Don't Even Think About It

by Sarah Mlynowski

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I received an ARC through NetGalley.

Don't Even Think About It It was super cute and fun! What if you could everyone else's thoughts and they could hear yours? Well, that is what homeroom 10B is about to find out. The school is giving flu shots to the students, but this particular batch is off. By the next day 20 students are hearing voices. Everyone is freaking out, so they call a meeting to discuss what to do about their new power. In general, it's pretty awesome to be able to hear what everyone is thinking, but it definitely sucks to have all of your secrets out there.

It did take me a few chapters to get into Don't Even Think About It, but it had nothing to do with the story. It was the writing. It's not bad, just weird. Instead of being in third person and following everyone, it's first person, but the narrator is everyone. So there are "we" statements and "us" and "our" instead of "I." In general, it reads like third person, but the occasional "we" would throw me off. Eventually, I settled into the narrative and really enjoyed the story.

The tone of Don't Even Think About It is very light and fluffy. Even though there's a lot of good things that can be done with telepathy, we're talking about a group of self-involved teenagers! They use their knowledge to get dates and cheat on tests! Although there is a lot of focus on lying, since very often, what we say doesn't match what we're truly thinking. Some of the teens do get hurt by what they find out. It does make you wonder if you really want to know what people are thinking or if it's better to go around oblivious.

In the end, I really liked Don't Even Think About It. It's a very quick and cute read, so I breezed through it. I was never bored, even though at times the story did get a bit repetitive. It's also quite cheesy at times, but I felt like it fit the story.

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