Freaksville by Kitty Keswick

Freaksville by Kitty Keswick
Publisher: Leap Books
Genre: Action/Adventure, Contemporary, Paranormal
Age Recommendation: 14+
Length: Full (290 pages)
Rating: 5 Suns
Review by: Cholla

I didn’t go looking for trouble, but it found me anyway…

Too young to die. I had to act. I had to think. My pulse knocked hard. My brain wouldn’t function. This was all my fault…mine. I’d brought danger to Gillie with my stupid freakish gifts. If I’d never followed Josh, none of this would have happened. We would be safe in our boring routine. Josh’s lips would never have brushed mine. I’d never have known his love. My heart wouldn’t feel crammed beyond capacity. We wouldn’t be trapped in Bridges Auditorium with two crazed teenage werewolves…. Even with my dying breath, I wouldn’t veer from my heart.

Death by wolves, bring it on.

High school sucks when you live in Freaksville, also known as Stony Creek, CA. And what would make living there so much better? Special powers enabling you to see the future. Right? Not quite. At least, not as far as Kasey Maxwell is concerned. After having been blessed with the ability to see the future on her sixteenth birthday, things haven’t quite been the same for her. So the body needs ordine cialis on line to be massaged. However, this doesn’t mean that every guy sildenafil cheapest price check out over here now who gets scratched by a cat needs to worry about whether he will suffer from runny nose, headache, visionary problem and stomach upset. There are accidents that may have viagra professional generic some complications too. Although, most of the medications have the same side effects as they contain the same active ingredient, Sildenafil citrate. purchase generic cialis purchasing this Armed with her sharp wit and her best friend, Gillie, Kasey does the best she can to just muddle through.

Kasey is your typical teenager. She thinks her parents haven’t a clue; her best friend is the greatest ever, loves to gab on the phone and believes that shopping can cure anything. She is also a total and complete crack-up. Using humor as both a defense mechanism and as a way to bolster her courage when it’s flagging, she’d be one of those girls you loved to hang around. Although she has a tendency to complain (what teenage girl doesn’t?) and underestimate herself, she has a strong support system in her parents and her best friend. And with them, she knows that she can overcome anything thrown at her. Psychic powers and all.

Josh Johnstone, British hottie supreme, is in California on an exchange program. He’s wise to Kasey’s act and refuses to let her get the best of herself if he can help it. He’s confident, courageous, and harboring a secret of his very own. Having grown up with a supernatural secret himself, he’s just what she needs to grow and become more secure with her abilities. Armed with a quick wit of his own, he and Kasey make the perfect couple. Their teasing, yet flirty conversations are engaging and entertaining, as well as very real-to-life.

Freaksville is a laugh-out-loud chronicle of Kasey Maxwell’s venture into ghost hunting, all things paranormal, and her first real boyfriend. Written as a series of blog entries, complete with comments, Ms. Keswick not only moves the young adult novel into the modern era, but also hooks the readers with her fun, flowing style and irrepressible sense of humor. From her witty chapter headings to the mystery surrounding the ghosts inhabiting the school’s theater to all the yet-unmentioned surprises lurking within, the author will capture your attention and hold it hostage until you’ve reached the end. A highly enjoyable read that left me anxious for the sequel.