I liked this book a lot. It was about a girl who's grandmother is a weretyger and her boyfriend is a werewolf. She found out that her real father is a pixie king. Pixies can get destroyed is by weres and iron. If you get kissed by a pixie and you are not a pixie you could die or you can get turned to a pixie. At the end they go back to see if the pixies had excaped or not and they didn't. And that is good. ( )

Reviewed by Julie M. Prince for TeensReadToo.com

Zara has been unceremoniously shipped off to Maine to stay with Grandma Betty in the middle of nowhere during a frigid winter. According to her mother, Zara just hasn't been herself since her step-father passed away, and all of this is apparently supposed to help.

Before Zara even has a chance to snap out of the depression, her attention is drawn elsewhere by a mystery surrounding a local boy's disappearance. Oh, and then there's the strange man who seems to be stalking Zara.

She knew Maine would be a change of pace, but she didn't know she'd be running for her life...much less running from evil pixies!

When the fantastical pixie element is introduced, the excitement is enhanced, and much like WICKED LOVELY and other books of this caliber, the introduction seems natural and believable. These elements don't seem to overrun the story, but compliment it instead.

Author Carrie Jones (GIRL, HERO and other books) has a way of creating unique characters and supplying them with strong voices that seem immediately familiar to the reader. Zara's character is no exception. This immediate familiarity helps engage readers from the very beginning and hold their attention until the very end.

Aiding the familiarity of the voice in this book is its backdrop of Jones's home state. Here, the blistering cold and the frustration at being snowed in comes through loud and clear as we suffer through the Maine winter right along with Zara.

All-in-all, this is a read you won't want to miss, especially if you're a fan of contemporary fiction with fantasy woven in. ( )

Need had always caught my attention at the local bookstore, with its lovely cover and its interesting summary, but it took me nearly a month to succumb to its charms and buy it.

Simply, this book is about a girl named Zara, who likes to collect phobias and to list them in her mind during troubling times. Her father has just died, sending her into a deep, gray depression. Trying to her happy again, her mother sends her away to her grandmother’s, far up in the snow state of Maine.

It’s there that Zara finds out about mythical beings, like pixies and werewolves, and how they are very dangerous. . .and very real.

It took about three days to read, which is normal for me, but I wasn’t pleased with this book. The characters seemed childish and, I beg pardon, dumb at times even when the answer to something was clearly obvious.

I wouldn’t recommend this book to much of anyone, even though the plot was intriguing and the Nancy Drew clues hidden in the folds of Stephen King novels made me smile. Unless you’re looking for a boring read (as nothing really magical happens until late in the book), then I suggest you pick this up to kill a few days worth of time. ( )

I really liked this book! Zara is a great heroine who is easily to relate to, with her pain and neuroses. Fans of Twilight would probably really enjoy this (even with the lack of vampires) because the feel of the characters is similar--you want Zara and Nick to be together and succeed. Need works very well on it's own, though I hear a sequel is in the works. Even though the story seems complete, I'll be glad to read more of these characters! ( )

Title: NEED Author: Carrie Jones Publisher: Bloomsbury Number Of Pages: 306

Summary From back of book: Pain shoots through my head. Fireworks. Explosions. All inside my brain. The white world goes dark and I know what’s about to happen.

Zara White suspects there’s a freaky guy semi-stalking her. She’s also obsessed with phobias. And it’s true, she hasn’t exactly been herself since her stepfather died. But exiling her to shivery Maine to live with her grandmother? That seems a bit extreme. The move is supposed to help her stay sane…but Zara’s pretty sure her mom just can’t deal with her right now.

She couldn’t be more wrong. Turns out the semi-stalker is not a figment of Zara’s overactive imagination. In fact, he’s still following her, leaving behind an eerie trail of gold dust. There’s something not right-not human-in this sleepy Maine town, and all signs point to Zara.

In this creepy, compelling breakout novel, Carrie Jones delivers romance, suspense, and a creature you never thought you had to fear.

Review: Carrie truly wrote a fantastic book! I have read so many reviews saying how terrible this book is, but I don’t see it, I really loved it! The characters are complex and interesting, which I like complex characters. I usually love pixies and fairies and all little winged people but this book made me think of pixies in a new way. (In a creepy, terrifying way!) All in all this is a fantastic novel and I can’t wait for the sequel!

I recommend this book if you like fantasy/paranormal novels, Carrie Jones, romance, and YA novels. ( )