Avoid her like the plague.
After
reading Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper,
I was looking forward to reading another story by J.L. Bryan.
Jenny,
nicknamed “Jenny Pox,” has a rare anomaly: her touch causes sores and blisters
similar to the chicken pox, and they can be deadly. Ever since then, she wears
long sleeves and avoids getting close to anyone. Of course that doesn’t make
school any easier, especially when you’re on the outs with the meanest, most
popular girl in school. Right away you feel for poor Jenny and you hope that
the mean, bossy Ashleigh gets hers in the end. I had a feeling the finale would
mirror a scene right out of Carrie,
with Jenny’s powers wrecking havoc on the school. That would’ve been awesome.
Unfortunately,
it doesn’t really turn out that way. About half way through the book, the story
gets complicated and weirder. It completely deviates from Jenny Pox and expands
to other paranormals in the small hick town. Apparently Seth and Ashleigh have
a similar yet different touching power (Seth heals and Ashleigh can transfer
pleasure.) What kind of freaks are these kids?
It was nice
seeing Jenny and Seth (total opposites in their powers) getting closer, but,
again, certain parts in the story lagged with too many useless details on
background scenes (I skimmed over these for the most part.)
I just feel
that the story revolved more on religion and spiritual healing/destruction. It
wasn’t what I expected. I think the Ghost
Trapper series was better.
My rating: 3 stars
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