The Emerald Talisman (Talisman Series Book One) by Brenda Pandos
Reading Level: YA Paperback: 280 pages Publisher: Obsidian Mountain Publishing (March 24, 2010) Book summary: To be normal, sixteen-year-old Julia Parker would shed her empathic gift in a second. Life has been difficult since her mother's mysterious disappearance ten years earlier - an event she witnessed, but can't remember. Julia's situation becomes more complicated after a near death experience from a blood thirsty stalker. As high school students go missing it is clear there is a connection to her own experience--past and present. Someone has to stop the madness and a chance encounter with a creepy psychic foretells that only Julia is the key to stopping the madness, but it may require the life of the one she loves. My review: The Emerald Talisman is another paranormal title featuring vampires and a young girl named Julia, 16, who happens to be an empath. Saved during an accident one night, Julia meets the handsome and mysterious Nicholas. While she recovers