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Lauren writes: I'm back! And with more awesome teen books that any adult can enjoy. 1. The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey When I say this book is about monsters, I don't mean the cheesy creatures who inhabited the B-movies of yore. Rick Yancey's monsters are the things of nightmares. The book has a properly gothic setting: New England in the late 19th century where monsters haunt the bleak, Dickensian streets. I'm counting down the days until the sequel, The Curse of the Wendigo comes out! 2. Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard This series should be illegal, it is so addictive! I raced through all 8 books in a matter of weeks. I couldn't sleep, I couldn't eat, I HAD to know who the deliciously malicious "A" was! Don't start this book unless you are prepared to get sucked in - enjoyably of course. 3. Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link Pretty Monsters is Kelly Link's first book for teens but, frankly, I didn't see any difference between it and her adult collections - Stranger Things Happen and Magic for Beginners. The stories in all three books are amazing and fantastical. I'm not usually a big fantasy reader, but I found Link's books enchanting. 4. Accomplice by Eireann Corrigan When I read the description of Accomplice I wasn't sure I would enjoy it - the main characters sounded so selfish! But Eireann Corrigan has done a very difficult thing and that is to make a character who is involved in a horrible thing sympathetic, even likeable. Like Finn, the reader gets caught up in Chloe's schemes. Accomplice was powerful, with a haunting twist at the end. 5. I Am Not a Serial Killer by Dan Wells John Wayne Cleaver is a lot like Dexter, from the TV show of the same name. (Awesome, awesome show!) John has what Dexter calls a "dark passenger": the desire to kill, to feel blood on his hands. John's able to stay in control - for now. But his evil thoughts get louder and louder every day. He doesn't want to be this way, he just is. I loved the sinister feel of this book and so will any Dexter fans. I can't wait for the sequel Mr. Monster!
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