Chasing Power by Sarah Beth Durst

Chasing Power

by Sarah Beth Durst

Sixteen-year-old Kayla was born with the ability to move things with her mind—things like credit cards and buttons on cash registers—and she has become a master shoplifter. She steals to build up enough money for her and her mom to be able to flee if her dad finds them again . . . which would mean grave danger for them both.

When she’s caught stealing by a boy named Daniel—a boy with the ability to teleport—he needs her help and is willing to blackmail her to get it. Together, they embark on a quest to find and steal an ancient incantation, written on three indestructible stones and hidden millennia ago, all to rescue Daniel’s kidnapped mother. But Kayla has no idea that this rescue mission will lead back to her own family—and to betrayals that she may not be able to forgive . . . or survive.

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4 of 5 stars

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Thank you NetGalley for lending me a copy of this book in exchange for a review!

LIKED: Chasing Power was a fantastic story about a girl with telekinesis and a boy with teleportation, and a lot of deception! Durst did a very good job about keeping me guessing on who the bad guy was in this story. • This book also has a lot of Mayan history, which the author shapes to make her story work (very cool). • Kayla and Serena's dialogue was witty and wonderful!

"Queen of England. Queen of Hearts. Drag queens. Queen in a deck of cards. Queen, the band that sings 'Bohemian Rhapsody.' She doesn't want you to talk to Freddie Mercury, does she? Because he's dead, and that could be tricky without a séance. Hey, do séances work? I mean, if you can do"—she made her sign for telekinesis—"then why can't dead people talk?"


DISLIKED: My one issue with the book was the way Kayla and Daniel "fell" for each other. The kissing scenes felt awkward and I just wish it would've happened more slowly, especially since Daniel technically kidnapped her to make her help him.

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