I didn't enjoy Erik's moody, two-faced nature and Donovan pissed me off to put it frankly. The other characters were tolerable but not anything to praise over. She was naïve and stupid and I wanted to slap some sense into her multiple times. She whinged and whined and cried and was a bitch to her friends. Talia was one the most irritable characters I have ever had the misfortune of reading about. This was nothing better than a terrible soap opera. Talented promised to be all of that and yet it was nothing but a dull tale of a dull teenage girl's melodramatic love life.

An in-training assassin with a heated vengeance for her parent's murderers? That sounds exciting, thrilling, something I would love to read. This was so much less than it could have been, it had so much potential and yet none of it was tapped. That seems like such a stupid thing to say I mean, when is anything what you expect it to be? But seriously, this was absolutely nothing like I thought it would be. Sexual content: some kissing and touching but nothing else. Kindle count story length: 4,827 (448 KB). Why didn't she use her mental ability like she did with her parents' murderers? But later in the story when she is in dangerous situations, she fights with knives, and she is wounded or captured. Why does he puts it in writing which can be found by another?Īn inconsistency: When Talia's parents are murdered, Talia kills the entire group of men who did it - just with her mind. Eric decides to tell someone a secret, but he wants to keep it a secret. Why does she take a personal letter with her in her pocket? 2.

The story continues in a sequel.Ī couple stupidity examples follow. It felt like a copy of other dystopian novels. What were the problems? I'm not sure, probably too much telling, not showing. Throughout the book my feeling was it's not going yet. Other story lines include Talia's romantic interactions with two boys at school.

She is in talent school, training to be a Hunter (one of the talent groups). She can manipulate minds and communicate mentally. The story is told in first person by Talia. In those states talents are treated as undesirables. states seceded and are governed by Ian Crane. talents are recruited and trained to work for the government. Radioactive exposure caused many humans to have special powers.

Talented series by sophie davis