Review: Wait, I've got a plan!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 20, 2012
I was very drawn to this book by its description, just seemed like something interesting and that I haven't read yet, and I was right and this book did not disappoint. We meet Chloe at the beginning of the book where she has no clue what her family's secret life is about until one day she tries to run away and once her hand touches the doorknob she's transported to a different location. Completely confused and still on the run her father takes her back to her childhood home. Since they are always travelling to begin with it's all new to her. She has a million questions to ask her father about everything that is going on, but he goes missing.Now it's her mission to find him. She now attends a special school for the Old Kind, which is what she is, where there are different societies and they don't get along, even though there is a truce. We meet Edgar from the mapmakers, Sloane from the Engineers, then there's of course Chloe (undeclared but family is doorknob society) and now there is Jess and Slade whore are Skeleton Key. Between the five of them they set out to try and find the mystery that is her father.It's all very adventurous and exciting with lots of mystery thrown into the mix. In regards to the characters, I love Edgar he just seems like the underdog, the smart one though that you can see his feelings on his sleeve. He's the one you want as a bff. Then there's Michael Slade who I don't really particularly like. Maybe it's just me but he seems a little machismo crybaby and I can't stand that. Jess is a pleasant surprise. Nightshade, that's where my eye is, there's something about him. You can tell something happened in his past and you want to bring out the good in him, I know you know what I'm talking about. The bad boy everybody wants to have and turn them good while still being bad. Then there's Chloe who is a little mouthy and I like it, but she's got major trust issues, she's spunky and confident.The plot of the story was good, very mystery, Sci-Fi steam punkish scenery and gadgets with a little romance, possible love triangle. I liked it. It was very interesting and about  of the way through it was action on top of action on top of action with some emotion threw in and that was great. I will definitely be reading the next book in the series to find out what happens next. I'll have to go run out and get The Impossible Engineers.