The Mind Readers (The Mind Readers, #1)

by Lori Brighton

• ISBN10: 1492291560
• ISBN13: 9781492291565
• Publish Date: 11 September 2013
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 236
• Language: English

Reviews

[Berls]

2.5 stars

I really really wanted to like this. I love mind reading capabilities and I feel like this had the potential to be one I loved. But it didn't go there. It was too juvenile for me (and I like YA in general). Her mood was just so wishy-washy and the romance felt contrived. And while the mind abilities had potential, they were largely unrealized. I did like the story line/plot, which is why I kept reading. I wanted to see what would happen. However, I won't be reading on to the next book.

[clairelm]

An interesting book, I liked Cameron and the children but found it difficult to work out who were the trustworthy characters among the rest. Which was probably the intention.
Definitely a good read, I'm already reading book two to see what happens next.
The ending was a twist I wasn't expecting which leads in nicely to the next book in the series.

[chymerra]

Cameron was sick of running, sick of her Grandmother and sick of not being normal. See, Cameron could read minds and she knew everybody's deep, dark secrets. Taught by her grandmother to not act on what she could read, Cameron was torn when a friend of hers was found dead outside a popular eatery and she heard the killer's thoughts. She wanted to go to the police but was afraid to.

The next day at school, she meets a new boy, Lewis. Weirdly, she couldn't read his thoughts.....but he seemed to be able to read hers. Attracted to him, she finds out that he is also a mind reader and that he is a protogee of her deceased father's best friend....Aaron. So when Cam outs herself to the school, she makes the decision to move with Lewis to Aaron's house.

There, she finds that everything that she was told was a lie and that her feelings for Lewis runs deeper than she imagined. But, she learned things about him and about Aaron that makes her rethink being with Aaron and with Lewis.

This book was fantastic. The whole Lewis/Cam romance had so many twists and turns that at one point, I even doubted what she felt was real. The ending broke my heart (not going to tell...but it was good....lol).

Will I read this book again? Yes and I want to read the rest of the series.

Will I reccomend this book to family and friends? Yes

[Amber]

I’ve always been interested in stories about people with special powers, kind of like the X-Men, and so I was thrilled when I received a copy of The Mind Readers to review. It sounded so amazing when I read about the main protagonist, Cameron, being able to read minds.


The plot takes off quickly, Cameron and her friends find a dead body, and Cameron hears the murderer’s thoughts. Now, I thought the whole story was going to be about Cameron investigating the murder, but boy, was I wrong. It is so much more than that.


Cameron is an interesting main character, she really struggles with her power to read minds, and although she uses to it to become popular and to fit in at school, she's really not completely happy with that. She hates that she can't tell anyone about her power.


So when Lewis turns up, and he seems to know all about Cameron, she is heavily suspicious yet secretly thrilled. Lewis is a hot and mysterious new boy at school, who takes an interest in Cameron. I did like Lewis at first, and the whole mystery surrounding him, however he did start to annoy me as the story progressed. I would say why, but that would give far too much away!


The other characters are also well done - especially Aaron - but I would have loved to see more of Maddox, who I just thought was brilliant. I absolutely LOVE what I've read of him so far.


The ending.. oh the ending! The story end at a rather large cliffhanger, and I am now dying to read more about Cameron and her world. I don't think there is any news of a sequel just yet, but I'm hoping that something will be announced soon!


Overall, I love this book, and would recommend it to any YA paranormal fan. The only main thing I didn't like about this book is that it's so short (at 170 pages, it's not short short, but after reading 400+ page novels, it felt short).


Rating: 3.5/5