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Supernormal
Camron Scott can see the future.
It's not as cool as you'd think. He can't see anything he's directly involved in, meaning no placing bets on sports events or stocks, or finding his true love. And it's fun trying to explain his power to to the cops whenever he tries to stop a disaster in it's tracks. The most recent complication landed him on a plane to sunny California, but at least this move best him way from his restrictive family and grants him the hope of finding a new home and a new life.
What he doesn’t expect to find is a town seeded with people like himself, people with a special extra something. People like Ashley Garrett.
Ashley is a super freak — charged with speed, strength, and crazy sensory perception. But she wasn't born with these talents. She’s just trying to learn how to live with them, and she’s spent the last year walking a tightrope between maintaining control and losing everything. When Cam has a vision of Ashley attacking some poor dumb kid, he does what he always does — steps in, saves the day, changes the future. And an unlikely partnership is born. He promises to use his ability to watch out for her and make sure she doesn’t lose control, a promise that Ashley is desperate enough to accept. The connection that develops surprises them both.
But the super-powered road never did run smooth. When a series of kidnappings rocks the town, Ashley and Cam must figure out who is behind it all, and how to stop it. As you do when you're super powered — but really all Cam and Ashley want is to find a way to be is Supernormal.
It's not as cool as you'd think. He can't see anything he's directly involved in, meaning no placing bets on sports events or stocks, or finding his true love. And it's fun trying to explain his power to to the cops whenever he tries to stop a disaster in it's tracks. The most recent complication landed him on a plane to sunny California, but at least this move best him way from his restrictive family and grants him the hope of finding a new home and a new life.
What he doesn’t expect to find is a town seeded with people like himself, people with a special extra something. People like Ashley Garrett.
Ashley is a super freak — charged with speed, strength, and crazy sensory perception. But she wasn't born with these talents. She’s just trying to learn how to live with them, and she’s spent the last year walking a tightrope between maintaining control and losing everything. When Cam has a vision of Ashley attacking some poor dumb kid, he does what he always does — steps in, saves the day, changes the future. And an unlikely partnership is born. He promises to use his ability to watch out for her and make sure she doesn’t lose control, a promise that Ashley is desperate enough to accept. The connection that develops surprises them both.
But the super-powered road never did run smooth. When a series of kidnappings rocks the town, Ashley and Cam must figure out who is behind it all, and how to stop it. As you do when you're super powered — but really all Cam and Ashley want is to find a way to be is Supernormal.
- GenresFantasy
371 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 15, 2016
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About the author
Caitlen Rubino-Bradway
4 books85 followersCaitlen Rubino-Bradway is the author of Ordinary Magic and the co-author of Lady Vernon and Her Daughter, which she wrote with her mother. Caitlen lives and writes in New York City.
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March 15, 2016
Simply put, the best new fiction out there.
Witty, exciting, funny, and insightful. If you love comic book super heroes, real and interesting characters, and to get lost in an addictive, page turning story, then this one's for you.
Witty, exciting, funny, and insightful. If you love comic book super heroes, real and interesting characters, and to get lost in an addictive, page turning story, then this one's for you.
May 1, 2016
I read and adored Caitlen Rubino-Bradway's MG fantasy, Ordinary Magic, so imagine my excitement when I discovered she had written a YA!
Sure, Supernormal has teens with super powers. But frankly, while that's a fabulous concept that as a diehard superhero fan I loved, it was the lead characters in particular who kept me going: Cam, the boy who can see the future and Ashley, genetically engineered and tortured into being a weapon, are thrust together when Cam moves to Sugar Beach to be with his Aunt Meg. We get to feel Cam's rejection by his parents first hand, so it seems even more heartbreaking than Ashley's rejection by pretty much everyone but Brody, but Rubino-Bradway makes us care. Best of all, somehow these two disparate characters connect on a visceral and hopeful level that feels true and inevitable. Add in friends with the most quip-worthy dialogue ever - Danny, Tyler and Liz - and Cam begins to feel he may have a shot at a real life in Sugar Beach. But the road of superherodom never did run smooth, and when friends begin to be kidnapped by the evil Proom, it's time to put everyone's abilities to the test.
Why you should read this: Caitlen Rubino-Bradway writes kick-ass dialogue and characters you root for. There is nothing boiler-plate about this adventure and the character development raises it above similar titles. But beware: The story is a roller-coaster ride, so strap in. You'll be glad you signed on. Hope there's more in this series!!!
Sure, Supernormal has teens with super powers. But frankly, while that's a fabulous concept that as a diehard superhero fan I loved, it was the lead characters in particular who kept me going: Cam, the boy who can see the future and Ashley, genetically engineered and tortured into being a weapon, are thrust together when Cam moves to Sugar Beach to be with his Aunt Meg. We get to feel Cam's rejection by his parents first hand, so it seems even more heartbreaking than Ashley's rejection by pretty much everyone but Brody, but Rubino-Bradway makes us care. Best of all, somehow these two disparate characters connect on a visceral and hopeful level that feels true and inevitable. Add in friends with the most quip-worthy dialogue ever - Danny, Tyler and Liz - and Cam begins to feel he may have a shot at a real life in Sugar Beach. But the road of superherodom never did run smooth, and when friends begin to be kidnapped by the evil Proom, it's time to put everyone's abilities to the test.
Why you should read this: Caitlen Rubino-Bradway writes kick-ass dialogue and characters you root for. There is nothing boiler-plate about this adventure and the character development raises it above similar titles. But beware: The story is a roller-coaster ride, so strap in. You'll be glad you signed on. Hope there's more in this series!!!
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June 29, 2016AH SO EXCITED! ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
April 18, 2016
I wasn’t able to connect with the characters, Cam and Ashley, in Supernormal and did not finish reading the book.
April 9, 2016
I enjoyed this book very much. Hopefully there will be a 2nd book.
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