The Naturals By Jennifer Lynn Barnes
If you’ve read The Inheritance Games, you know that the book is written by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. After reading the series I found out that The Naturals was written by the same author, so I decided to read the book.
The Naturals is about a teenage girl named Cassie Hobbes. Cassie is a profiler, meaning that she can predict human behaviors, lifestyles, and background information just by looking at a person. Cassie has never told anyone that she is a profiler but one day, she gets recruited by the FBI to a group called the Naturals. To join the program, Cassie moves from her grandma’s house to Natural’s house. The group has 4 other teenagers that have other natural talents including lie detecting, reading emotions, talent with numbers (statistician), and another profiler just like Cassie. At the program, each teenager learns how to use their talents for solving murders. For example, Cassie learns how to predict a human’s lifestyle by looking at a crime scene. As the story progresses, Cassie figures out that her mom’s murder is related to a current murder case of more than 7 killings, so she is determined to find the murderer throughout the novel.
Some parts of the book may seem a little unrealistic, like how a teenage girl who has the ability to profile people gets recruited to the FBI. Also, the backstories of all of the teenagers in the book may also feel unrealistic.
One thing I liked about this book was the relationship between the 5 naturals. We can see, especially at the end of the book, how their relationship grew, and they began to be like family to each other. The characters are also complex, so there are no ‘boring' characters. The scenes were descriptive which made it easy to imagine. Also, since the book has a mystery, I was very curious about who the murderer was and how it could relate to Cassie’s mom. The book also had a very unexpected plot twist that made me shocked. I was satisfied at the end of the book when the mystery was solved and thought the ending was good.
Overall, I think this was a good book. If you like The Inheritance Games or mysteries, I think you would enjoy this book.
-Niveditha
Hi Niveditha, great blog post! I like how you describe Cassie's story, and how a close friendship formed. This book sounds interesting and fun overall; I think I might check it out!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like an interesting book! I think this may have to be one of my next reads!
ReplyDeleteSince I love the Inheritance Games series, I think I'll give this book a try! This book review was super informative, nice job.
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ReplyDeleteOh wow! I really liked the first 3 books from inheritance games, so maybe I'll have to give it a try!
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