Goodreads Overview:
Cassie Hobbes has been working with the FBI since she was a teenager. Now twenty-three years old, she and her fellow Naturals have taken over running the program that taught them everything they know. As a unit, they're responsible for identifying new Naturals--and solving particularly impossible cases. When their latest case brings back a ghost from their past, Cassie and the other Naturals find themselves racing against the clock--and reliving their own childhood traumas.In a small, coastal town in Maine, there has been a rash of teen suicides--or at least, that's what the police believe. Mackenzie McBride, age twelve, thinks differently. Desperate to make herself heard, she stands at the top of a lighthouse, threatening to jump... unless the FBI agents who rescued her from a kidnapper at age six come to hear her out. Enter the Naturals. It doesn't take Cassie long to realize that Mackenzie isn't bluffing: she truly is convinced that the suicides are murder, and she really will jump if she can't get the FBI to believe her. To the outside world, Mackenzie is nothing more than a traumatized child. But so was Cassie, once upon a time. So were Michael, Dean, Sloane, Lia, and Celine. With a storm rolling in off the ocean and Mackenzie's position becoming more precarious by the moment, the Naturals have very little time to get to the truth about the deaths--and about twelve-year-old Mackenzie McBride.
Review:
I originally thought Bad Blood, book 4 in this series, was supposed to be the last. This novella was a pleasant surprise that I jumped right into after finishing Bad Blood. Our favorite Naturals are now 5 years older and a few of them are currently at the FBI academy becoming agents. Celine is already an agent, so they can now work cases with a badge in the group without the aid of their mentors Agents Briggs and Sterling. Briggs is now the director of the FBI and continues to provide the Naturals with the support they need, but is far more hands off than he used to be.
Being a novella, this story was short and sweet and provided a great introduction to a possible new Natural with a unique new ability. There was also a hint towards the fact that Cassie's half sister may also be a Natural in the making. She certainly had a traumatic childhood, which is a contributing factor, so the potential is there.
I loved seeing the team working together again and sincerely hope there are more cases in their future. I would love to see this series turn into a King and Maxwell type of series where the Naturals continue working cases without always being in the direct line of fire. These young adults have a lot of potential and I would hate to see their talents brought to a close so soon.
This sounds like a fun series. It's so nice when you get a bonus read in a series you thought was done.
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