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Edgewood Kindle Edition
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Wandering the dark streets at night is Russ Becker's way of dealing with his relentless insomnia and the angst of life. But that changes forever the night he witnesses a strange astronomical event, then discovers he's developed incredible superpowers.
And he's not alone. Three others in his town--sexy Mallory, arrogant Jameson, and mysterious Nadia--have had the same experience and acquired intriguing powers of their own. As if Mallory isn't special enough with her good looks and high IQ, now she can control peoples' minds. Jameson thinks he's the coolest because he moves objects with his thoughts, and shy Nadia struggles to understand her new empathic abilities.
At first the four secretly relish their newfound gifts while keeping them hidden. However, things get serious when they learn they're being hunted by an organization that wants them for its own nefarious purposes. Russ has always picked his battles wisely, but when the bad guys threaten his family, they're about to find out they've made a big mistake. What transpires will change all of them in ways they never imagined.
- LanguageEnglish
- Publication dateAugust 21, 2012
- File size2234 KB
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"I LOVED LOVED LOVED this book. It was so much action from the very beginning to the very end. It even had a lot of romance in it... Pick up this book and read it. You will love it." -- Tiffany from Once Upon A Twilight.com reviews
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"An imaginative fable about two witches that should excite young readers."--Kirkus Reviews on Grimm House
"The plot is fast paced and easy to dive into, making this a quick and exciting read." --School Library Journal on From a Distant Star
"At first glance Favorite is a story of a girl and her family learning to cope with loss. But at some point it morphs into a psychological thriller. It's an unexpected but welcome turn that will leave readers on the edge of their seats." --Jessica Harrison, Cracking the Cover
"This story featuring a strong protagonist who has mastered the art of being the new girl will appeal to girls who are fans of this genre." --School Library Journal on Life on Hold
"Karen McQuestion just keeps getting better! Hello Love is an enchanting, impossible-to-put-down novel about big hearts and second chances."--Claire Cook, USA Today bestselling author of Must Love Dogs
"An emotional and engaging novel about family..." Delia Ephron on A Scattered Life
"McQuestion writes with a sharp eye and a sure voice, and as a reader, I was willing to go wherever she wanted to take me. After I finished the book, I thought about how I might describe it to a friend, and I settled on...: "You should read this. It's good." --Carolyn Parkhurst onA Scattered Life
Product details
- ASIN : B0092PPWKC
- Publisher : NIGHTSKY PRESS; 1st edition (August 21, 2012)
- Publication date : August 21, 2012
- Language : English
- File size : 2234 KB
- Simultaneous device usage : Unlimited
- Text-to-Speech : Enabled
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 325 pages
- Lending : Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: #25,707 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
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Karen McQuestion is an Amazon Charts bestselling author who's written more than twenty novels and has sold over two million books worldwide. She's also the co-host, (along with USA Today bestselling author Tess Thompson), of the popular podcast, BEHIND THE BOOK.
Her publishing story has been covered by the Wall Street Journal, Entertainment Weekly, and NPR and she has appeared on ABC's World News Now and America This Morning. McQuestion’s books share common themes of connection and kindness. She lives in Hartland, Wisconsin.
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I'm not going to tell you about the book. I'm going to tell you why you should read this book.
1) It's FREE on Goodreads, Bookbub and Amazon! Hello, freebie here!
2) It's fast paced. Yes, it's about 16 y/o's when the only thing fast-paced about them is usually avoiding chores, homework and jumping on electronics.
3) The characters are real (for the most part). But these are pretty good kids, each dealing with totally different home-lives, and the author lets you see the good and the bad behind closed doors. Some of the thoughts and comments made by the main character are very thought-provoking and make you wish you were better with other people. A couple others you just wanna smack.
4) The story is wild. The author writes like THIS COULD ACTUALLY HAPPEN, and makes us believe it (and even though it is Sci-Fi and we, none of us, will get new powers from the stars, that doesn't mean we can't wish for them!) This is a unique book with a great story line. It doesn't have Vampires, Werewolves, Demons or Dead-People-Come-Back-to-Life, but the authors imagination is fresh and has brought us real entertainment.
5) It ends well. Yes, yes - We know it is the first of a series, and you can tell the story continues, but honestly, right after I finished this book, I DIDN'T RAGE OR SCREAM, "I HATE CLIFFHANGER!!" I, The Queen Of Reading Freebie Books, just immediately bought the next one. That doesn't happen a lot, but it does happen with the good'un. And this is one of them.
I love to read. I will read bad books but try not to. If the first book in the series is slow, bad or is incredibly unbelievable, I will never purchase the second. Ever. This is NOT one of those books. Other reviewers will tell you the plot and the characters and break it down.
Here's my breakdown: READ THIS BOOK, YOU'LL LIKE IT. NO CROSSINGS COUNT!
*please forgive my typos, I loathe auto-correct
Well this book pulled it off. I completed book 1 and will probably go ahead and read books 2 and 3...but I don't have to. Book 1 was a complete story all by itself. This is definitely a young adult book, another thing I missed when I looked at the description. But I found it to be tolerable. Some of the story deals with young love angst and teen relationships. "He likes her, she seems to like him, but another girl does like him and he's not even aware of her."
It's well written, but the book would have benefited from some additional editing. I found the characters and the story to be interesting with the author revealing just enough mystery to keep the reader engaged. The whole thing with how they acquired their super powers, how the explored them and used them as a team to extricate themselves from those who would try to control them to use their powers was well done.
It is a good fun read along the lines of "ordinary people put into extra-ordinary situations."
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Russ sees something miraculous. But it leaves side effects, and he isn't the only one who knows about it. Three other teenagers have also experienced it, hopefully they will have all the answers, but maybe they don't know enough to save themselves...
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Well written but the first half is boring because he was just discovering and exploring his new powers and nothing particularly high suspense or dramatic happened, and would give it around 3.5 stars for that part. However, it improved in the second half when the pace sped up, like when the Associates tried to take Mallory, and when Russ' nephew, Frank, was taken, and he had to go get him back. If the whole book was like that, it would have probably been 4.25-4.75 stars.
The subject of the book is really interesting, where finds a light show, and he gets some powers from the bizarre occurrence. And there is a secret organisation (the Associates) which want to hire every teen that comes in contact, and there is a little bit of romance, and allows you to comfortably discover the supernatural, without being too full on, and completely redonculous.
"Jameson gave me a steely-eyed look over his glasses. “We’re geniuses with superpowers.”"
It felt a smidge juvenile, as he is 15.5 in the book. Hopefully when he gets older, he'll be a bit more mature *fingers crossed*

It meanders quite a bit, the main character is a boy, but sometimes his thoughts seem to veer more towards the way a female teenager would think, not to be too gender stereotyped, but it's a bit of an inconsistent characterisation. Also there is a major plot point that is incredibly obvious, but presumably being saved for a later plot twist, it's just not very subtle. I'm also wondering if the main character is meant to be an unreliable narrator, a bit like Katniss in the Hunger Games, can't decide if this writer is being that clever though.
Clever to offer the first one for free, as I'm sure I'm not the only one who wants to know what happens.



It failed to get more as the writer is one of those people who feels its okay to insult the intelligence of the reader.
He forces the storyline to occur by making the primary character behave in a completely naive way (One could say a completely moronic way) even after being shot by the bad guys.
It seems like modern authors feel this is acceptable as I see it occurring in far too many storylines.
Sadly it makes it a frustrating read and difficult to get wrapped up in the story.