Review: BOY MEETS GIRL
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 29, 2014
At first glance, this novella appears to be a boy meets girl coming of age story. Paul Colt rescues Norma Brice from the attentions of a football player named Brandon who appears to be harassing her. Neither sixteen year old Paul nor fifteen year old track star Norma have ever dated, .Paul and Norma are what is known as an Averters, who will only be allowed to mate with a chosen one when the proper time comes. Until that point emotions must kept in check. Eventually the only person whose emotions you can tune into is the person you are assigned to. Their children are cared for by the mother only for one year when they are handed to their father who teaches the Averter responsibility. The son then carries on the tradition. Norma is one of the few female members. When Paul and Norma connect, they are unable to break the powerful emotions that connect them.This book sets the stage for The Mentalist series; the author develops the two protagonists and reveals the story through each character's point of view. Though the book is less than one hundred pages, the character development is well done and compels the reader to want more--a very effective start to getting hooked onto the series. Highly recommended for fantasy lovers, teens and young adult readers