Foreseen by Terri-Lynne Smiles is book one of The Rothston Series, which is being called science fantasy. Personally I'm thinking we could have gotten away with calling it science fiction, but whatevs. It's can also be considered 'new adult'.
THE BLURB:
The Rothston Institute can secretly manipulate the decisions of anyone in the world – from ordinary friends to government leaders – using the abilities of its operatives known as adepts. Having discovered that she possesses these special skills, college student Kinzie Nicolosi is training to assist them to protect humankind from destruction. A student missing an exam? A construction worker fired for an industrial accident? A Congressman ruined in scandal? Necessary consequences of honing her skills for the greater good. But Kinzie brings more than her remarkable talent to Rothston. She bears an unexpected power that rivals Rothston's own… and the clash may be something none of them can control.
MY THOUGHTS:
This was a pretty good book. It wasn't perfect, but for the most part I did enjoy it.
Point of view switches between Kinzie and Greg, two college students who are both likable and relatable characters. For the most part this worked just fine. I did have an issue every now and again with keeping track of lapses in time from one chapter to the next, when POV switched. This was a fairly minor problem, though, and didn't detract much from enjoying the book.
The only other unfortunate point associated with the changing POV is that there was one instance in which Kinzie acted in a way that seemed very out of character. However, that scene is told from Greg's POV, and so we never see exactly how Kinzie justifies her seemingly incongruent actions.
The storyline of the 'adepts' deals with physics and quantum foam, which (despite how it may sound) is pretty interesting.
The plot with the Rothston Institute gets dealt with nicely, but at the end it was the romantic relationship I was really interested in, and I would have liked to have seen more of a discussion between the two involved about how they might try to resolve the issues that had split them apart before. You can see how it could be fixed, but I still wanted to see the actual exchange between the two addressing it. Then again, maybe that's exactly what we get in book two. Some day maybe I'll pick that one up and find out.
MY RATING:
3 booksies
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