The Naturals (edition 2013)

Muy entretenido! The Naturals es una mezcla entre un libro Young Adult y uno de un asesino en serie, con la entretención del último y lo livianito de lo primero. El final no más no me mató porque no me convencieron algunas explicaciones del final, pero en general es un libro rapidito de leer y bastante entretenido. ( )

YA serial killer brilliant prodigy FBI profiler book. Like that cute kid from Criminal Minds.



Yeah, him.

Only the main character is a girl. But there are a couple of male characters, so it still works. Right? ( )

Seventeen-year-old Cassie, who has a natural ability to read people, joins an elite group of criminal profilers at the FBI in order to help solve cold cases. ( )

Cassie is recruited into the FBI to be part of a small team of Naturals, teens with highly attuned abilities in reading emotions, profiling, and interpreting statistics, skills the FBI can use to solve cold cases. Cassie has nothing to lose by joining the team: her mother was murdered and the body never found, her father is away in the military, and although she's been staying with her paternal relatives, she's never felt a part of them. Memories of discovering the aftermath of her mother's murder haunt Cassie's nightmares and add an urgency to her training and need to find the killer. However finding the killer takes a sudden back seat to Cassie saving her own life. Teen fans of thrillers will be kept guessing whodunit in this fast-paced suspense narrative informed by the author's background in psychology. The big whodunit reveal rang a bit shallow to me as I felt there wasn't enough background to make that person convincing as the whodunit. Quibble aside, it's entertaining to have teen characters in unusual leadership roles solving problems. Notes: descriptions of murder scenes and serial killer techniques may unnerve some readers. ( )

Cassie is 17 years old. She has a vivid memory of discovering the scene of her mother's murder with blood on the walls, floor, everywhere. The body was never found and the killer was never caught. Cassie has "abilities". Her ability is to be able to read people. Because of this she is recruited for a program called the Naturals. All of these young men & women have an ability that makes them useful to the FBI. Cassie is introduced to Michael, Dean, Lia, and Sloane as she goes to live at a house owned by the FBI. She is taught to use her abilities to look at cold cases and see if she can find clues the other agents missed. She suddenly receives a mysterious gift. She senses this is linked to her mother's murder. The Naturals start to look into the gift and recent crimes and find that someone is reaching out to Cassie. Cassie pushes to be used as bait to lure the serial killer out. Tension, action, suspense, and danger lurk as the story unfolds and Cassie meets the killer. The killer has a surprise identity. Overall a compelling story with twists, turns, & action. Good read. Looking forward to reading book II of the series. ( )