In K. Thomas's Not Right Now, Senlis is a Nephilim. It was normal for her to be beyond empathic. She absorbed emotions and energy from people, but she couldn't control it, nor could she remember the past that should have come to her so easily....

Beautiful young people are often the stuff of young adult fiction, and that typical girl meets boy trope doesn’t seem to grow old. Perhaps it all depends on the author’s creativity and imagination in executing the plot. In Time to Wake by K. Thomas, Senlis,...