The Best Paranormal Romance

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1. Permalink # Lucky T said

   Uh Twilight. Freaking rocks, even for non-teens.

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2. Permalink # bunnyluva74 said

   I’d say the Twilight Saga. I would say the House of Night series but the third book has sex.

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3. Permalink # marti said

   Wake, Lisa McMann
   http://yabookbin.blogspot.com/

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4. Permalink # Ash said

   I know youve read twilight, honestly I dont know anything else to recommend.
   Answer mine, I need help!!
   http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ankg.bZ5BndI4tfKi2PUuLLsy6IX;_ylv=3?qid=20081019200452AAXROHh

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5. Permalink # ginger bee said

   I don’t know if this is what you’re looking for, but I’m going to take the risk

   okay…four words…

   Ophelia by Lisa Klein

   (If you didn’t know it’s a retelling of the Hamlet play, but it’s really an amazing book). It’s very much the same as twilight because Hamlet is a good person, but he is fated to do evil. It shows the strength of feminity compared to some of the weaknesses of masculinity, and it really touched me. If you’ve ever been in love with somebody who you didn’t think was doing a good thing and you wanted to stop them, or if you’ve been hurt by somebody you loved, I think you’ll love this book as much as I do.

   I know it’s not fantasy, but a mistake I’ve seen a lot of people make after reading Twilight is reading nothing but fantasy, especially vampire books even if they’re really bad literature…it’s just like people that read and liked Harry Potter went on a whole wizard/witch book spree. It’s really not the genre, its how well the characters are portrayed, and how well the plot is structured.

   Here’s a link to it, take a look to see if you’d like to read it
   http://www.amazon.com/Ophelia-Lisa-Klein/dp/1599902281/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1224472723&sr=1-1

   Also, it helps a little to know something about the Hamlet play, but you can get away with not reading it. The quickest way to get to know the play is to watch a movie on it–the best ones are Kenneth Branagh and Mel Gibson’s “Hamlet”s.

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6. Permalink # Kwahydal said

   I recommend “OH MY GOTH” by Gena Showalter

   (A fiercely individualist Goth girl wakes up to discover that the whole world has gone Goth and she’s actually — gag — popular.

   Jade Leigh is a nonconformist who values individuality above all else. She has a small group of like-minded Goth friends who wear black, dabble in the dark arts, and thrive outside the norm. They’re considered the “freaks” of their high school. But when Jade’s smart mouth lands her in trouble — again — her principal decides to teach her a lesson she’ll never forget.

   Taken to a remote location where she is strapped down and sedated, Jade wakes up in an alternate universe where she rules the school. But her best friends won’t talk to her, and the people she used to hate are all Goth. Only Clarik, the mysterious new boy in town, operates outside all the cliques. And only Mercedes, the Barbie clone Jade loathes, believes that Jade’s stuck in a virtual reality game — because she’s stuck there, too, now living the life of a “freak.” Together, they realize they might never get back to reality…and that even if they do, things might never be the same.)

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7. Permalink # Caroline M said

   _The Changeover_ by Margaret Mahy. It’s an oldie but good and the heroine is someone to admire. I think as a kid I read it 20 times.

   The Morganville Vamp series by Rachel Caine is good, too. Hits on all the important themes of young adulthood.

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