Intertwined - Gena Showalter

This is what I do when I’m brain dead and have no ambition to work on my book I write blogs to inspire me to get in the mood to work on my book. But with summer here and the weather hot as Hades, I can’t be a vampire and stay up until 4 a.m. I have to go to bed and get up early so I can run my dogs in the cool morning. However, it’s really hard for me to go to bed early and most nights I get to bed at 2 a.m. and get up around 8 and take a nap after exercising my pups. My whole day is screwed up and getting through the summer is tough and most of the time I’m T-I-R-E-D.


Anyway, my thoughts on Intertwined, a Gena Showalter book and the first Young Adult book I read. I loved it! Yes, the book was that good. Was it Twilight good? It was as good as Twilight, however, it wasn’t heavy on the romance as Twilight was. I was surprised by this, because I expected more romance with it being a Harlequin book. The lack of romance didn’t deter me from tearing through the book in two days.


After reading the first page of Intertwined, I said to myself, “This is going to be a good book.” The first page grabbed my attention and through the entire book Showalter enticed me to keep turning the page. She does that in her Lord books, too. Well, actually, all her books are page turners.

The book was clever and the storyline interesting. It’s about a human, Aden, that has four souls trapped inside his body. I don’t want to give away any of the book, because kids and adults read the book, because it’s thoroughly entertaining with vampires, werewolves and other creepy creatures. After reading all these books with paranormal creatures, I start to think, “Crap, maybe, they really do exist.” There are some I wish that did, like the Lords and Atlantis and vampires (if they were like Layel). Wink!


Anyhoo, when I finished Intertwined I was like, “THAT’S IT!” There must be a sequel, because it didn’t end like it was finished. When I read that Unraveled was releasing in September 2010 I did a happy dance. I have to find out what happens to Aden and his Princess Vampire. Does the relationship between the werewolf and Mary survive? What other paranormal creatures invade Aden and Mary’s life?



Since Intertwined was the first Young Adult book that I read after the Twilight series, I have to say I’m hooked on paranormal books. During my Young Adult book research, when I was reading a “normal” book I caught myself thinking where are the vampires, the demons, and other scary creatures as I started the book. Rachel Vincent’s Soul Screamers is another one of my favorite Young Adult series to read and I’m anxiously waiting for the next book that comes out next year.


The twist near the end in Intertwined was clever. I, totally, did not expect it. I’m not going to leak it in this review. You’ll have to read Intertwined to understand what I’m talking about, but I will tell you it involves Mary.