Line #32 Literature/Paranormalcy


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3	->"Evie's always thought of herself as a [[IJustWantToBeNormal normal teenager]], even though she works for the [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction International Paranormal Containment Agency]], her ex-boyfriend is a [[TheFairFolk faerie]], she’s falling for a shape-shifter, and she’s the only person who can see through paranormals' glamours.\
4	But Evie's about to realize that she may very well be at the center of a dark faerie prophecy promising destruction to all paranormal creatures.\
5	So much for normal."
6	-->--Amazon
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8	In the sequel ''Supernaturally'', Evie finds that normal life is boring after her exciting life at the IPCA as well as finding herself in yet another Faerie plot.
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10	In the third and final book, ''Endlessly'', Evie's paranormal past keeps coming back to haunt her. A new director at the International Paranormal Containment Agency wants to drag her back to headquarters. The Dark Faerie Queen is torturing humans in her poisonous realm. And supernatural creatures keep insisting that Evie is the only one who can save them from a mysterious, perilous fate.
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12	!!These books provides examples of:
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14	* ActionGirl: Evie is this.
15	* AdultsAreUseless: Despite lodging tons of complaints to her supervisor, Evie still isn't believed when she says Reth is stalking her, and is refused another faerie. [[spoiler: Until he gives her a burn on her arm, in front of a prisoner and said supervisor...]]
16	* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler: At the end of ''Endlessly'', most of Earth's paranormals go to another realm and become spirits.]]
17	* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler: Sort of inverted with Evie. She is the chosen one to bring about not the apocalypse, but to help all paranormals return to Faerie.]]
18	* BettyAndVeronica: Reth and Lend.
19	* BadPowersGoodPeople: See YourSoulIsMine.
20	* BewareTheSillyOnes: [[spoiler: Jack.]]
21	* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Faeries are implied to be this.
22	* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Vivian.]]
23	* BuffySpeak: The main character is a sixteen-year old girl, and narrates in first person. It was bound to happen.
24	* CannotTellAJoke: Evie jokes about being this.
25	* ChangelingTale: Jack and also [[spoiler: Evie, of the "mum got impregnated by faerie" variety]].
26	* ClusterBleepBomb: Lish the mermaid, who needs a computer to communicate through her aquarium, curses Reth out of sympathy for Evie. The computer censors her swearwords to bleeps, which Evie finds so funny that she starts literally saying "bleep" herself.
27	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Jack.
28	* CompellingVoice: Vampires.
29	* CompleteImmortality: [[spoiler: Lend and his mother.]]
30	* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Reth, Fehl, and [[spoiler: the Dark Queen]].
31	* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler: Vivian, in a weird way]].
32	* {{Depower}}: [[spoiler: At the end of ''Endlessly'', Lend loses his immortality]].
33	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Reth, even with his glamour on.
34	* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: Jack, in attempting to manipulate Evie to kill the Faeries]].
35	* ExactWords: The Faeries, though [[OnlySaneMan Evie]] seems to be the only human who realizes this. Seeing Reth [[LiteralGenie in]] [[JackassGenie action]] [[LoopholeAbuse is]] all the confirmation required.
36	* FantasticRacism: The IPCA hasn't much respect for paranormals. Evie herself has to overcome this when she's forced to work with a vampire.
37	* FreakinessShame: Evie thinks that Lend's true form, a water being, is gorgeous.
38	* {{Glamour}}: The entire reason Evie is so important to the IPCA.
39	* GlamourFailure: All paranormals to Evie.
40	* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: As stated in the blurb, the IPCA--International Paranormal Containment Agency.
41	* HalfHumanHybrid: Lend. [[spoiler: And Evie.]]
42	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Evie and Lish. [[spoiler: Before she dies, anyway.]]
43	* IJustWantToBeNormal: Evie's dream life involves lockers and high-school drama. Justified since she's lived in IPCA her whole life with hardly anyone to talk to.
44	* IJustWantToBeSpecial: After the first dream life turned out boring after living her whole life at IPCA.
45	* ICallItVera: Evie has a pink rhinestone-studded taser. It's called "Tasey".
46	* IHateYouVampireDad: [[spoiler: Arianna.]]
47	* IKnowYourTrueName: The only way to gain at least some measure of control over faeries.
48	* JackassGenie: Leave it to Reth to deliberately misinterpret anyone's commands to his benefit (read: stalk Evie).
49	* LandOfFaerie
50	* MacGuffinSuperPerson: [[spoiler: Evie and Vivian have the ability to open a gate to the Faerie land so that the paranormals can become their true selves.]]
51	* ManipulativeBastard: Reth [[spoiler: and Jack]].
52	* MayflyDecemberRomance: David and Cresseda, and [[spoiler: Lend and Evie, though this is subverted in the final book]].
53	* MissingMom: Evie.
54	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Twice. [[spoiler: Once when Evie realizes she left her bag of trackers in Ireland; a second time after she frees Reth.]]
55	* NatureSpirit: Lend's mom, and Lend himself.
56	* NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler: Vampires, despite being weak while feeding on human blood, when they feed on paranormal blood...]]
57	* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Lish, Evie's best friend, who lives in a tank and communicates via computer voice.
58	%%* OurSoulsAreDifferent: %%ZCE
59	* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Not entirely different. They have attractive glamours, but underneath look extremely "expired". Also, they don't die in the sun and do have reflections--but those affect their glamours so they avoid reflective surfaces anyway.
60	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent
61	* ParentalNeglect: [[spoiler: Vivian's faerie "parents" and Evie's faerie father.]]
62	* PinkMeansFeminine
63	%%* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:Fehl, who's Unseelie.]] %%ZCE
64	* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler: Reth instigates this when he forces Evie to make him change his name or he'll kill Lend. She saves Lend.]]
65	* ShapeshifterDefaultForm: Lend's default form is a teenage/young adult male.
66	* StalkerWithACrush: Reth. Just, Reth. [[spoiler: Though it is revealed he had a "good" (read: 'by faerie standards') reason.]]
67	* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Werewolves under their glamours. Reth the faerie for the 'trickster' and 'above humans' aspects.
68	* TalkingInYourDreams: Evie with Vivian in book one. [[spoiler: Continues with a more friendly tone in book two even though [[DeadPersonConversation Vivian is now permanently comatose]].]]
69	* TemptingFate: "Tonight is perfect": [[spoiler: at the prom. One page before Reth kidnaps Evie. For the second time.]]
70	* {{Tykebomb}}: A mild case--Evie is raised by the IPCA as their special agent.
71	* TheFairFolk: Reth, Fehl--and more.
72	* VillainInAWhiteSuit: Reth sports a white Victorian style outfit in ''Supernaturally''. [[BlueAndOrangeMorality His motives are never that good.]]
73	* VoidBetweenTheWorlds: When using the faerie paths, they pass through a black void that has no sound and nothing in it except the people that are traveling through it. [[spoiler: In ''Supernaturally'', Evie gets trapped here.]]
74	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Lend can change into any person that is about the same size as himself.
75	* WeaksauceWeakness: For faeries, it's ''soft drinks'' and ''any'' iron. Yes this includes kitchen utensils.
76	* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler: Vivian]] wants this with Evie.
77	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler: Vivian--she eats souls, but only because she's lonely and doesn't know any other way. She even thinks she's doing them a favor.]]
78	* YourSoulIsMine: [[spoiler:Vivian's--and Evie's--main power.]]

Context Literature / Paranormalcy