Review: Worth the wait!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 18, 2012
Thanks to the shocking end of The Mind Thieves, I've been looking forward to The Mind Games for months. And it didn't disappoint. In fact, it was so good, I started reading it around 9:30 last night, and finished it around 5:30 this morning.First I'd like to say that I really hate John. He is a great villain, in that there is nothing really redeeming about him. Aaron reminds me of Oliver in the Morganville Vampires series. You kind of don't like him, but you kind of do. But both of these guys are (in my opinion)are responsible for the problems facing Cameron, Lewis, and a host of other innocent people.I'm never sure exactly how much information to put in a review, because I don't want spoil anything, but Ms Brighton did an amazing job of keeping me on the edge of my seat, especially with Lewis. Not knowing whether he would live, and sometimes wondering if he could be trusted, drove me crazy sometimes.I loved the way Cameron matured as she learned to manage her gifts, how she learned to control them and use them to help the cause. Basically, I just loved the story.There is one scene that I did have a problem with. Given Cameron's main gift, and the gifts of three other people who were there, the outcome on the boat confuses me. I didn't see it coming, and am not sure how it could have turned out that way (sorry, you're going to have to read the book if you want specifics). Anyway, based on something Cameron learned during her training on the beach...it just doesn't make sense to me.Still, knowing there will be another installment in this series (a short story, I think), it will likely be explained, along with the fate of another character or two. Yes, it's frustrating to not know NOW, but that's the beauty of a series. You get to look forward to what happens next.