Pages: 180
A few months ago, Zac committed his second murder to save a girl he thinks he loves. His mother refuses to bail him out, so he spends the months before his trial locked in a prison cell. At first, the guards feel sorry for him, but after a fight with his cellmate, Zac is put in solitary confinement.
Enter Blaise, the Soul Searcher. Introduce The War, the Ghost Boy, the Signs, and most notably the Corrupted.
And Zac finds his calling.
Samantha will die.
If only the human justice system would get out of his way.
Summary from Goodreads
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Continuing the story from Teenagers this book takes us through Zac's life well incarcerated. Although the characters may be the same the take on them from Zac's point of view changes how they seem a little bit. It makes their personalities seem slightly different and make's Zac himself seem a little more... deep? I guess that'd be the word for him. You're able to see why he's a little shy. He himself is a well written character though the other's are a little less so leaving you to wonder a bit about them (though there is a whole section of the story where it's from all of his friends points of view).
Though I like this book, to be honest, the trials seemed to drag a little bit and switching between perspectives so much gave me mental whiplash. There is a point in almost every book/ series that just has that kind of boring moment in it where it's dominantly description. Avoiding that in a book that mainly takes place in prison, well, that's practically impossible. I like how this Jailbirds seemed to show the other half of the story that your wondering about in Teenagers. This one definitely had more supernatural in it but if you don't pay attention to a few of the little details some things might not make very much sense. Personally, I love everything the paranormal or supernatural in it and this book has a slight mention of how all of the gods from different beliefs and religions live together as the "Divine" with those who appose them as the "Corrupted", or evil. I liked the story itself quite a bit (though I highly doubt that Jesus [Christian] and Pagans would be on the same side do to the conflicting beliefs). The story was great for the most part with just a few little things that seemed to take ways from it.
Not only was this well written (for the most part) but it was a great story itself. With the occasional hiccup here and there in the book (Zac's overly fast change in personality and the equally abrupt ending), this is a story I would recommend to someone who like's paranormal YA books and who doesn't mind a little swearing here and there.
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