Description
Life can get pretty complicated for any seventeen-year-old girl, but for
a home-schooled telepathic black girl trying to survive in a
prestigious private school in small-town Jonesborough, Tennessee, it can
be maddening - especially when her telepathic father keeps
eavesdropping on her thoughts!
Jaycie Lerner's family isn't the
usual mom-dad-kid setup. Jaycie's mom's MIA, but Allison, her personal
live-in 'trainer,' is more than a mom, with her own special abilities,
like being able to lift cars and run incredibly fast. And Jaycie's
godfather John is more than persuasive - he can literally convince
anyone to do anything.
As far as the rest of the world's
concerned, Jaycie's on the outside looking in. The townsfolk love
Jaycie's pediatrician father, but she doesn't fit in with 'normal' kids,
and she doesn't really want to. Most of her free time is spent training
to keep her telekinetic and telepathic powers under control. But
there's one thing she can't control - and that's her feelings,
especially when her best friend Matt is nearby. If only he knew what she
was truly capable of...
Everything seems to be status quo for
Jaycie until she receives a cryptic message from a stranger and meets a
very unusual girl new to Jonesborough. Then all hell breaks loose!
Praise and Reviews
I was completely pulled into the story and thought it was really
well-written and intriguing, especially the mythology behind the
different superpowers and supernatural creatures. I am really looking
forward to the next book in the series (I am assuming there will be one
based on the ending, if not, I hope the author will strongly consider
it).
You know a great book when you can easily be captivated by the
characters and setting alone and fall in love with it before the plot
even really kicks in, and Darwin's Children is definitely that book.
Super powers and super humans done in an incredibly different way,
Natasha Larry combines the best of all the paranormal and supernatural
world coupling it with a characters whose stories will pull at your
heart strings, Darwin's Children is a book that I know will be stuck on
my mind for a very long time-Black and Blue Ink