Nearly from the first moment these two characters met, I found myself rooting for them the entire way, hoping that the surprise twist in the story was somehow fixable (yeah, you're gonna want to read this book to find out what that twist is!). Their love story, however, is very different from others (and no, I'm not telling you how!) in its premise, but all the traditional feelings of young love are there, magically written by Lani. Yara meets Brent, a handsome fellow student who has secrets of his own, and the two have an instant connection. Like all good books, romance is at the forefront of Intrinsical.
Her conflict is expertly written by Lani, making us feel Yara's embarrassment and, ultimately, acceptance of her abilities. Throughout the book, Yara struggles to deal with a special gift that has been passed down through her family a gift that she doesn't want and tries to ignore. Her main character, Yara Silva, is well written and complex, with an excellent YA voice. She has taken the age-old story of ghosts and added a new, distinct twist that is very refreshing.
Lani Woodland has created a very descriptive and unique world in Intrinsical. Well enough that the cover was one of the reasons that I bought the book, and I'm so glad I did! The colors, the model, the all goes together so well. I have to start by saying that the cover of this book is outstanding (FYI: the author took the photo). Yara soon realizes that the past she was trying to put behind her isn't going to go quietly. Yara finds herself entrenched in a sixty-year-old curse that haunts the school, threatening not only her life, but the lives of her closest friends as well. Her act of heroism draws the mist's attention, and the dark spirit begins stalking her.
She witnesses a dark mist attack Brent, a handsome fellow student, and rushes to his rescue. However, all that changes for Yara on her first day at her elite boarding school when she discovers the gene was only lying dormant. She has been dreading the day when she too would see ghosts, and is relieved that the usually dominant Waker gene seems to have skipped her, letting her live a normal teenage life. Yara grew up watching her grandmother taunted and scorned for this unusual ability and doesn't want that to be her future. Her grandma, like the other females in her family, is a Waker, someone who can see and communicate with ghosts. Sixteen-year-old Yara Silva has always known that ghosts walk alongside the living.
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