[Review] Visions by Kimberly Readnour
Do you know how most of the books we have nowadays that have powers as a topic is how people discover that they are the different snowflake? Well, not this time. Heather always had visions and when she was young she actually thought it was something normal. To touch others and see what they did, or the horrible things that happened with them. Until she found out it wasn't. “Clairvoyant” was the term my therapist used. “Freak” was the term kids at school gave me. She then started her life of not touching others and not having friends. That’s how I analyzed my life, waiting for the death of my mundane existence to be able to rebirth into a better beginning. Until a friend accidentally touch her and she sees how a kidnapped girl was murderer. A girl who was from her school. After helping the police with information (with a lot of people not believing her, of course), her mother decides that it's time for a change. So they move to a completely different town and start a new life. Even though Heather wasn't happy with it, she pretended she was for her mother. One thing I’d learned this past year was to tell people what they wanted to hear. That was the easiest way. Until she sees a vision about a little boy and something really bad happened with him. As she gets into this new mystery she meet some really nice people aaand, as a bonus, a pretty boy I really wasn’t cold, but I wasn’t going to pass up the opportunity of sharing a blanket with him. Anyway, it was a really quick and refreshing read. Readnour was able to simply add issues like depression, self judgement and light bullying without being too much and sometimes it's hard to notice, but it was subtle treated. I really enjoyed to read about something that it's easy to see as a con. I will be sincere, if I somebody came to me telling me she saw something about my life, I just would get mad and won't believe it. But imagine you are the one seeing it... Well, it was interesting. However, in my opinion it was still lacking. The writing style was too simple and it needs some editing. At first I wouldn't even know what was real and what was a view. I got really confused and had to go back to know if I was in the right page. The romance was also kinda soulless. I must say that I finished the book and I can't say that I know or like Barry. I feel like we barely know him. As I noticed, the story around him continues in the next book but the whole mystery + romance feeling could have been much better if we could get to really know and fall in love with him. The secondary characters were also one dimensional and I wish we could have seen more aspects of them. I must say, I really enjoyed the mystery. Sometimes it wasn't creepy and I could tell the bad guy from the first time I saw him. I wanted to be wrong until the end, which made me doubt a lot of characters. Still, it was kinda predictable, but readable and enjoyable. I recommend it for those days with a bad weather that you are just up to a quick mystery read. Still unable to sleep, I continued to wonder if this mystery would ever be solved. I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read-to-review in exchange for an honest review.