Intrinsical (The Yara Silva Trilogy, #1) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Aug 15, 2010 Brandi ;) rated it it was amazing

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I LOVED IT!!!

Where do I start, this book was awesome. I love, love, love ghost stories. Absolutely my favorite type of paranormal story. Vamps are fun, witches run a close second and were's, eh not so crazy about were stories cause of the dominance thing. When I read about this book I was sooo excited, a ghost story! Yay! But it is YA so that gave me a little hesitation because my luck with YA lately has been real poo. So I purchased the book on my new Kindle, my darling precious (my first eboo I LOVED IT!!!

Where do I start, this book was awesome. I love, love, love ghost stories. Absolutely my favorite type of paranormal story. Vamps are fun, witches run a close second and were's, eh not so crazy about were stories cause of the dominance thing. When I read about this book I was sooo excited, a ghost story! Yay! But it is YA so that gave me a little hesitation because my luck with YA lately has been real poo. So I purchased the book on my new Kindle, my darling precious (my first ebook!), and with a bit of trepidation and excitement all mixed up I began reading. And I couldn't stop!

This book did exactly what I want me books to do to me - it suprised me, caught me off guard, made me think I had it all figured out and then pulled the rug out from under my feet. I giggled, I felt saddness over the lives lost and I even felt sad in the end for the 'bad guy'. I also got all excited with Yara over Brent and I LOVED that even though she felt drawn to him, she never was 'oh he is my soulmate, can't live without him, i love him and i've known him 2 minutes!' It was refreshing to watch their relationship grow slowly with the connection they both felt. I did get a little bit annoyed at times with their relationship when they kept pulling back from each other and then connecting & almost admitting what they felt, then one of them pulling back again, I wanted to scream at them, either of them, JUST KISS HIM/HER, ADMIT HOW YOU FEEL, GO FOR IT!! BUT I also realized that this IS a YA book and these are teens. I remember being a teen and I wasn't as bold then as I am now, so I would then calm down and continue to enjoy the story. And I did enjoy it thoroughly.

Yara, the main character, is a Waker. This means she can communicate with and see spirits and help them cross over to where ever they belong, 'the other side'. She does not want to be a Waker and kind of dismisses her heritage. She wants to be a 'normal' girl, not a crazy chick who see's the dead and talks to air. She actually doesn't even come into her Waker abilities until she comes to Pendrill Academy. Once there, she encounters the Pendrill Curse, where 1 or 2 students commit suicide every few years apparently because of stress. She also encounters ghosts that seem to be related to a horrible accident that had occured at the school over 60 years ago. The story that unfolds combines these 2 encounters and creates a fabulous twisting and turning paranormal story that took my breath away several times. I would think I had it all figured out and BAM, not so much. I love that. I loved the story and I can't wait to read the next installment.

If you enjoy ghost stories with a little romance and some great twists and suprises, pick up Intrinsical. You will love it :) ...more

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Jul 23, 2010 Kaitlynne rated it it was amazing

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Let me just start out by saying how much I love the title of the book, it's so much fun to say! Okay, now onto the actual review ;)

The idea of Wakers and astral projection was what lured me into this book in the first place (Aside from the promise of a sweet romance). And it made this not your average ghost story, but about a hundred times better. It moved at a nice, steady, pace. Nothing was too rushed and was dragged o ...more

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