PUBLISHED: Harlequin Teen ; 2016.
PAGES/ILL: ~320 pages.
PLOT:
In the year 2050, life is not easy, especially for those designated "non-citizens". The government is also starting to monitor people with "talents"; those with extraordinary abilities like reading minds or traveling through time and space.
Orphan Josie Ryder is discovering she has a "talent": she is a threader and can link her talent with others'. She is trying to stay off the grid, a promise she made to her late father, but when push comes to shove, she ends up at Helios Academy, a training school for "talents". There, she struggles with her intense attraction to another student, one to whom she should not be so attached.
In a complicated series of event, Josie finds herself at risk, manipulated by those who seek power and control.
REVIEW:
I read an ARC, and there were quite a few grammar and punctuation errors which did detract from the flow of reading. These may or may not be picked up and edited for the final edition.
Besides that, the story has a really interesting premise and leaves you wanting to know what happens next. The romance was a little too contrived and "high-schooly" for me, but her target audience will likely love it.
AGE: 13 or 14+.
GENRE: Science fiction.
RATING: 3 1/2 - 4 stars.
