In the first of a YA series, the FBI is determined to start it's profilers early with some teenagers who show a certain type of promise.
I have seen books by Barnes for a few years now and I thought the premise sounded really interesting, plus I grew up watching Criminal Minds and this had a similar air to it. And this totally has criminal mind vibes except with teens as the main characters. Each character really has a counterpart that you can point out from Criminal Minds. As the characters are Teens, they do act like teens with what they say and the decisions that they make. I did not find the "case" that they are part of in this book that interesting and found that this book was more character driven than plot driven as I was expecting it to me. I think this was part of the reason I was able to figure it out as the plot/murderer was not the main point for most of the book and it made me wish it was a bit more complicated.
Cassie is a good character, and you cannot fault her for wanting to join the team as she is looking for who murdered her mother. It was interesting to see Barnes Spin of what a profile would be and how one could be as young as Cassie and Dean.
This book has the love triangle that I find seems to happen a lot in YA books especially ones that were written in the early 2010 and to be honest the love triangle is just not my thing whether it is YA or adult book. I probably wouldn't have picked this up knowing that it was there as it very much has the two guys playing against each other fairly constantly in the book. You can tell that there is going be one almost from the beginning when Cassie meets the main to MMC that are in the Naturals program.
I think better for a YA audience than an adult one, which is totally fine, that is who this is written for. I don't think that I will continue on in the series, as this was good, but I was hoping for more.
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