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6	[[caption-width-right:219:More Than Human's front cover.]]
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8	An in-progress YoungAdult UrbanFantasy series by new novelist [[http://rachelmacwhirter.com/ Rachel Macwhirter]]. Currently only the first book, More Than Human, has been released.
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10	More Than Human tells of a fifteen-year-old EmoTeen called Georgia Waratjiry who happens to be a weredingo. While browsing her older sister's internet history, she stumbles across a forum for paranormal folks such as herself. Intrigued, she signs up and unwittingly sets the ball rolling for more involvement with the supernatural community (no, not [[Series/{{Supernatural}} that]] [[{{Fandom}} one]]) than she's ever had in her entire life.
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12	She befriends a girl who can fly, her telepath cousin and a ginger gargoyle and ends up heading to the Alterworld, a parallel dimension about which she knows nothing.
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14	One thing leads to another and her best friend gets kidnapped by fairies.
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17	!!Alterworld provides examples of:
18	%%* OneWordTitle
19	* BadassNormal: Most of GPIA, though Agent Yukiko Sekemoto deserves an honourable mention.
20	* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Played with – though no one is outright possessed, a recurring theme throughout the first book is characters dealing with [[spoiler:magical mental blocks imposed on them, grinding any actions the blocker doesn't want to halt]] and finding ways around them.
21	* BigBrotherBully: As much as he'd like to see himself as an AloofOlderBrother with a sprinkling of BigBrotherInstinct, this is what Adam qualifies as.
22	* BigDamnHeroes: Referenced by Dillon at least once, then acted out by Sekemoto and her crew of agents right before [[spoiler:Prince Mallen snaps Rain's neck]].
23	* BlessedWithSuck: Something is wrong with the off switch on Antonio's telepathy.
24	%%* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:The fairy Tiff kills near the end of the book.]]%%What about it?
25	%%* CuteMonsterGirl:%%ZCEs, word cruft
26	%%** Depending on your outlook, Georgia and Nina.
27	%%** Depending on your outlook, Dillon.
28	* DescriptionInTheMirror: An unusual example as it occurs six chapters into the book, not at the beginning.
29	%%* DownerEnding: The [[spoiler:epilogue.]]
30	%%* TheFairFolk
31	%%* FakeMemories: Heavily implied to have happened to [[spoiler:Tiffany]] at the end.%%What is?
32	%%* FamilyEyeResemblance: Catherine Pierce and her sons, Lachlan and Lucas.
33	%%* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler:Tiff]] about halfway through More Than Human.
34	* {{Goth}}: From the first line of chapter one: "Georgia's going through a 'goth' phase."
35	%%* HeroicBSOD: Tiff after she [[spoiler:plants a sword in Tepid's stomach]].
36	%%* InMediasRes: Chapter Zero. "But that's not where the story starts."
37	* InternetJerk: Adam is an inversion; he's really quite personable on the internet, but in real life [[{{Jerkass}} is a different story]].
38	%%* {{Jerkass}}:
39	%%** Adam Vasquez, although he sees himself as a good guy.
40	%%** Deciduan Boroniaden.
41	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:Tiff]] doesn't seem to remember [[spoiler:cutting an innocent fairy nearly clean in two with a sword]]. Georgia, on the other hand, does.
42	* MagicPants: Nina's chalk is crushed a bit in Georgia's jean pockets when she transforms to a dingo and back.
43	* {{Magitek}}: There are elements of this, such as GPIA's grappling harness, purportedly made from the same [[AWizardDidIt magic stuff]] as Celestine's plant powers.
44	* {{Masquerade}}: Heavily implied to be enforced by GPIA and SISA.
45	* TheMenInBlack: GPIA and SISA. Nina also mentions an organisation called PIPER, but she talks of it so dismissively that it's probably safe to assume it's ineffectual.
46	%%* MonsterMash
47	%%* MonstrousHumanoid:
48	%%** Dillon's gargoyle form.
49	%%** The [[spoiler:changelings]].
50	%%* {{Muggle}}
51	* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: Tiff decides there's nothing wrong with her discovering the [[Masquerade]] as long as no one finds out she did. [[spoiler:They find out.]]
52	* OnlyTheLeadsGetAHappyEnding: Or, better put, [[spoiler:only the leads get out alive]], considering [[spoiler:SISA's obliteration of Boroniaden in the epilogue]].
53	%%* OurElvesAreDifferent
54	%%* OurFairiesAreDifferent
55	%%* OurGargoylesRock: Dillon would absolutely tell you so herself.
56	%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent: In-universe example: Dong-hae seems to be trying to single-handedly invoke this.%%What?
57	%%* OurWerebeastsAreDifferent
58	%%* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent
59	* ThePlace: Alterworld is the main place where the story takes place.
60	%%* {{Portmantitle}}
61	%%* PowerIncontinence: Antonio's telepathy.
62	%%* PsychicRadar: Antonio, again.
63	* SequelHook: The end of the epilogue where [[spoiler:Prince Deciduan Boroniaden swears revenge after seeing SISA firebomb his ten-thousand strong den, presumably killing all of the innocent citizens (and children!) inside]].
64	%%* ShoutOut "Legolassie".
65	* {{Telepathy}}: Antonio the telepath, obviously. Also his mother (his father's magical status is as of yet unknown) and his aunt, who is also Nina and Adam's mother.
66	* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Firstborn Princess Fiola Wattleden of Wattleden heavily implies this when talking to Tiff about [[spoiler:the reason Boroniaden kidnapped her]], begging her not to tell GPIA. Though Fiola is known to be somewhat dramatic, so it's debatable how much stock you should put in her claims.
67	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Most notably Georgia and her weredingo family, but this also applies to gargoyles when in the Alterworld. And, depending on your point of view, Nina and Adam.
68	* WhamLine: Macwhirter seems to be a fan of these.
69	-->[[spoiler:''The sword slammed into his side.'']]\
70	"Mum read my mind and [[spoiler:she called GPIA half an hour ago. Someone's coming to pick Rain up right now]]."
71	%%* WingedHumanoid: Nina, Adam and all of the fairies.
72	%%* WouldHurtAChild: The fairies of Boroniaden, apparently.
73	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Played with when Prince Mallen realises how much trouble his den is in even if they don't hurt Tiff.

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