Kali D’Angelo is a sixteen-year-old who goes to high school and tries to blend into the background. She cannot afford to make friends because every other day, she is not a normal girl. She may not even be human.

Every twenty-four hours, Kali becomes a predator with the insatiable urge to hunt and kill all supernatural creatures: zombies, hellhounds, basilisks…you name it. She has been this way since she was twelve and she has no idea why.

But when she notices a mark on popular cheerleader Bethany’s lower back, she knows Bethany has been bitten by a chupacabra and has a death sentence hanging over her head. Kali has a plan to try and save Bethany, but she has to do it as a human.

The characters and the story of Every Other Day are phenomenal. Kali is sarcastic, snarky, and bad-ass when she is human and not-so-human. She is a great, strong main character. As a predator, she has great endurance, heightened senses, and she does not feel pain. She heals quickly, she does not have to eat, and her blood is poison to the supernatural creatures she hunts.

The side characters were as strong and three-dimensional as Kali, which I loved. Skylar Hayden is Kali’s first friend because the decides to befriend her and refuses to take no for an answer. She is extremely perky and optimistic in a cute way and my favorite character from the book.

On the surface, Bethany is a mean girl who had a part in tarnishing Skylar’s high school reputation. She seems like the typical spoiled, bitchy, popular girl. But she has a lot more depth than that. Because Kali has a superhero complex, she cannot just let Bethany die from the chupacabra bite. This one event draws three very different people into an unlikely alliance and friendship that ends up working well in a way that feels organic.

I was blown away by Every Other Day. It was absolutely one of the best books of 2011 and I look forward to reading Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ other books.

Recommended for YA and paranormal lovers sixteen and up. It is really good!