I don't usually read mystery/thriller novels because I get easily bored with it - I'll skim it until I get to the last chapter and read its conclusion because my impatient mind would want to know immediately what happened, who the real killer is, and how the characters solved it.But with this book, I wanted to savor every single sentence and stay with the characters all throughout. This book made me stay.This book stars teenagers who are natural at solving crimes, hence the name of the book. The...

1.) The Naturals ★★★★.52.) Killer Instinct ★★★★3.) All In ★★★★.54.) Bad Blood ★★★★.5--------------------------------------------------REREAD OCTOBER 2017Wasn't as good as the first time because obviously I knew who the killer was, but still, this series is so good!JANUARY 2016*4.5 STARS* WOW. What a way to start off my reading year! This literally is a YA version of Criminal Minds with a tiny paranormal twist. The FBI has found and recruited some teenagers who are 'naturals' at certain abilities...

This book is Criminal Minds fanfiction, for the under-15 crowd. It takes a great deal of suspension of disbelief to read this book; and I'm not talking about the preposterousness of the idea that children---teenagers, can be FBI criminal investigators. The necessary suspension of disbelief from the reader's part is required in order to swallow the fact that a bunch of utterly incompetent, petty teenagers are capable of looking beyond their egotistical, self-centered noses.There's this show I lov...

You know what astounds me about these MCs in YA literature??Their level of self-confidence which easily, and almost always, borders on the self-centered/self-delusional-ness territory.I truly can't imagine anyone would hurt other people for my sake at all, let alone to actually end their lives. But nope, not a problem for our Cassie here. Cassie who almost casually stated "I knew suddenly that he could pull the trigger. He wouldn’t hesitate. If he thought I was in danger, he would put a bullet i...

Rating: 4.5/5The Naturals is a great book for fans of Criminal Minds, CSI and shows like them. I am a fan of all those kind of shows and when I read the blurb of this book I was dying to get my hands on it. And I am really glad I did. This had mystery, murder, serieal killers, kids with powers (not exactly supernatural powers bu still...), romance, fighting. It was just perfect. Exactly what I was looking for.The Naturals are a group of teenagers that are trained by the FBI to solve mostly cold

2.5/5 “Sloane slipped an arm around my waist. "There are fourteen varieties of hugs," she said. "This is one of them.” This book sparked my interest when I saw it marketed as a teenage Criminal Minds, teens with natural talents (such as profiling, statistics, detection of deception and emotion), being recruited by the FBI to help crack cold cases. The few things that peaked my interest didn't really come to fruition, there wasn't much to compare to Criminal Minds and there was no cracking of co...

Easiest five stars I've given a book these past six months. To be fairly honest, it was a 4,5 at the start because it has little flaws that prevent it from being absolutely perfect, but since it put me in such a fierce and euphoric mood, I decided to round the ratings up. After all, if a book makes you feel something positive, that's a start, and a very good one. I mean, yesterday I finished The Song of Achilles and, even if I loved it with a burning passion, it also left me numb like a rock bec...

Love triangles are the bane of enjoying YA books peacefully.First of all, let me tell you about how I read this series and DNF'ed it.Innocent 16-year-old Nedia stumbled upon a series called THE NATURALS. She liked the series. The series liked her back. She found a fictional boyfriend called Michael. She started shipping Michael and Cassie. Nedia was certain that they will end up together. How could they not? But, Oh, no! Nedia was so so wrong. She shipped the wrong ship. That ship was sinking. A...

“None of us had normal childhoods," Sloane said quietly. "If we had, we wouldn't be Naturals.” This is kind of unusual review for me, since I've already read the first three book in this series (In very record time!) Actually finished the third book - All In - just right now. This review will be completely spoiler free for all three books, I just want to mention a few of my thoughts on the characters and The Naturals series overall. I have to say that the first book was just a starter, each b

It was a freaking mega fantastic book. I simply couldn't stop reading it. It was mind-blowing and thrilling at the same time.I haven't been on such emotional roller coaster for a long time. I loved one characters, I hated another but after some pages everything became vice versa.It was especially interesting to read the profiler's job - all their I-You-UNSUB thing. It gives you a lot to think and a lot to analize (and believe me I've seen all the episodes of CSI LOL).Sometimes you just forget th...

a pre good elementary mystery imo

WOAH. This was AMAZING! I really didn't expect to love it this much, but you can't argue with Xavier's Institute vibes and serial killer mysteries! It had my favourite gender balance of characters, three girls and two boys, was blurbed by Ally Carter and was all about teens training to be part of the FBI...literally all the best things combined into one book. Sidenote: Although there may be a love triangle, it's VERY RESPECTFUL of everyone's feelings. I'll give an example: (to set the scene, thi...

Mini review:DNF When I had first heard about this book I was hesitant. At the time I wasn't interested in reading this. I ended up reading the author's other book The Fixer. While I didn't enjoy it I wanted to read this book. Unfortunately this book was a mess.It felt really sloppy and that too many things were happening at once. Cassie's thoughts were also a bit weird to read about.I would still recommend this. Despite being a mess it does have an interesting premise. And I've heard that it get...

Duuuuude. This was surprisingly dark considering it's genre. I was not expecting this to be as good as it is. I even lost a little sleep so, kudos Ms. Barnes, kudos. This was supposed to be a filler book that was kinda just there and I don't know how to NOT read... But damn. I'm mentally shooting myself for not having picked it up sooner! I adore finding little treasures like this hiding in the unpredictable abyss of literature that is YA. Will definitely explore more of this series in the futur...