Review: Just a taste, but nothing more.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 13, 2011
Gwen Frost is a Gypsy with the gift of psychometry. She sees images of other people's memories when she touches their possessions. Instead of having regular employment somewhere, she charges her fellow students for finding their lost items, and makes a decent amount of money doing it.She knows her friend Paige is hiding something that troubles her, but she won't speak of it. Too late, Gwen realizes how monumental it is when she touches something that belongs to her. She starts screaming and cannot stop even when she passes out. Tragedy follows when Gwen's mother, a detective, takes care of the situation for Paige.Amidst Gwen's grief and confusion, she is thrust into the world of Mythos Academy. There the entire student body consists of paranormals, many with magical abilities. This story ends with Gwen's accepting that this place is where she belongs.This is not really a story, but an introduction to how Gwen came to be at the Mythos Academy. I gave the author three stars for her unique vision of the paranormal world from the view of a young teenager, but not for the way the story was written. Grammatical errors occurred on a frequent basis. Tenses were not the same in some paragraphs, and some words were mistaken for others. The dialogue seemed choreographed. The characters were not fully fleshed out, and many descriptions were lacking. I found it extremely difficult to like the main character. She is rather selfish to an extent, and not very mature (she's a teenager, so I will forgive her for that).A Harlequin Teen novel, I think this one will be well appreciated by readers who aren't old enough to have teenagers of their own. (Just my personal opinion.) I will not be reading any further offerings in the Mythos series.