with the werewolf even though his monstrous presence supposedly frightens her because she never knows what’s going on.

By this point, a discerning reader will simply ask the important question: so what? Where are all of these disconnected and emotionally distant events leading up to? In the end it didn’t matter, because I was already tired of being narrated to like I have an IQ of 50 by a bunch of unlikable characters. I put the book down.

I have to give Gena and Harlequin TEEN this, though: they certainly have the right idea of what story elements will appeal to today’s Twilight audience. Readers looking for equally emotionally tortured paranormal romances will no doubt find their way to this new line. I have not read Showalter’s other YA books, but unfortunately I just cannot tolerate stories that insult my intelligence—and nor should I have to. Next time, Gena. Next time, Harlequin TEEN.(less)

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Sep 04, 2009 Kristi (The Story Siren) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own, bea-2010, signed-books

Intertwined was the ultimate paranormal fantasy! A little bit of this a little bit of that. I'm a huge fan of Gena's adult novels, so it was easy to loose myself in her writing, since I'm so familiar with it. It was reassuring to know that I would be entertained. And was I ever.

There is a lot happening in this book, it extends way beyond Aden. Some people might see that as a bad thing, but I really enjoyed it, reveled in it really. I had no idea what was going to happen next. I did figure out a...more

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Apr 26, 2011 Victoria rated it 4 of 5 stars

Okay, I am so glad I have a rule of finishing the books that I start. The beginning of this book is totalcrap, no joke. But then I just couldn't put it down!! The plot got more and more interesting, and when I realized that Mary Ann and Aden weren't gonna fall in love, I was like

because I thought it was love at first sight when "The world stopped and we were the only two people" and all that crap.

When Victoria came out I was like

NOT ANOTHER LOVE TRIANGLE

Pretty much the reason I stayed with t...more

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Jun 29, 2012 Monica&spikey rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ghosts

I'll admit it: I went into this book not intending to like it. the only reason I read was because one of my best friends told me Gena Showalter was her favorite author and all the other books by Gena Showalter made me want to puke.
but, despite intending to not like this book, I found myself in love. with all the characters, the world, and the book itself. I tore through it, and was up til midnight finishing it.
one thing to say: Life inside Aden's head must be so crazy, confusing, and FUN.
From...more

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Feb 01, 2010 kari rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, ya

I enjoyed this book and have only one real complaint. When a book is the start of a new series, it would be nice to know that going in, maybe put a line on the cover, first book in the exciting new series, etc.
That being said and a little disappointed that I have to wait until the next book to find out what happens next, I found this book a fun read with lots, and I mean lots, of surprises.
This book has a little something for everyone. There are humans, well, sort of, since they have special ab...more

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Mar 07, 2010 Lisa (A Life Bound By Books) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own

There’s something about the new guy at Crossroads High . . .

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 they're causing him all kinds of trouble. Like, he'll blink and suddenly he's a younger Aden, reliving the past. One wrong move, and he'...more

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Aug 14, 2009 Anna rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviews, young-adult

Intertwined is the second book to be released from the new Harlequin Teen line. What drew me to this story was that Aden has four souls living within him. Something I hadn't come across before. I knew his story had to be very interesting.

What at first seems to be a boy meets girl type of story, really it is so much more. Especially when a vampire and werewolf are thrown into the mix. Intertwined was an exciting, fresh new world to delve into. And of course not to be missed is the wonderful wit o...more

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Apr 22, 2013 Dark Faerie Tales rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviewed-by-angelica

Review courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales.

Quick & Dirty: Aden has always known the paranormal exists. The four souls trapped in his head exposed him to that world a long time ago, but meeting a girl he’s seen only in his dreams and developing a power he doesn’t understand endangers not only his darkest secret but also, his life.

Opening Sentence: A cemetery. No, no, NO! How had he ended up here?

The Review:

Showalter spins an elaborate web of characters with rich back stories and destinies that only...more

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Dec 21, 2012 Nika **~OhMyShelves~** rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya, vampires, werewolves, male-narrator

This is the first YA book that I have read since Hunger Games Trilogy. I have always been afraid that I will miss the smexy when it came to YA books. I found myself really liking this book and thought that the story was different and it held my attention.

Aden and the souls that he also shared himself with was a great idea. You really felt bad for him in the sense that he never had a moment to himself and it must be tough to have to share so much of yourself with 4 others. I thought for a PNR/UF...more

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Jul 17, 2012 Rhonda rated it 2 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Young adult obviously! It started out as an interesting story but by the time I was halfway through it I was about to give it up. I made it through it much to my relief.

The story itself wasn't too bad but there are just too many little unbelievable things in it to make it good. I mean how much paranormal can be crammed into one little town anyway?! You have two immortals, or very long living, "people" who choose to fall in love with two mortals who they just met. One maybe but both were just a...more

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Apr 11, 2012 Casusangelus rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: gelesen-2011, gedruckt

Inhalt:
Der 16jährige Aden Stone hat in seinem Leben schon viel durchgemacht. Bei ihm wurde Schizophrenie diagnostiziert, daher war er schon in verschiedenen Psychoanstalten und ist nun auf einer Ranch für schwer erziehbare Jugendliche gelandet. Dabei ist Aden gar nicht krank, in seinem Kopf leben lediglich die vier Seelen Julian, Caleb, Elijah und Eve, mit denen er laut kommuniziert. Doch wer würde ihm das schon glauben, wenn er dies jemandem erzählen würde?
Doch nun scheint Aden an einem Wendep...more Inhalt:
Der 16jährige Aden Stone hat in seinem Leben schon viel durchgemacht. Bei ihm wurde Schizophrenie diagnostiziert, daher war er schon in verschiedenen Psychoanstalten und ist nun auf einer Ranch für schwer erziehbare Jugendliche gelandet. Dabei ist Aden gar nicht krank, in seinem Kopf leben lediglich die vier Seelen Julian, Caleb, Elijah und Eve, mit denen er laut kommuniziert. Doch wer würde ihm das schon glauben, wenn er dies jemandem erzählen würde?
Doch nun scheint Aden an einem Wendepunkt in seinem Leben angekommen zu sein. Er hat es geschafft den Leiter der Ranch in Crossroads, seinem neuen Zuhause, überredet auf die öffentliche Schule der Stadt gehen zu dürfen. Dort trifft er die 16jährige Mary Ann, zu der er sich sofort hingezogen fühlt, und das nicht nur, weil sie die Seelen in seinem Kopf zum verstummen bringt. Er freundet sich mit ihr an und trifft dabei auch auf die Vampirprinzessin Victoria und ihren Leibwächter, den Werwolf Riley. Aden verliebt sich sofort unsterblich in Victoria, was diese auch bereitwillig erwidert. Riley stellt sich Mary Ann anfangs nur als Wolf vor, mit dem sie über ihre Gedanken kommunizieren kann. Nach und nach entwickelt sie immer mehr Gefühle für ihn, was ihr jedoch erst so richtig klar wird, als Riley sich ihr als Mensch zeigt. Riley und Aden haben keinen guten Start miteinander, was unter anderem auch daran liegt, dass Riley sehr besitztergreifend gegenüber Mary Ann ist. Im Laufe der Geschichte bessert sich dies jedoch und alle vier werden zu guten Freunden, die das Geheimnis um die Seelen in Adens Kopf lösen wollen.

Meine Meinung:
Als ich das erste Kapitel dieses Buches gelesen hatte, war ich noch nicht sonderlich begeistert und hatte es erst einmal wieder beiseite gelegt. Man hat zwar die Seelen in Adens Kopf ein bisschen kennen gelernt, besonders Julian, welcher aus Versehen auf einem Friedhof Tote zum Leben erweckt hat, doch wirklich in den Bann gezogen hatte es mich noch nicht. Doch dann habe ich das Buch vor ein paar Wochen nochmal in die Hand genommen um mit dem zweiten Kapitel weiterzumachen. Spätestens nach Adens erstem Schultag konnte ich das Buch kaum noch aus der Hand legen.
Dadurch, dass die Erzählperspektiven immer zwischen Aden und Mary Ann wechseln, erhält man einen Einblick in die Gedanken- und Gefühlswelt beider Hauptpersonen und erfährt auch viel über deren Vergangenheit. Einige Dinge, zum Beispiel warum die beiden von Anfang an so vertraut miteinander sind, obwohl sie sich gar nicht kennen, waren voraussehbar, was die Geschichte aber nicht weniger spannend macht.
Eine Bemerkung noch zum deutschen Cover von "Unsterblich verliebt": Es sind zwar vier Jugendlich darauf zu sehen und die Geschlechterverteilung unter ihnen stimmt auch, jedoch stimmt das Aussehen von ihnen nicht unbedingt mit den Beschreibungen im Buch überein. Aber dies kennt man ja schon von anderen Romanen, daher finde ich es so schlimm. Das Cover an sich sieht ja ganz nett aus und dieser "Nebel", welcher unter dem Titel dahin wabert, macht das ganze auch ein bisschen mystischer, was ja durchaus zur Geschichte passt.

Fazit:
Gena Showalter hat in dieses 352 Seiten lange Buch eine super Story reingepackt, welche über bloße Verliebtheits-Gefühle hinausgeht. Einige Sachen sind zwar vorhersehbar, doch bei einem Jugendbuch ist dies durchaus entschuldbar. Daher vergebe ich 5 von 5 Sternen.(less)

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Apr 11, 2012 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Als Leserin der "Herren der Unterwelt" von Gena Showalter wollte ich mir natürlich auch diese Reihe nicht entgehen lassen und habe mich einmal an dem ersten Band versucht. Ehrlich gesagt wusste ich auf den ersten Seiten noch nicht so recht was ich davon halten soll. Für mich ist diese Art der Geschichte recht neu und trotzdem kam ich selber erst einmal nur sehr schleppend voran.

Dass Aden und Mary Ann, die beiden Protagonisten, aufeinander treffen scheint kein Zufall zu sein. Und doch können die...more Als Leserin der "Herren der Unterwelt" von Gena Showalter wollte ich mir natürlich auch diese Reihe nicht entgehen lassen und habe mich einmal an dem ersten Band versucht. Ehrlich gesagt wusste ich auf den ersten Seiten noch nicht so recht was ich davon halten soll. Für mich ist diese Art der Geschichte recht neu und trotzdem kam ich selber erst einmal nur sehr schleppend voran.

Dass Aden und Mary Ann, die beiden Protagonisten, aufeinander treffen scheint kein Zufall zu sein. Und doch können die beiden ihren Drang einander zu Umarmen und auch ihren Fluchtinstinkt voreinander nur schwer einordnen. Schon einmal eine nette Mischung, wenn ihr mich fragt und wirklich interessant fand ich ja, dass aus den beiden Protagonisten kein Liebespaar wird. Das sieht man auch nicht alle Tage! Vielmehr Gefühl bringen deshalbt die Vampirprinzessin Victoria und der Werwolf Riley mit in das Geschehen.
Also ich persönlich konnte mit Victoria nicht sehr viel anfangen. Aden kennt sie bereits aus einer von Elijas Visionen und doch war sie für mich einfach nicht greifbar. Das gleiche Problem hatte ich allerdings auch mit Aden selbst. Er ist nett und auch interessant und trotzdem fehlt mir bei ihm ebenfalls das gewisse Etwas. Die beiden wirken zwar in ihrer Beziehung sehr echt, doch ich kam Gefühlsmäßig einfach nicht an sie heran. Ich war da eher der entfernte Beobachter.
Ganz anders dagegen ist es mir mit Mary Ann und Riley gegangen. Aber, hey, wer hat schon was gegen einen sexy Werwolf. Doch das ist natürlich nicht alles. Erst einmal konnte ich mich viel mehr mit Mary Ann identivizieren - was nicht daran liegt, dass sie weiblich ist. Und dann bekam der Leser vielmehr von Riley zu hören, also viele Gespräche mit Mary Ann die etwas tiefer gingen als der übliche Small Talk und ich denke auch sein Beschützerinstinkt ist an der Stelle immer sehr charmant angekommen.

Dass die Wesen, die sich in Crossroads einfinden, allesamt von Aden angezogen werden macht ihm echt zu schaffen. Recht verständlich, will ich meinen, denn er möchte doch nur seine Freunde beschützen und Kobolde, Hexen und andere Wesen machen es ihm nicht gerade einfach. Aber gerade die Hexen planen etwas, was unsere Freunde tiefer in etwas hineinzieht. Das wird allerdings nicht mehr in diesem Buch gelöst ... es bleibt also spannend.

Wie bereits oben erwähnt hatte ich anfangs meine Probleme mich in das Buch einzufinden und war auch recht skeptisch, als dann die Komponenten Vampire, Werwölfe, usw dazu kamen, doch jetzt zum Schluss muss ich gestehen, dass die innovative Idee dieses Buches doch seine Reize hat. Natürlich mangelt es nicht an Spannung oder Einfallsreichtum. Trotzdem hatte ich bis zum Schluss das Gefühl, dass ich mit Aden einfach nicht warm werde. Anders ist das wiederum bei den Seelen in seinem Kopf - die widerum fand ich super sympatisch - und ich war auch froh, dass diese eine wichtige Rolle während des Geschchens spielen. Vor allem hat Eve sozusagen ihren großen Auftritt! Auch wird bereits jetzt angedeutet welche der Seelen als nächstes "auf seine Kosten" kommt. Mehr kann ich dazu nicht sagen ohne euch viel zu viel zu verraten.

Allles in allem schafft Gena Showalter wieder einmal eine wirklich interessante Welt, nicht zu vergleichen mit den "Herren der Unterwelt", sondern etwas komplett anderes. Wie wichtig Aden, Mary Ann, Riley und Victoria sind um die Gefahren zu überwinden und Adens Seelen zu helfen wird erst zum Ende hin wirklich klar. Allerdings wird es so natürlich nicht langweilig und Aden stolpert quasi von einer Misere in die andere. Ein wirklich spannender Plot wartet hier auf und der Leser findet sich in einer sehr vielversprechenden Geschichte wieder, welche sicherlich noch Potential hat und dennoch auch für sich schon sehr interessant gestaltet ist.(less)

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Mar 30, 2012 Johanna rated it 2 of 5 stars

Intertwined
(Harlequin Teen - Intertwined Book #1)
by Gena Showalter

Genre: Paranormal Romance | Fantasy | Young Adult

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. Everyone thinks he's crazy, which is why he's spent his entire life shuffled between mental institutions and juvie. All of that is about to change, however. For months Aden has been having vi...more Intertwined
(Harlequin Teen - Intertwined Book #1)
by Gena Showalter

Genre: Paranormal Romance | Fantasy | Young Adult

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. Everyone thinks he's crazy, which is why he's spent his entire life shuffled between mental institutions and juvie. All of that is about to change, however. For months Aden has been having visions of a beautiful girl -- a girl who carries centuries old secrets. A girl who will either save him or destroy him. Together they'll enter a dark world of intrigue and danger . . . but not everyone will come out alive.

Aden has spent his whole life in and out of mental institutions diagnosed as a violent schizophrenic. Now able to control the voices in his head, Aden has moved to Crossroads, OK, to live in a halfway house for delinquent boys. His goal in life is to find a means to free these souls and at last be at peace. When he meets Mary Ann Gray, she miraculously acts as a neutralizer, and for the first time in his life, he truly feels normal. Little do they realize that when they first met, their connection sent a power surge throughout the world drawing every paranormal creature from fairies to vampires to Crossroads on a quest for power. To complicate matters, Aden becomes romantically involved with a vampire princess and Mary Ann with her werewolf bodyguard. Together the teens must figure out a way to protect themselves, and all of humanity.

I expected more from this book and sadly I was let down! It took me awhile to catch on the plot & characters - when I did - I was rooting for Mary Ann and Aden to get together, but no . . . instead the two become fast friends, establishing a sibling-type bond - which I just found strange & displeasing since they only knew each other for a few days/weeks. And this was just at the beginning of the book. They weren't the only characters being "forced" together either. Aden keeps having visions of a long, dark haired girl (who he first thinks is Mary Ann) who turns out being the Vampire daughter of Dracula (lame!), Victoria. So, Aden instantly has these insane urges to kiss her (I didn't get into ANY of their "romantic" time together either!) and the story just got sillier, less interesting, and just had TOO MUCH going on from there. I didn't like it. I didn't enjoy it. I couldn't even finish reading it. . . stopping on page 372 of a 440 story. I just really didn't care about the ending - SAD! None of the characters were believable. The romance was "pushed" upon the kids, even for a Young Adult novel. The story plot was all over that place and had way too many paranormal creatures, powers, you name it and, for once, I didn't enjoy the story going back and forth between two POVs.

Likes: Ummmm? This is a NO NEED READ!!!!

Dislikes: Don't EVEN get me started!(less)

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Mar 29, 2012 Star (The Bibliophilic Book Blog) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: reviewed

Aden has been labeled as a schizophrenic because he hears voices. However, these voices are real - he has 4 other souls sharing his body with him, each with their own powers. Aden's been shipped off again, but thankfully this time it isn't a mental institution, but more like a halfway house for troubled kids.

For the first time, he's made friends and found the girl of his visions. However, for Aden, things are not as easy as he wished they would be. He's awakened some sleeping giants and they're...more

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Jan 19, 2012 Amber rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-own, fantasy

I give it five stars for an interesting concept, three stars for keeping me reading until the end, and one star for how the story actually played out. So overall, I will give it two stars because it wasn't hard to finish and I was mildly entertained. I think ultimately there is just so much going on in this book. Raising the dead, seeing the future, time travel, body possession, werewolves, vampires, demons, goblins, witches, fairies, family issues, seeing ghosts, helping said ghosts cross over,...more

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Jan 02, 2012 Daisy Hilchey rated it 4 of 5 stars

I'm not going to go through what the book was about. If you have two hands (really hope you do) then you can go read the description yourself! Anyway, I'm going to get right into my review.

The book starts when Aden walks into a grave yard by accident and Julian (one of the souls living inside his head) raises many zombies from the dead. Aden must fight the zombies in order to live. I felt this was a gripping start though it was more violent than I would have thought. Mary-Ann, whom Aden thought...more I'm not going to go through what the book was about. If you have two hands (really hope you do) then you can go read the description yourself! Anyway, I'm going to get right into my review.

The book starts when Aden walks into a grave yard by accident and Julian (one of the souls living inside his head) raises many zombies from the dead. Aden must fight the zombies in order to live. I felt this was a gripping start though it was more violent than I would have thought. Mary-Ann, whom Aden thought is the girl of his dreams, is introduced almost right away and right away I loved the character.

Lets talk about those first few characters so I don't overload your mind!

Aden Stone:
I ate this character right up! Personally, I didn't think he was swoon worthy , but it was refreshing to see a main character who wasn't all "oh I'm so great I'm completely invincible blah blah blah" but not wallowing in self shame etc either! The souls are a part of him and its very touching when (spoiler alert!!) the one, Eve, must leave.

Mary-Ann:
She had to be one of my favorite characters with her quirky sense of humor and her modest yet self assured attitude also. Right from the start she was quite cute but quiet too. Totally sweet but she was so brave also when her friends needed her.

On with the plot... overloaded yet? So a few chapters in we are introduced to Victoria and Riley, Aden and Mary-Anns love interests. More characters!!

Victoria:
She is a strong willed female heroin who is scared of nothing more than her own inner beast (if you have read the book you would understand the irony of that!! I found her and Aden's relationship a little rushed but hot all the same!!

Riley:
Now HE is swoon worthy! Your typical bad boy but with a little twist! I think he is a rounded character who is utterly protective. Well he should be being vics body guard... but still! He wanted to keep Mary safe so the "love" was slower which was appealing.

Well those are the main characters and the starting of the story so you should for sure go pick this up and read it! Nice language style too and overall a.really well rounded book worth reading!
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Dec 10, 2011 Lynda Tatad rated it 4 of 5 stars

I am so glad Gena Showalter has ventured into the paranormal YA genre! This one has a very interesting premise: Aden, who is 16 years old, has had 4 souls residing in him since for as long as he can remember. His parents didn't know how to handle a kid who talked to people noone could see, so he has been in and out of psychiatric care for most of his life, as well as foster homes. He is currently living at a ranch with other troubled teens that is run by an ex-football player, Dan.

A number of th...more

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Nov 30, 2011 Seanean rated it 1 of 5 stars

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If there is anyone who could use a few minutes by himself, it's Aden Stone. Except he's never alone. Aden has four souls living in his brain. They've been there as long as he can remember. None of them know how they got there.
Unfortunately, while the souls can speak inside Aden's mind, Aden can only communicate with them by speaking out loud and this leads to everyone physically around him thinking that he's completely insane.

It doesn't help that each of t...more http://librarytalker.blogspot.com/201...

If there is anyone who could use a few minutes by himself, it's Aden Stone. Except he's never alone. Aden has four souls living in his brain. They've been there as long as he can remember. None of them know how they got there.
Unfortunately, while the souls can speak inside Aden's mind, Aden can only communicate with them by speaking out loud and this leads to everyone physically around him thinking that he's completely insane.

It doesn't help that each of the souls has a power that can transfer to Aden when needed. One can travel through time. One raises the dead. One can predict the future. And one can possess any human with physical contact.

The future predicting soul has seen a girl who will be Aden's dream and his nightmare. He's also seen that one of the souls will be freed if the right choices are made.

So now Aden has to find the girl and make all the right choices to either save himself or destroy himself.

Final thoughts: UGH! I swear, I've almost forgotten how to use my Kindle because I've avoided it so much as I've been reading this book. I tried and tried and tried to finish this thing. Kindle says I'm at 76%. But I just can't force myself anymore. This is a mess. It starts off with Aden "accidentally" raising the dead when he wanders into a graveyard and then there is the girl he has a physical reaction to whenever she comes near, the vampire, the werewolf, the "powers" that for some reason have to all be demonstrated one after the other, the obligatory and repetitive references to people thinking he's insane (or, at least, highly unstable, which he seems to be), etc... Plus he's a badass with weapons tucked into his boots, but is a wimp who is constantly worrying more often than not and making horrible choices (lucky for him that his vampire girlfriend can screw with people's memories and cover his mistakes). There was just too much here trying to cover too much ground and not really getting anything done. I literally put down the Kindle and ignored it for a week, opened it for an hour of struggling through this, and then closed it for another week.

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Nov 18, 2011 Duesterwald-Online rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jeder von uns hat sich doch schon einmal gewünscht etwas Besonderes zu sein, sich von der Masse abzuheben. Und genau das würde Aden Stone gerne ändern. Denn alles was Aden sich wünscht, ist ein ganz normaler Teenager zu sein, mit Freunden und einer Freundin. Doch Aden ist anders – seit seiner Geburt „wohnen“ in ihm 4 Seelen, die über magische Fähigkeiten verfügen: Eve kann ihn in seine Vergangenheit versetzen, Caleb verkörpert den Zorn, Elijah kann die Zukunft vorhersagen und Julian Tote...more

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Oct 24, 2011 JenniferJ rated it 5 of 5 stars

Oh My Gosh this book is jam packed full, over the rim, and overflowing with everything you could ever imagine or desire in a paranormal story! I was flipping pages like crazy and never wanting the story to end. From the first couple of pages the reader is taken on a joyride with Aden and his voices as he encounters zombies, bullies, weres, vampires, and all other things he never knew existed.

I felt really sad over Adens situation because he had to basically walk on egg shells thru no doing of h...more

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Oct 16, 2011 Ivi rated it 1 of 5 stars

Als ich das Buch angefangen habe zu lesen, dachte ich eigentlicht, dass es sich dabei um einen richtig guten Einstieg für eine neue, interessante Fantasy Reihe handelt. Jetzt, wo ich es endlich fertig gelesen habe, weiß ich es besser. Pustekuchen. Am Ende musste ich mir wirklich die Frage stellen: Was bitteschön, war das denn?

Wie gesagt, am Anfang war ich noch guter Dinge. Haden "Aden" Stone, der Hauptprotagonist der Reihe, scheint ein sehr gut ausgearbeiteter Charakter zu sein, mit einem intere...more

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Aug 01, 2011 StorySeekers rated it 5 of 5 stars

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Jul 01, 2011 Dawnandwini rated it 5 of 5 stars

Aden Stone is the boy nobody wanted. Because he talks to himself, he was diagnosed as a schizo! For that reason more than anything else, he has been passed around between institutions, psychologist and halfway houses his entire life. Aden, the sixteen year old isn’t really sick. On the contrary, Aden has four souls trapped inside of him and they keep up a steady torrent of chatter in his head! From passing commentary Advice, knowledge and rebuke on every last aspect of his existence! They talk i...more Aden Stone is the boy nobody wanted. Because he talks to himself, he was diagnosed as a schizo! For that reason more than anything else, he has been passed around between institutions, psychologist and halfway houses his entire life. Aden, the sixteen year old isn’t really sick. On the contrary, Aden has four souls trapped inside of him and they keep up a steady torrent of chatter in his head! From passing commentary Advice, knowledge and rebuke on every last aspect of his existence! They talk in his head insistently!
Crossroads Oklahoma, Aden’s current residence, the D&M ranch to be précised is a halfway house for trouble, wayward kids… this however, is Aden’s last chance to prove himself as a star… ah kid? Person? Sure whichever! He has to comply with the strict rules at D & M Ranch and he has to avoid trouble. That. Could be a problem as always, because the undead souls in his head can raise the dead, predicts the death of others; transport Aden through time or into another person's body. Naturally, four souls spells quadruple the trouble!
Having spent his whole life alone and without friends to call his own, Aden is delighted to meet Mary Ann, an introverted, scholarly girl who calms the voices in his head and accepts Aden for who he is. Aden soon finds out that his abilities are like a beckon for all supernatural and that he is a supernatural crowd-puller!
A vampire princess Victoria is one of the sup he’d drawn to Oklahoma and she is literally the girl of his dreams! But every love story what telling must go through turmoil or chaos or both. This book is the opening of an exciting young adult series that introduces us to a complex and darkly intriguing world of vampires, demons, shape shifters, witches and undead souls. I was captivated. I loved everything about this book! I literally could not put it down until I finished it! I was dismayed to find out that I have to wait for a year for the sequel!!! In this book I didn’t have to go through whom to pick or which lover suits the hero kind of drama!!! Instead the paired lover where paired brilliantly. I have always like Gena’s mind and the way she writes, but she always astonishes me on how she can make me laugh and cry all in one read… and hunger for more good books! She paves the way for writers She is a beacon amongst writers and her name will be remembered for a long time 5 stars!!!!

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Jun 30, 2011 Lily rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

La novela comienza presentándonos a Aden Stone, el chico que tiene cuatro almas atrapadas en su interior. El protagonista es un chico, algo que me encantó porque no es muy común en este tipo de obras y ,por una vez, es estupendo ver cómo se comporta y qué piensa y siente un chico en estas situaciones. Me ha parecido muy interesante y original este punto de vista.

Pero tampoco es el protagonista absoluto: la autora ha sabido crear una historia en la que todos los personajes principales tienen su i...more La novela comienza presentándonos a Aden Stone, el chico que tiene cuatro almas atrapadas en su interior. El protagonista es un chico, algo que me encantó porque no es muy común en este tipo de obras y ,por una vez, es estupendo ver cómo se comporta y qué piensa y siente un chico en estas situaciones. Me ha parecido muy interesante y original este punto de vista.

Pero tampoco es el protagonista absoluto: la autora ha sabido crear una historia en la que todos los personajes principales tienen su importancia y tienen algo que decir. Mary Ann, es la humana con una hablidad especial muy particular, que por cosas del destino, su vida esta entrelazada con la de Aden. Victoria, es la vampira espectacular con una pasado y unas circunstancias personales de lo más dramáticas e interesantes. Riley es el guardaespaldas de Victoria y tiene un secreto que lo hace especial. Como veis, esta novela no tiene un triángulo amoroso, sino un cuarteto. Es emocionante leer la tensión que se respira en ocasiones entre los cuatro. El amor, los celos, la pasión y la amistad se entremezclan para crear un vínculo muy fuerte que los convierte en un grupo.

La historia empieza con un poco de acción, Aden en un cementerio matando muertos vivientes, pero a mí no me dio la sensación de que noc ogió buen ritmo hasta la página 100, aproximadamente. El principio es lento pero no pesado, el argumento se va desarrollando poco a poco, se van presentando los personajes con calma y se van asentando las bases para la explosión de sucesos que nos brinda la autora más adelante. Pero como digo, esas 100 primeras páginas a pesar de ser tranquilas no se me hicieron pesadas.

Algo que me encantó de la novela es que no sabía muy bien por donde iban a salir las cosas. Hay en otras historias que medio lo imaginas pero, en esta, he estado un poco a la expectativa buena parte del tiempo. No me imaginaba la mezcla de realidad con leyendas y seres fantásticos que ha conseguido crear Gena. Me encantó la forma en que Vlad el Empalador, Drácula, está involucrado en la historia. La aparición de otros seres mitológicos y fantásticos y como al final se va descubriendo su implicación en el argumento y todas las piezas del puzzle van encajando es apasionante. La segunda mitad del libro me la leí de un tirón porque página tras página iba leyendo nuevos descubrimientos o nuevas escenas de acción. Además, el final es impactante, feliz pero dramático, y te deja con ganas de continuar la saga. Me ha gustado mucho el libro y lo recomiendo.

¿Por qué no le doy las 5 mariposas entonces? He echado de menos un poquito más de química y de acción amorosa entre los protagonistas. Hay escenas románticas y sensuales, sí, pero no sé, no me han dejado sin aliento tanto como me gustaría. Y el final, a pesar de estar bien, me ha parecido un poco precipitado., sobre todo la escena final del baile en donde se resuelve todo muy rápidamente en mi opinión. Sin embargo, la autora sabe cómo dejar al lector en suspenso para hacer que queramos saber más. Estoy deseando leer el siguiente para ver cómo van a resolver los problemas que tienen ante ellos.

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May 24, 2011 Ashleyn Poston rated it 2 of 5 stars

Spoiler Alert: I never finished. So I can't quite give you one.

While the plot seems interesting enough, and the main character Aden is charming (if not a wee bit whiny), I just couldn't push myself through it. The first few chapters didn't give me enough hook.

"HOW IS THAT? IT STARTS WITH A BANG!" you cry.

Yes, yes I know it does. It starts off as Aden walks into a graveyard (spoiler) without even realizing it (spoiler). He has his iPod jacked up so loud, he's not watching where he's going, trying...more

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May 16, 2011 Jennifer Morrill rated it 4 of 5 stars

Gena Showalters, Intertwined has one of the most unique ideas in the budding YA Paranormal genre. The backstory is so inventive and creative it really drew me in, made me want more.

Aden Stone is a human, but not a “normal” human. Trapped inside him are four souls, all with supernatural powers. Eve can travel in time, Julian can raise the dead, Elijah can tell the future, and Caleb can possess another being. Throw into that mix a young girl named Mary Ann who makes the voices go away. Aden doesn’...more

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May 13, 2011 Angela rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: almost-dropped, cliff-hanger, confusing, dull, male-pov, misleading-cover, paranormal, vampire, werewolves

This is book is a rather awkward book. Like many people said, there are way too many arcs or different plot lines going on at once. It's similar to a manga book in words. One situation happens in one chapter and is solved in a few chapters, then another problem occurs. Usually in novels, there is one roller coaster, but this book had at least five!!!!

I liked Aden a lot. He's kind, weird and very caring for those he loves. Besides, the situations he runs into are very violent. Mary Ann is somewha...more

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