By Jennifer Lynne Barnes
Series:
The Naturals #1
Genre:
Young Adult, mystery, thrillerPublisher: Disney-Hyperion
Goodreads
Summary:
Seventeen-year-old
Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details,
she can tell you who you are and what you want. But it’s not a skill that she’s
ever taken seriously. That is, until the FBI come knocking: they’ve begun a
classified program that uses exceptional teenagers to crack infamous cold
cases, and they need Cassie.
What
Cassie doesn’t realize is that there’s more at risk than a few unsolved
homicides – especially when she’s sent to live with a group of teens whose
gifts are as unusual as her own. Sarcastic, privileged Michael has a knack for
reading emotions, which he uses to get inside Cassie’s head – and under her
skin. Brooding Dean shares Cassie’s gift for profiling, but keeps her at arm’s
length.
Soon,
it becomes clear that no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. And
when a new killer strikes, danger looms closer than Cassie could ever imagined.
Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer, the Naturals are going
to have to use all of their gifts just to survive.
Book
Links:
The
Naturals on Goodreads, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble
Jennifer
Lynn Barnes’ Website
My
Thoughts:
This
book was like coming home for me. Before I read young adult, paranormal, urban
fantasy, dystopian, contemporary romance, post-apocalyptic, before any of those
I read murder mysteries. I blew through book after book after book. James
Patterson, John Sandford, Robin Cook, Michael Palmer, Jack Ketchum I loved them
all. It’s hard to believe that was 10-12 years ago.
On
and off for the past couple years I have been trying to find a YA thriller or YA
murder mystery that would live up to the bill of those adult writers that I
loved for so long. Whatever it was I was looking for I found it in The
Naturals.
This
book jumped into my head and jingled things around and I loved every second. It
kept me on the edge of my seat to the point where I'm sure whatever intense
look on my face had to have been comical to any passerby's. This book made me
over analyze things, strangers, myself and my actions, and the actions of a
close friend * looks sheepish * Woops sorry about that one Krista. :-P
Anyway,
back to the point. If you like thrillers, mysteries, whodunit’s that keep you
guessing, getting into the head of killers, and overall awesomeness then I
highly recommend giving this one a go!!
Overall
Rating: 5 out of 5
