Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Publication Date: December, 27th 2011
Source: ARC from NetGalley
Interest: Fantasy


Every Other Day is a new take on paranormal YA. What if Darwin had found a preternatural species of plant on his journeys? If that happened you would have Jennifer Barnes’ world in this book. People have been aware of the preternatural for over 200 years. They have studied them, but they still don’t know everything.

Kali turns into to something not human every other day. And on the days she isn’t human she needs to hunt and kill the creatures that kill humans. It’s not something that she can control; it’s not even something that she understands. She has been keeping her ‘other’ self a secret since it started happening when she was twelve. Then two unexpected things happen. The first thing is that she makes a friend, and the second thing is that there is a cheerleader in mortal danger and only Kali can save her. Suddenly, Kali has people in her life that she cares about and that care about her. The only problem is that when you care about someone, you want to protect them, and you want them to get to know you and for someone who has a secret life, that is a problem.

I really liked this book a lot until about 100 pages from the end. The story got a little crazy from there. It eventually ends ok, but I have to say I was a bit disappointed. I do hope there is a second book though. The world and the characters were both very strong, and I want to know where the story is going.



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