Review: Great premise, needs a little tweaking but interesting read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 22, 2014
A young adult, paranormal book about kids with powers like X-Men, except without the lizard and blue skin aspects.Sam is one of many kids under the age of 18 living on campus at a special school for kids with paranormal gifts. Sam is a mind reader. As part of the deal for her to live within the compound, she is sent on missions that require her mind reading skills. All of her expenses, her education, including instruction for how to blend in where ever she is needed is, is provided at no cost to her or her family. Once she hits 18, she will be able to leave and seek employment, attend college, whatever she wants. Sam is an artist and her dream is to attend a prestigious art school. After overhearing a private conversation between her art teacher and the headmaster concerning her plans for the immediate future, she becomes aware that things may not be as clear cut as she has always believed. She is then sent on a final mission and upon returning, "meets" Drake. The first person who can actually communicate with her mentally. Drake starts to open Sam's eyes to fact that things are not quite what they seem at Rent-A-Kid. That all of the kids may not be there by choice, and that the organization is not going to allow them to just walk away at 18. Things are even worse than she suspects.The book definitely had some great twists, and I definitely flew through it. I liked most of the characters, but was left with quite a few questions myself. If you're a fan of X-Men and enjoy reading YA adult books, this is one you probably would enjoy reading. It is part of a series so you may want to just pick up the omnibus.