One final note: There is a character named Skylar (important, well-developed, and often steals the show) who claims to be a psychic – which everyone says is impossible because psychics don’t exist. This will appeal to a lot of teens (and non teens, too). 4 out of 5 stars and you should go read it now. I mean, what teen hasn’t sat in the back of a pep rally and tried to make themselves so small they hoped they could just fold up inside themselves and disappear because they realized that High School was some bizarre version of hell: “Sometimes, I felt like if I could just fold up into a small enough ball, my body would collapse on itself like a star, and I could supernova myself into a new existence.” And to be clear, it is in fact well written and has some amazing descriptions and turns of phrases. And although we won’t be sitting around years from now discussing the intellectual merits of Every Other Day and trying to present it as a piece of literary scholarship, it is not totally devoid of substance and it has subtle themes relatable to the teenage life. “My little sister snuck out of the house carrying a circular-saw blade and a can of Mace. Possibly literally, depending on the day and whether or not I actually qualified as human at the time.” “Most of the time, it felt like my father and I were completely different species. Her mother disappeared when she was 3, which is kind of an issue because she is probably the only one who can help explain to Kali what she is: “Left with nothing but my own bloody fingertips, I let out a war cry of my own, raked my nails over its face, and fought like a girl.” “‘Well’, I said, smiling at the blade as I tore if from Thing 3’s throat, ‘let’s get this show on the road.’ The fact that I was talking to a knife probably said something revealing about my character and/or mental state, but the way I saw it, my weapon and I were in this together.” – p. Kali is a fun, well-developed, angsty, conflicted character with the perfect mix of heart (that she tries to keep hidden) and snark (a “slayer’s” preferred method of self protection):

And she’s pissed.” (Bethany is Cordelia, but the later deeper Cordelia, not the early Cordelia.)

“Here,” Bethany said, responding to the woman’s rhetorical question, “we have a teenager.

Every Other Day by Jennifer Lynn Barnes