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    Otherkin

    By Nina Berry

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    “Readers will be swept away by the romance and paranormal elements of this debut tale” (School Library Journal).
     
    I thought I knew myself. Then I met Caleb . . .
     
    Dez is a good girl who does as she’s told and tries not to be noticed. Then she rescues a boy, Caleb, from a cage, and he tells her secrets about herself. Now inside her burns a darkness that will transform her.
     
    Everything is about to change—and neither Caleb, nor the Otherkin, nor those who hunt them are prepared for what Dez will unleash.
     
    “Filled with suspense, action, friendship and love, this book will have you on the edge of your seat until the end, when you’ll cry out, ‘I need more!’” —ParanormalReads.com
     
    “Be prepared to lose some sleep. Otherkin is full of non-stop action and suspense, and you’re not going to be able to put it down!” —Brigid Kemmerer, author of the Elemental series
     
    “Get caught up in a dangerous world of shadow magic, shifters, and secrets.” —Jennifer Estep, New York Times–bestselling author
     
    “A page-turner.” —Kirkus Reviews
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateJul 31, 2012
    ISBN9780758280022
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    Nina Berry

    Nina Berry grew up bodysurfing in Hawaii, learned to throw snowballs at the University of Chicago, and now lives and works in Hollywood, pretending to lead the glamorous life. She’s had jobs at places like Playboy Television, Married…With Children, and That 70’s Show. Meanwhile, she got a screenplay optioned, wrote for a TV show called Ghost Stories, made it to the finals of the Disney TV Writing Fellowship, and became a semi-finalist in the Nicholl Screenwriting Fellowship. She currently works at Warner Bros., helping to develop new television series for cable channels like ABC Family and TNT. Inspired by novels she loved as a teen, she sold her debut YA paranormal novel OTHERKIN to KTeen in 2011. When not writing, Nina loves to travel, read, and tweet links about saving big cats in the wild. She’s a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.

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    • 4/5
      Otherkin took me by surprise. When I began reading, I was completely confused and didn't know if I would like it. I'm glad I stuck with this book.

      At first I wasn't thrilled by Dez's character. She was insecure and didn't believe in herself. I appreciated the fact that when she was told what she was she kind of freaked out. She didn't just accept it with grace like characters in other books. Dez fights with her identity throughout the book. Even after knowing what she is and getting the grasp of how everything works, she couldn't come to terms with the fact that there's a shadow inside of her.

      I really enjoyed the spin on shifters. Although, I wished they would have elaborated a bit more on why these people were born with the ability to shift. It was a fresh idea, and they add "callers" to the mix. Callers are able to call the shadows out of Othersphere. I know it sounds confusing here, but it will make sense when you read it.

      The plot developed at a steady pace. There was instant infatuation that leads to more. The relationships are put together nicely too. When Caleb & Dez meet the other shifters they are met with caution and mistrust. Even though the shifters are from the same "world" they can't stand each other. Dez has to do all she can to bring them together in order go against a common enemy, the Tribunal. There's also a twist, but I saw it coming. I'm sure most of you will also.

      If you're wanting a shifter book with a little something extra, you should pick this up. It's an easy read with a tad bit of darkness.
    • 4/5
      I really like Kensington's young adult books, and Otherkin by Nina Berry was no different! I was super intrigued from the story at the get-go and the pacing was done superbly. I loved the mythology that Nina Berry created for shifters and I can't wait to read more in the series.My full review will come soon!
    • 5/5
      Berry has created an intriguing world full of mystery. Otherkin is jam packed with romance, action, and suspense. The characters are well-developed; realistic; and flawed, yet likable. The plot is captivating, the pacing is perfect, and the ending leaves you wanting more. I was hooked from the first page, and I could not put this novel down. Otherkin does not disappoint. Dez is one of the most likable YA heroines I've read. She's obviously a teenage girl... she does get sidetracked by Caleb sometimes, but overall, she is very strong and independent. She's not whiny, and she doesn't complain constantly about what a terrible life she's had. She doesn't mope around pining away over some guy either. She makes things happen. She's a leader and she does what she has to do to ensure the survival of herself and those she cares about. Dez is a refreshing change from the typical Bella Swan type character. Caleb is another character that I absolutely loved. He is a gentleman and very polite, but he is also a boy of the 21st century so he treats Dez as his equal. He doesn't go all macho stupid trying to prove he's manly enough to protect her. He lets her fight her own battles until she needs his help. I really liked that about him. I also liked that he seemed to have a really good heart. Sure he does some things that are kind of shady, but he has good reasons for everything he does. I was mad at him for a few pages here and there when he did seemingly jerky actions, but I was really surprised at what a good character he actually is. The secondary characters are all fully developed and easy to relate to as well. Even the mopey London, who is discouraged with life but still wants to do what's right. I really enjoyed getting to know all of the characters, and I can't wait to learn more about them in the sequel. This is a very character driven novel, and there is a lot of character growth from everyone, including secondary characters, as the story progresses. I liked how Berry incorporated the secondary characters into the story instead of pushing them off to the side whenever Dez or Caleb needed the spotlight. The plot was intriguing from the beginning. The story is about shifters and people who can work magic, but it is not your run-of-the-mill witch or werewolf tale. This is an entirely different world from anything I've ever read. The story is told from Dez's POV, in first person, and we learn about the lush world that Berry has created right along with Dez. There are no annoying info dumps in the dialogue, though, the information is woven into the story and into meaningful conversations. The story flowed amazingly well, and the pacing was perfect. I was never bored, and nothing ever felt too slow or too fast. I was a bit confused in the beginning, but that just made me feel a deeper connection to Dez as I learned about this word with her. Overall, I'd recommend this book to any YA paranormal fan, especially to fans of the Hex Hall, Mythos Academy, and Drake Chronicles series. I simply adored Otherkin, and I cannot wait for the sequel, which comes out in February.
    • 3/5
      I was lucky enough to receive "Otherkin" in a Library Thing giveaway. Thank you, Library Thing, for choosing me!There was quite a lot I enjoyed about this story, mostly the original plot. Dez is a strong girl who is struggling to find herself while she is constantly changing. I definitely enjoyed her character and felt like she really developed through the story. Plus, she shifted into a tiger, which is just cool.Despite my like for Dez, and her tendency toward pulling everyone in and her capability for forming a team among people who do not seem team inclined, I found her abrupt world altering love for Caleb to be a lot to much too soon, and as a result, I didn't believe the chemistry between them. There is nothing wrong with developing a strong heroine without the instant love story plot added to it, but it seems more and more books throw in a love story just for the sake of having one, and less because the characters should be in love.The parts of the story that focused on Dez and the trials she had to face, and even the new friends she made along the way, were well written and very enjoyable. However, every time Caleb was in the picture, the story felt stiff and forced. All things considered, I will probably read the second book, if for nothing else other than to see how Dez continues to grow as a leader.
    • 5/5
      Otherkin starts off with action that doesn't cease until the end of the book. Out of all of the books I've ever read about shifters, this is definitely on my top three list of favorites, ever! Dez is the main character and she starts off as a lonely girl who has no idea what and who she really is. She discovers that she is a shifter (A.K.A. Otherkin), and as the story progresses, Dez and the reader are catapulted into a world with other shifters, magic, and a very lethal enemy that is hell-bent on eliminating the Otherkin. The author does a magnificent job of introducing the Otherkin and their world, as well as other extraordinary facts, into the story. She's very detailed and the story is easier to absorb because she gradually explains everything the reader needs to know. Dez and Caleb are introduced immediately in the book and their attraction to eachother is very prominent. They had some pretty funny, intense and somewhat steamy encounters together and I can only hope that transfers over to the next book, because I quite enjoyed it! I also enjoyed some of the other characters in this book, like Dez's fellow shifter schoolmates. All of them have really awesome abilities and very unique personalities that allow them to each bring something different to the table. They're a bunch of misfits that you can't help but root for! As I mentioned before, there is a lot of action and adventure in this book. There were times when I was laughing, cringing and sitting on the edge of my seat in anticipation of what would occur next. Dez is very fierce, and when she kicks ass she means it! There are still many extraordinary things to discover about Dez, her friends, the shifter tribes, and the Othersphere (another world/dimension that shifters are connected to). I'm looking forward to reading the next book and I'm positive that this series will continue to amaze me!
    • 4/5
      OTHERKIN was a fascinating story about a young girl named Dez who finds that she can shift and become a tiger. Dez has scoliosis and has worn a rigid plastic brace around her body for two years. She feels like a freak and her condition has made her socially isolated. She is embarrassed by the brace and doesn't want anyone to know about it. When she is asked to a dance by a cute young guy, she accepts but panics and runs when he puts his hands on her waist and feels the brace. When she gets home she takes off the brace and feels both rage and embarrassment. Those emotions cause her to make her first shift into a tiger. She doesn't even have time to be surprised by this development before she is darted by a young man standing outside her window.When Dez awakens, she discovers that she is back in human form and is in a cage with silver bars. A young man in a neighboring cage talks with her but his conversation is more baffling than enlightening as he assumes she knows all about being a shapeshifter. She learns that she has been captured by the Tribunal - a secret organization which has taken on the task of destroying all the otherkin. Dez learns that her fellow prisoner Caleb is able to manipulate shadow. The two of them manage to escape but know that the Tribunal will soon be on their trail.Caleb knows of a potential safe place that the two of them can go. He knows of a secret school run by another shadow caller named Morfael. The two of them manage to find the school but then have to pass Morfael's test and be accepted by the local council made up of representatives of the remaining shifter groups - eagles, wolves, bears, cats, and rats. Dez quickly learns that each shifter group is separate and hates the others. They won't work together to destroy the Tribunal even though Caleb and Dez know where their headquarters is. However, they do agree to let Caleb and Dez stay at the school.Dez learns a lot at the school as she meets one representative from each of the shifter groups who are her fellow students. She also learns that she is the only tiger shifter known to be alive though it is unusual for her to be in North America. Luckily, her Wiccan mom adopted her from a Russian orphanage when she was just eighteen months old. Dez has a wonderful family relationship with her mom and stepdad. She is a strong and confident young woman. She doesn't understand the rivalries between the different shifter groups and tries to make her classmates into a team. She is teaching them that they can work together and care for each other despite what their parents have told each of them.It is lucky that they learn to work together because the Tribunal isn't going to go away. They come to the school and capture one of the kids. After some initial reversion to old habits, Dez convinces the kids to work together to rescue their friend. Dez and Caleb fall in love but Dez knows that he is keeping secrets from her. Through the course of their rescue attempts she learns a lot of his secrets and also tries to uncover some of the secrets about herself. What happened to her parents? Why did she end up in a Russian orphanage? This was a well-written and engaging story. I loved both Dez and Caleb. The other kids at the school - November, London, Siku and Arnaldo - are also well-rounded characters though London and November are the ones we get to know best because Dez spends the most time with them. Their teacher Morfael is quite mysterious. And the villains, especially Lazar and his father Ximon, are wonderfully creepy and menacing. I do get a little tired of villains using religion to justify all the evil they do though. Fans of the paranormal and especially fans of shifters will enjoy this story and be looking forward to the sequel which will be coming out next February.
    • 4/5
      Imagine you're a teenaged girl with scoliosis and a back brace and your biggest fear is that the cute guy you're crushing on noticed your brace when he touched your waist. (Side note: When I was young it seemed every single book was about a girl with a back brace and how she felt about it. So the day I had to go to Shriner's to be examined for scoliosis was a frightening time indeed. I was fine, fyi, we went to breakfast then saw Return of the Jedi.) Anyway, Dez is that girl, and I super enjoyed the way she thought about her brace. She hated it for the pain, for the teenaged embarrassment, for all the annoyances, but she loved it for helping heal her body. It was an accurate portrayal of chronic illness and disability, in my opinion, and I liked that.

      Now imagine you're that same girl and somehow you turn into a tiger. A really big, powerful tiger. You're freaked out, you're scared, and you are more powerful and strong than in your human form and that is cool. That's what I liked about Dez and about this book. She had such a clear view of her body--what it was, what it could do--and that was important to the story.

      Okay, so there's more here, about the shifters (otherkin), about Dez needing to go to a very small school for them to learn what she is in order to protect herself and in order to be protected from the group that's out to kill her and all of her kind. So it has that wacky boarding school trope I love, combined with spoonie issues, and some really fun characters. I like.
    • 2/5
      Review courtesy of Dark Faerie TalesQuick & Dirty: This novel has potential but with a storyline that hops all over the place and characters that I couldn’t quite connect with just made this novel a “meh” read.Opening Sentence: “Freak.”The Review:Otherkin is the set up to a new series by Nina Berry that involves full moons, parallel worlds, Shadow magic, warring animal-shifter groups and a girl with terrible scoliosis. Desdemona has just had the worst day of all for a teenager. The hottest guy in school asked her out but then he touched her back brace. Now that he knows that Dez is a freak he surely won’t want to date Dez now. Dez takes all her anger and frustration out on her back brace and in the process transforms into a huge tiger. But before she can process her new situation she is tranquilized. Dez comes to in a lab and finds that she isn’t alone. A boy named Caleb is also locked in a cage.Caleb knows that Dez is a tiger and together they break out of the lab. Dez wants answers and she is immediately told about the magical world around her and the terrible people that hunt her kind down. Dez tries to go back to a normal life but when her family is attacked she must leave to learn more about herself and to save her family.Caleb takes Dez out to the desert to a hidden school for shifters. The school houses one shifter of each tribe, hawk, bear, cat, wolf, and rat. Except this school has no cats and Dez is the last of the tigers, long since thought to have died out. The school doesn’t exactly welcome her with open arms. The tribunal’s first vote is to kill her but ultimately killing Dez is voted against.Dez is of the “can’t we all just get along” mind but the other shifters have fought for so long that they don’t want to listen to her advice. The other students begin to gravitate towards Dez and they do begin to team up and work together but for how long?Otherkin does read like a TV show. I did see that the writer has written for some well-known TV shows, so each chapter could almost be their own little episodes in a series. Although, because of this I really wasn’t sure where this story was going. I did feel that the storyline was all over the place and even a little predictable.I really hope the next book in this series explains the magic/Shadow system in more depth. I had a hard time figuring out the magic system and parallel worlds.Dez is a special girl who never knew about her heritage. She was adopted at a young age from Russia. She comes off as this meek and mild girl but she has no problem voicing her opinion. She is obviously going to be some kind of savior for the animal races and the worlds, bringing everything and everyone together. She is even more special than just turning into a tiger.Otherkin was an okay read for me. I couldn’t totally get into Dez. She was an okay character that still kind of seemed like a mystery. Caleb was another problem. I really enjoyed him when he first showed up. I loved his description but then his mysteriousness didn’t intrigue me, it was more of what kind of skeevy thing is he hiding.Overall, this series has some potential. I liked parts of it and was kind of wishy-washy about other parts. I really want to know more about the magical world. I think if Dez, Caleb and the magic hadn’t still been left with quite a bit of mystery, I may have enjoyed this novel more.Notable Scene:Caleb winced, and the pitch of his call wavered. The eagle cried out again, a blood-freezing scream so strong i could almost see it slicing into Caleb’s resonance, like a knife through a smothering blanket.The hum ceased. Caleb staggered back, his skin ashen. His eyes widened, glowing with gold shot through the black irises. His face went blank as he stared right at me with a look I didn’t recognize. His legs buckled beneath him.I was on my feet, moving toward him. As if in slow motion, he fell. All my anger at him fled as I got my arms around him in time to keep the back of his head from striking a rock.His black eyes were spiraled with gold. It almost made me dizzy to look into them.“The lost one,” he said, staring at me in awed horror.“Is her okay?” November was at my side. London approached hesitantly, and Arnoldo flew in to land heavily beside her.Caleb stared around at all of us, as if he’d never seen us before. “Vermin. Lupine. Raptor,” he said, his voice raw. “Beware. She is not one of you.”FTC Advisory: Kensington provided me with a copy of Otherkin. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
    • 3/5
      Otherkin is about a teenage girl, Dez, who is kidnapped at the beginning of the story by a group called The Tribunal. The tribunal are the catalyst for Dez discovering she is a shifter. I was pleased she turned into a tiger as wolves are getting a bit boring. There is a wolf shifter, London [actually named Laurentia instead of the usual Lauren, but she’s still got the Lauren chip on her shoulder. Are there any books with nice girls named Lauren someone could recommend me? Do those exist?] Dez’ never shifted before she was kidnapped but lived a normal life with her adopted mother and a scoliosis problem. She had a nice little back-story [haha scoliosis was her back-story] that involved her being adopted from Siberia to Moscow. Dez' as a tiger was gorgeous.The tribunal plan is to rid the world of shifters by sending them back to the other world. The mythology in this novel was interesting. The tribunal, the callers [Caleb her love interest is a caller] and the shifters all have part of another world in them. The tribunal leader’s daughter is a healer. This was by far the most intriguing part of the novel. They have a theory that when a healer cures a person their other version gets sick instead. The shifters share with animals so there wouldn’t be an Evil!AgentCooper laughing about how Annie is [Twin Peaks] but the normal people cured might have other people on that side of the world? I hope that more on is covered on dopplegangers in the next book. I’d like to see an evil doppelganger of Dez’ mother.The whole concept of shadows is intriguing or how it enables the Tribunal to use it to force people against their will.I did not get invested in the burgeoning love between Caleb and Dez. It felt a little been there done that but, it did not detract from the book either. I wish Caleb's two storylines did not detract from Dez' story. This book had a lot going for it despite the ending being a bit over-stuffed in some areas and rushed in other aspects. I couldn’t stop quoting the Hangover since Dez is a tiger.“There’s a jungle cat in the bathroom!”“Tigers love pepper. They hate cinnamon.”I got this from the librarything Early Reviewers program.
    • 3/5
      Review courtesy of All Things Urban FantasyOTHERKIN, the first book in Nina Berry’s new paranormal YA series of the same name, hurls its protagonist into a long fought war between the five remaining shifter species and the magic users–called conjurers–who are determined to destroy them. Magic, or shadow as it’s called, comes from another world and can be called into ours by certain people. Berry provides fresh and interesting details surrounding this idea and hints at even more revelations in the books to come.The pacing in OTHERKIN feels a bit rushed initially, which didn’t immediately endear me to Dez. She was forced through a lot of emotions in a very short period of time learning that she’s a shifter, that she’s being hunted, and that she must leave her family behind and train at a secret school for shifters. There isn’t a lot of processing time for any of this. Even Dez’s mother pretty much goes with the flow with very few questions or concerns. I appreciated the idea behind condensing the reactions, but found it too unrealistic.The other part of OTHERKIN that felt rushed was the romance. This is an action packed book with lots of cool fights and escape scenes. It also takes place over a very short period of time. Dez and Caleb do have intense, adrenaline filled encounters, but I had a hard time believing that anything beyond attraction could have developed between them given these circumstances. Hearing the L-word thrown around was a real stretch. I do see potential for them. Dez develops a good amount of maturity and bravery throughout the book, which makes Caleb’s interest in her very believable. And Caleb brings just the right amount of mystery and impulsiveness to make him a great love interest.The next book in the Otherkin series is titled OTHERMOON and will be published in February 2013. Fans of shifter YA series like Kelley Armstrong’s Darkness Rising series and Andrea Cremer’s Nightshade series will find plenty to like here.Sexual Content:Kissing
    • 4/5
      Otherkin by Nina BerryARC received by Kensington Teen via LibraryThing Early ReviewersON SHELVES NOWReviewed by: Middle Sis JennThe Sisters Say: A tantalizing world full of danger and desireThank you to Kensington Teen and Library Thing Early Reviewers for this ARC!When I was getting ready to read this book, I really didn’t know what to expect. Most of the books that I’ve read about shifters were okay—not bad enough to put aside but not good enough to elicit a memory in my mental “Read” shelf. BUT, Otherkin caught my attention from Chapter 1. I loved that this book started with a bang. I didn’t have to go through chapter after chapter of character building before getting to the good stuff. Instead, the character building was done alongside the action—the best kind of plot in my opinion. In the first few pages, Desdemona shifts into a tiger and is drugged and kidnapped by The Tribunal, a secret society bent on eliminating all shifters from this world. You like how I say “this” world—not our world? That was one of my favorite parts of the book. Once Dez wakes up, she finds herself in a cage. In the cage next to her is a boy—Caleb. After escaping and rescuing Caleb, Dez is introduced to the “one world that lies closest to our own.” (Pg. 25) Caleb explains that there are many worlds—each lying right next to the other. I really enjoyed how Nina explained this part—how each world affects the other. It was intriguing and opened up my sense of wonder about what really lies in our universe. The world next to ours, the Othersphere, is made of shadow—a shadow full of power that can be transferred to our world. And that is when things get really good! Nina continues to build each of these worlds as the story continues, and they each become more and more fascinating as new things are revealed.So…let’s get to the character you are all wondering about! Caleb…resident hottie and caller of shadow (the other world). He’s full of power and charm, and he will automatically catch your attention. But you can tell that he is also full of secrets. I really love books where you just don’t know who you can trust—and this is one of those books. Your loyalty to Caleb will waver, but you still won’t be able to help but fall for him. And just wait until his secret is uncovered…Nina was not afraid to shy away from sexual tension. This book was full of it—and there are a couple scenes of nakedness. Yes, I said nakedness. However, I do wish there would have been more instances of Nina and Caleb seizing that sexual tension in an all out passion-filled kiss. But, the book was short on that type of yummy romance. Hopefully, there will be more in the next one.Overall, I found this book captivating, and I will definitely be looking forward to the sequel. There were some times when the action slowed down, but it was not so slow to lose my interest. Nina built these worlds very well, and I can’t wait to see more of the shadow world—and Caleb, of course. So, I will leave you with my favorite quote from the book (this is Caleb talking to Dez):“Did you know that once you save somebody’s life, their yours forever?”