Someone woke up Jen and David, and all signs point to Sky -- but Ken has his own suspicions. Can he set aside his problems with his brother to help clean up the mess?
While Lip deals with the fallout at ARSI, Jackson zeroes in on the rogue Talents with plans of his own. Jen has something he wants, and the feeling is mutual.
Dylan comes back from Ireland to offer Aki his support, but it's easier said than done -- especially with David there to remind them what tore them apart in the first place.
Amid all the lies and feuds, only Jin is around to help when Ken's Talent finally explodes. And it's easy to forget the drama when the telepath finally gets something he's been wanting for a long time...
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Born and raised in the rural Pacific Northwest, Claire takes inspiration from its wild, moody vibes. Her stories often combine vivid natural settings with steamy sensuality and psychological drama.
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I think this series has improved with each book. I wasn't impressed with the first book, but in my opinion each book improved somewhat, so that I ended up liking the series and felt disappointed that the author hasn't yet finished the series. I think the series would have been better as a whole if the author had included some sort of dictionary explaining the various talents and what each of them were capable of. I also think there should have been a "cast of characters" to keep track of who was who and their relation to each other. I thought the author did a really good job of fleshing out some of the characters...Ken,Jin,Aki, and Sky. Some of the other characters were not very well developed and I didn't really care about them. In a way, maybe there were too many characters. I thought the author could have done a better job of world building,as I mentioned in my review of the first book of the series. I'm really still not quite sure what Graham's goal is....world domination? The purpose of talents shielding themselves could have been explained better. I think this is the biggest problem with the series. I kept reading because I was interested in the relationship between Ken, Jin, Sky and Aki. I think the author does a fine job with the sex scenes that aren't too graphic, but are still very nice to read. Looking forward the the next book in the series. I want to find out what happens to Ken, etc.
Still getting a little hard for me to keep characters in place, but I believe I'm getting there. The tension is also rising. Jackson head of the opposing talents, might have found who he was looking for and it might not be who we/I thought it would be. Ken and Jin finally have their moment, but will it continue? And things are coming to a head...........It's getting very engrossing for this woman. And that's because the other Talent Agency (KGA) and it's new leader have not been brought up of late!!
3.5 OK, I'm going to stop reviewing these individually. This is patently one single story and trying to review each volume is starting to feel like I've stopped every 10 or so chapters to write a partial review. It's becoming ridiculous. You'll therefore find the same review for books 4-7 in the series.
I've now read up to book seven. Luckily, in the Note From the Author, at the end of Get Higher, she mentioned "two more books." So, at least I now know how much more to expect. I know I've harped on about it, but the fact that this story is broken up into (apparently) 9 separate volumes is one of only two real complaints with 'the series.' The second is how much history is glossed over, considering how important it is to the events of the book's present. This sadly includes a lot of the character development and worldbuilding. The reader really is left to just kind of catch up where they can as the events unwind.
I like those characters we get to know. (We don't get to know all of them, even when they play a significant role in things.) Jackson's decidedly Machiavellian plan is starting to come to fruition and it's interesting. The sex is often hot. I especially liked the way Jin all but worships Ken.
Pending the next two books come out soon enough that I even still remember that I read the first seven, I'll be finishing the series out. (Will probably still be grumbling about the serialisation though.) I've enjoyed the sarcasm and the narrative voice a lot. The writing and editing is pretty good (especially for freebies) and I like the gritty feel of it all.