Switching gears from my usual reviews of non-fiction books, I started reading the Need series by Carrie Jones. It is, in a rough sense, like the self acclaimed Twilight series, because of it’s unruly coincidence a teenager, to play towards the target audience, moves to a seamless town in the middle on no where. The main character in this series is a girl named Zara, who until moving to her grandmother’s house in Maine, just thought her mother, divorced and widowed, couldn’t handle her own daughter. Nonetheless, Zara is a quirky young girl, collecting phobias to describe her discoveries. She begins to see trails of gold dust, and on the night of a car crash she discovers that the small town of Maine is infested with pixies, who feed off of human blood. Zara then opens a world of new reality, where mythological creatures, ie wherewolves, exist. She meets a boy named Nick who becomes her love interest and main reason she continues to fight for her new found friends and allies.
The series follows Zara as she discovers her past, why fate brought her to Maine, and pixies. These pixies are evil, run by a king who needs to find his queen soon, choosing Zara as a prime target. With Zarah a new queen, she delves deeper into the mystery of pixies, discovering why their need for human blood is the culprit of so many missing cases in her small town. Nick fights to keep Zara safe but in return is presumed dead, sent to a new world called Valhalla. The series continues to unwind and excite your reading senses.
I would rate this book a 6 out of 5, definitely one of my favorite fantasy books out there. I would recommend this to anyone dyeing for a good, enticing read, one that you cannot dare put down, and once it’s over you rush to the library for the next one.
S: mystery, discovering the truth behind a mask with deception and clever tactics
O: present day Maine
A: young adults who get easily sucked into romance/action/mystery/fantasy books
P: to suck the reader in, escaping your own reality in exchange for the magical world of mythical creatures
T: first person, fluctuates with the feelings and surroundings of the main character and her fellow characters
