However, what I can commend Kirsten White on was the narrative in general. Annie didn’t really get her love story until Perfect Lies, making the sequel more romance heavy. So, I can’t say that the love triangle was executed well. If you’re psychic sister says he’s not good for you, surely you should listen. I think, because it’s only a duology all the relationships that were created felt very insta-lovey, which is pretty much everyone’s pet peeve, am I right? Fia relationship with Adam especially was ridiculous, they met and within five minutes he was in love with her! There wasn’t much chemistry between Fia and James, either, and I had a constant sense of foreboding. Why do they need to be put in this school if they’re harmless anyway? They think she has one because she’s perceptive and hard to track, but what ever she has there isn’t a name for it yet. The whole story that stretched over both Mind Games and Perfect Lies felt narrowed to the main characters and didn’t discuss long term effects or how the powerful girls affect the world. (Guess what else isn’t explained? Why this guy wants to kill people!) Also what’s never explained is what Fia’s power is. Fia feels like she needs to protect her older sister and when they go to this school that’s supposed to help the powerful girls Fia is drafted into combat training so she can basically become an assassin for this guy Keane’s enemies.

All we know is that Annie is blind and a Seer and Fia is impulsive and hard to be Seen. Even then their powers are limited to being a Seer (read futures), a Reader (read minds) or a Feeler (read emotions) and why this has occurred is never explained, neither is it explained why boys are not included in this world. My main concern with this series is that I’m not sure what the point of the whole story was. This was probably why I liked the first book so much because the sisters’ relationship in particular was reminiscent of the film. The first book Mind Games reminded me of a Saoirise Ronan film ‘ Violet & Daisy’, which, although it’s a bit weird, I still really enjoyed. I practically didn’t put them down! Thank goodness they’re each less than 250 pages because I could finish the series in one sitting. I read these books back to back because I had to know what happened next. Mind Gamesand Perfect Liesby Kiersten White

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