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I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I wasn't sure what to expect going in. I will say I don't like love interests and I really dislike love triangles. I was disappointed that is included in this story. I also caught on to some things right away that the characters didn't and I'm unsure if it was intentional. Overall, I thought the characters could use a little more development but I really liked how they interacted with each other.

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I loved this book so much! I loved the characters and the world! I would and have recommended this book to all my friends.

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very easy to read with nice characters but sadly an utterly predictable and too well known plot that i wish the author would have made just a little different but overall not a bad book and a very fast read.

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A clean read that reminds me of X-Men. Faye has para-normal abilities that ostracize her from her classmates. She is given a new chance when she moves to her Grandmother's house in Astoria, Oregon. Unfortunately, she has a premonition of someone's death. Even more unfortunately, that person is the first person she meets at her new school.

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2.5 stars.

Faye has an ability where she can see someone at the moment of their death, and when she sees the murder of someone she knows, she has to decide whether to tell her or not, and try to stop her murder from happening.

I'm a little disappointed, this story started out so intriguing, and had so much potential, but there were a few things that didn't work well.

Firstly I noticed several continuity errors, which is jarring and ruins the flow of the story.

Also Faye and her friends seem to make huge leaps in knowledge from one or two flimsy clues. For example (view spoiler) You can see the author is trying to keep the story moving, but it really could be handled more smoothly.

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I was unsure if I wanted to give this 2 or 3 stars, but I figured since I skimmed through the later 2/3rds of it, 2 stars is probably more accurate. I wasn't necessarily a poorly written book [although the author doesn't know the difference between cue and queue, which I found very annoying in a nit-picky kind of way], but the pacing was very off and I feel like this is one of those YA books that doesn't translate well to an adult readership. The book and characters seemed very juvenile to me and I swear I started having Twilight flashbacks when the plot began revolving around dress shopping, school dances, and love triangles. The dialogue also felt rather forced [no one is trying to be that witty literally all the time, seriously no one talks like that] and I thought they figured things out about their magic and the murder plot way too easily, connecting things I don't think anyone would think were related in real life. All in all it was a decent effort for a first book, but I did not enjoy reading it. I would possibly recommend it to teen readers though.

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I loved the concept. Kids having abilities, passed down through generations, its right up my alley. There were way to many similarities to Twilight for me to really enjoy this book as much as I would have wanted too. I also didn't get the sense of Astoria that I would have hoped, since I'm from that area and know the lay of the land. I also felt that there was this big build up to the Seeker's of Evil, but they were kind of brushed to the side to make room for a different ending. I hope they come back with a larger roll in the sequel. With that being said, I gave this book four stars for originality and content. It held me captive through the whole story and gave me goosebumps at the end.

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