The Naturals already have all the bases covered without her: a lie detector, a probability calculator, an emotion-reader, and a profiler. The main character is completely superfluous. But without the origin story here, you only have roughly 200 pages (or less) of relevance. Generally speaking, origin stories (of how someone joins a group) make better prequel novellas, rather than wasting time in a novel. Even later for the teens to get involved. Minus the chapters from the killer’s point of view, you’d be surprised to go through 100 pages (a third) of the book until the case is even mentioned. Nothing paranormal – just Special Snowflakes. Even though FBI agents go through strenuous training and years on the job, these teens’ abilities are “natural”, rather than learned. These “Naturals” are teenagers, who are supposedly better at crime-solving than the FBI. Whilst Jennifer Lynn Barnes’s The Naturals is NOT the result of book packaging or retelling, its concept requires too much suspension of disbelief.
In a world where book packaging and retellings are all the rage, it’s not hard to imagine someone watching Criminal Minds, or whatnot, while thinking, “How can I make this YA?” Quercus (UK: 7th November 2013) Disney-Hyperion (US: 7th October 2014)īuy (US Kindle Edition) Buy (US Hardcover) Buy (US Paperback) Buy (UK Kindle Edition) Buy (UK Paperback) Buy (CA Kindle Edition) Buy (CA Hardcover) Buy (CA Paperback) Buy (Worldwide Hardcover) Buy (Worldwide Paperback)
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