Poison Princess (The Arcana Chronicles #1) by Kresley Cole

Poison Princess by Kresley Cole 
SUMMARY 

She could save the world--or destroy it.
Sixteen year old Evangeline"Evie" Greene leads a charmed life--until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, killing everyone she loves, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future--and they're still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux.

But she can't do either alone.
With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. She knows she can't totally trust Jack. If he ever cast that wicked grin her way, could she possibly resist him?

Who can Evie trust?
As Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. An ancient prophesy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. A group of teens has been chosen to reenact the ultimate battle between good and evil. But it's not always clear who is on which side...

MY REVIEW 

"If you don’t listen to the voices, then you’ll die with their gloating whispers in your ear."

Totally addictive book!

Evangeline"Evie" Greene has spent most of her life as a teenager trying to convince herself that she totally clinically undoubtedly insane. At least her mother thinks so and that’s the reason she makes her daughter visit shrinks all the time. Since she was kidnapped by her grandmother when she was 8 years old (only for a few hours but still..), Evie was never the same carefree girl. She hears voices, sees visions of doom and destruction and draws scary pictures of horrific deaths. Her grandmother tried to warn her but now just before her sixteen birthday she remembers almost nothing. She has been brainwashed not to pay attention to her grandmother's crazy stories about tarot cards, the end of the world and her destiny as an Empress.

An awesome post-apocalyptic tale is unfolded where 22 teenagers and young adults are apparently the representatives of the 22 major tarot cards set in the game of life and death by a bunch of vicious bored gods who don’t care about the innocent human bystanders.

Only one will survive in the end.

Although this is mainly an dystopian book with gory details and nonstop adventure and countless questions and on going mystery and cliff-hangers and incredible world buildings, the haters to lovers story between Evie and Jack Deveaux sets the pace of the book.