"The Otherworldlies" by Jennifer Anne Kogler (YA Fiction)

"The Otherworldlies" started out with promise, which it quickly destroyed.  At first glance you think you're reading an interesting tale about a girl who exhibits strange powers and may have a supernatural gene or two.  However, the author can't seem to make up her mind about the source or the mythology, which can be very confusing.  First, these power seem to come from Greek mythology, but then they come from vampires.  But wait!  Vampires are actually descended from Greek gods!  Really?!?!?  All in all, the story is well written and the characters and sub-plots were interesting, but that Greek god as vampire bit was too much for me to swallow.  There book is acceptable for middle school students, and there wasn't any romance or descriptive violence.  In fact, most, if not all, of the violence was aborted before it ever occurred.  Threats were made, but that's it.