Top Tuesday - Supernatural Series

Welcome back to another edition of Top Tuesday. This week's theme stars my favorite supernatural series and their heroines. Best of all, you will find that Twilight doesn't even make it on to the list!

1. The Darkest Powers series by Kelley Armstrong

Chloe Saunders doesn't understand why all of a sudden she is seeing a janitor of her school. The janitor who died in a fire at her school many years ago. Her family thinks she is schizophrenic and send her to a home to recover. What no one in her family realizes, yet, is that Chloe and the other kids at Lyle House are special. They are warlocks, shamans, witches, and necromancers, and the corporation that made them that way don't want the secret to get out. During their fight for freedom, Chloe manages to find love and learn more about the mother she barely knew. If you need another reason to read this awesome series, let me add this: the books are set in The City of Good Neighbors, Buffalo, NY. That alone should make you run to the library and start reading!

2. Hex Hall series by Rachel Hawkins

Sophie has a tendency to cause trouble in school, so her and her mother must move constantly. Why does she do it? Because she's an extremely powerful witch who has not yet learned to use her powers. After Sophie's latest blow up, her absentee father, a warlock, decides that she's too dangerous for the real world, and sentences her to Hecate Hall, a boarding school for supernatural juvenile delinquents such as herself. It becomes clear that an incident from last year hasn't been resolved, and when her vampire roommate is blamed for killing young witches at the school, Sophie must figure out who really is behind the attacks, if her detentions with super hottie Archer don't distract her too much.

3. The Abhorsen series by Garth Nix

Sabriel's father is The Abhorsen, the one who unravels the sins of necromancers and sends the dead back to their world. When he is kidnapped, Sabriel must travel back to her homeland to take up her father's office. It is a dangerous path to take, as there is evil stirring in the land, and it is up to Sabriel and her father's servant, Mogget, to find her father and set the world right again. Nix's power over words makes this one of the best series I have ever read.

4. Midnighters series by Scott Westerfeld

A select few residents of the town Bixby, OK have something the rest of us only wish we could have: an extra hour in the day. A group of teens who were born on the stroke of midnight are given an extra hour every night at 12:00 AM. Not only that, but each of the Midnighters has a special power, from reading minds to flying. Unfortunately, the monsters of this special hour have a plan in mind to reclaim the world that was once theirs, and Jessica, along with her new group of special friends, must figure out how to stop the invasion. Action and monsters mixed with ancient Native American history make for a thrilling series.

5. The Forest of Hands and Teeth series by Carrie Ryan

In the future, an infection begins to take over the human race, turning everyone who is afflicted into an Unconsecrated, otherwise known as zombies. Mary's village has survived only because its residents were willing to cut themselves off from the rest of the world. The perimeter fence is all that separates the village from the Unconsecrated, the only thing keeping the residents from being bitten and turning into soulless, flesh-hungry shells. When the fence is breached, Mary is forced to make a terrible decision that will change her world forever.

6. The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare

This is a series that has them all: demons, vampires, fairies, werewolves, and angels. Clary stumbles upon a threesome of teens who are in the process of murdering a boy at a nightclub, but it's hard to call the police when the body has disappeared. With this supposed crime, she is involuntarily pulled into the world of the shadowhunters, the task force dedicated to killing demon. She discovers a whole world she never knew existed, a world that will soon come to an end if she can't figure out who is behind the attacks on her and her mother soon.

There you have it, folks! Some of the best Young Adult supernatural series that are out there right now. Be sure to check them out!