I really like Darren Shan's Procession of the Dead series which I read a while back and his vampire series (preteen books, but they're pretty emotionally deep and interesting anyway), but right now I've been reading this book that I thought was going to be stupid but is actually really good. It's called Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. My mom bought it for me and I started reading it to humor her, thinking it was going to be one of those books about a girl that's "not like all the other girls" but it turned out so far from my first impression.
Was it Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children? https://www.amazon.com/dp/1594746036/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_GJRV9W69H88VZQSPE71Q
May be a long shot, but could it be Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children?