Review: Telekinetic paranormal - looking forward to the next one
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2014
Anytime I finish a book and immediately go looking for more by the author, that book gets 5 stars from me. My only disappointment is that AJ is a new author and only has one other story out. It's a short story called Anchored that ties into Twisted Miracles and I immediately bought it and loved it also. I was also happy to see that the next book is due out in the fall. I won this book in a contest, but I will be buying the next one for sure.I love telekinesis, but it isn't featured very often in paranormals so I was excited to read this. The first chapters immediately hooked me and I hated to put it down. Cass was born with strong telekinetic powers but she was abandoned as a baby so she grew up in the foster system and had a very rough time until she met the Tanner family who were shadowminds and recognized that she was one also. Unfortunately, a terrible accident involving the use of her powers caused her to abandon them (including her boyfriend Shane), leave New Orleans, move to San Francisco, and try to suppress all use of her powers for 5 years. She's finally drawn back home when her best friend, Shane's sister, goes missing. It quickly becomes apparent that someone with strong powers is misusing them to hurt others. Cass discovers that she has similar powers and then has to learn who to control her own so that she can find this person and bring them down.One thing that I loved about this book was that the author doesn't shy away from the dark side. In many paranormals, the main characters are placed in peril, but then "miraculously" escape without any injury regardless of how bad the situation seems. Not so here. Bad things do happen to good people and the accident that made Cass try to suppress her powers was a very serious and terrible thing. At the same time, the book isn't heavy reading. The pace was good, and I really enjoyed the characters and the setting. I also loved the relationship between Cass and Shane. They were very serious about each other, so when they meet again after 5 years, it makes sense that they would immediately connect. It's not an insta-love situation. That does bring up one of my only nits about the story though. I found it hard to believe that Cass would have left New Orleans without a word, then never contacted her friends and family the whole time she was gone. It also seemed wrong that they would then just accept her coming back so easily. However, this was a minor thing overall and I can't wait to see what happens next in this world.