Fia was born with flawless instincts. Her first impulse, her gut feeling, is always exactly right. Her sister, Annie, is blind to the world around her—except when her mind is gripped by strange visions of the future.
Trapped in a school that uses girls with extraordinary powers as tools for corporate espionage, Annie and Fia are forced to choose over and over between using their abilities in twisted, unthinkable ways…or risking each other’s lives by refusing to obey.
I loved this book. Loved, loved, loved it. As in, I could not put it down, brought it to work with me today where I finished it. Let’s have a little discussion to talk about why this book was so good, shall we?
1. The main character- Fia (or Sofia). She is complex, on the verge of crazy but yet still likable and relatable. She reacts to the situations she is pushed into in the same way I might. She is wise beyond her years, but still acts like a regular teenager in some situations. And she is kind of a bad-ass. Her intuition is deadly accurate from picking good stocks, to knowing that she will need to wear heels that night.
2. The Plot- It’s like nothing I have read before and yet all of the parts are familiar. The basic premise is two sisters one is a seer (can see the future), one has spot on intuition. They go to live at a school where they learn their powers and help the schools owners. See that story is very familiar right? But the book is so much more than that. It’s smart, and not predictable. It doesn’t hold to the standards of books today where everything turns out fine in the end. Bad stuff happens and it needs to because it drives the story forward. Kiersten White created this story within our everyday society that is completely plausible.
3. The Timeline- I know this seems like a weird thing to like but it really helped move the story along and it was interesting. White created two time lines, one that starts 7 years ago and one in present day. The timeline that starts 7 years ago helps to explain the back story. It is like a flashback but better because the timeframe is consistent and doesn’t jump around. She also jumps from one timeline to the other seamlessly. It if flawless in execution.
4. The secondary characters- Annie and James. Annie is Fia’s sister and her reason for living. Annie is blind and a seer. The relationship between Fia and Annie is that of guilt, responsibility and love. Annie is also extremely naive and slightly selfish. James on the other hand is trickier to figure out. He seems bad, and yet there is something about him that may not be so bad. I won’t go into more detail, don’t want to spoil anything.
5. The “Villain’s”- These are Villain’s with a capital V. They are self-serving , nasty mean, and you truly dislike them. There are no redeeming qualities about them and quite frankly that’s how I like my villain’s. So are you intrigued yet? Go buy the book it is worth it. I am now going to recover from my book hangover.
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This book was pretty polarizing on the blogsphere (aren't they all), but I really enjoyed this one, too. I agree that Fia was such a cool, kick-ass heroine and the plot was original which is a rarity. Great review!
Glad you liked it too!