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Intuition (The Elite Series #1)

by Lauren Murphy (Goodreads Author), Jayne Fordham (Pseudonym)

4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 · rating details · 6 ratings · 7 reviews

Olive Morgan is not your typical psychologist. She can also access the memories of anyone she comes into contact with. After an explosion in a Sydney shopping mall, Olive is enlisted alongside a team of 'Elite' consultants. She joins Canan Jones who can attune to the emotions of other people, including Olive. Initially, she distrusts the agency, but when another explosion...more

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Published March 2012 (first published 2012)

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Apr 26, 2012 S.J. Clarke rated it 3 of 5 stars

I loved the premise of this story: Interesting characters with new-found psychic abilities are recruited by a mysterious covert agency. Their mission: To stop a terrorist. Or so they believe. I'll leave it at that, in the interest of not revealing spoilers.

Fordham's main challenge in this book is building the credibility of her characters. The team is headed by two mature men, but the new recruits are barely old enough to drink. They certainly live the lifestyle people of this age often enjoy, c...more

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Jun 19, 2012 Linda Bsss rated it 4 of 5 stars

Twenty-five year old Psychologist, Olive Morgan Worked for A Sydney mental health team and used everything she trained for to help others in need. Since she'd turned twenty-one she'd developed a special power where she read other's memories just by a touch, then she got a call from regent who offered her a change of pace in her work and she couldn't refuse............

Canan spent most of his life placing everyone's needs before his own and when The Agency recruited him to help track a bomber that...more

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May 10, 2012 Katrina (Kindred Dreamheart) rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: blog-tour, blog-review, arc, e-reader

I received a free copy of this book for an honest review on the Enchanted Book Promotions book tour.

This book tells the story of a group of random Australians brought together to aid in the mission of a TOP SECRET government’s mission to catch a terrorist.

The cover had me thinking this was a bit of a thriller; and I expected a little more action. But this was a suspense novel through and through. It also had an array of crime and the supernatural. You never knew the turn the events would take,...more

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May 10, 2012 Majanka rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: supernatural, read-2012, fantasy, mystery

Olive can know a person’s past whenever she touches them, delving into their deepest emotions and most well-guarded secrets. Although she tries to refrrain from using her powers, that’s easier said than done. Then she’s contacted by an agency who wants to put together an “Elite” team, a team of people with other intuitive gifts. Together they have to stop a series of supposed terrorist crimes happening all over the country.

The people in Olive’s squad all have gifts of their own. Cadan for instan...more Olive can know a person’s past whenever she touches them, delving into their deepest emotions and most well-guarded secrets. Although she tries to refrrain from using her powers, that’s easier said than done. Then she’s contacted by an agency who wants to put together an “Elite” team, a team of people with other intuitive gifts. Together they have to stop a series of supposed terrorist crimes happening all over the country.

The people in Olive’s squad all have gifts of their own. Cadan for instance can read other people’s emotions – if they’re anxious, happy, sad, and a lot more than that. Whereas Olive can see the past, Hope can see the future. And Zac can manipulate people into behaving a certain way. But there are more uncanny resemblances between them than just the fact that they’re all gifted with something related to emotions. They were all born on April Fool’s Day as well. And they’re not the only ones.

What author Jayne Fordham has written here is supernatural suspense at its best. I was immediately enthralled with the characters, especially Olive. She’s a psychologist, so she’s used to helping out patients deal with traumas and experiences, but once she gets thrown into the action herself and suffers from a near-death experience, she has trouble adapting her psychologist skills to her own life. This, along with several other characteristics, make her very human. She struggles between staying in a relationship with her long-time boyfriend Trent who obviously doesn’t love her the way he should, and she relies heavily on her friends in time of crisis. I wish we got to see more of Olive’s relationship with her parents though. We see a brief scene of her talking to her Mom, who has bought a gigantic number of socks on ebay, but that’s about it. Her Mom does sound like a fun character though, so I hope we get to see more of her soon.

I liked Hope and Zac, but it felt like they were a bit underdeveloped. Hope doesn’t show any real personality, making her the weakest link in the entire squad. She seems friendly enough, but is she really? I wish Olive would’ve taken more time to get to know Hope personally so the readers could get to know her as well. Knowing one’s past is relatively simple compared to possibly knowing the future, and I would’ve liked if the book delved more into that topic as well. It seems overlooked. Our main character Olive is a bit wary of Zac from the start. He’s over-confident, sometimes bordering on arrogant, but we soon figure out why. I actually thought Zac was, next to Olive, the most interesting character. Again, I wish I could’ve seen more of him, but hopefully in the next few books.

Cadan, the other remaining member of the Elite team, soon becomes Olive’s love interest. He’s everything her current boyfriend isn’t: attentive and caring, not a big fan of going out and getting drunk, intuitive and intriguing. There was genuine chemistry between these two characters and I was cheering for them early on, especially when Olive’s boyfriend turned out to be an idiot. Olive definitely has a lot more patience than I have, because she stayed with Trent longer than I would’ve.

This book relies heavily on its plot, and the plot itself is very intriguing. There are supposed terrorist attacks happening all over the country. Fires start seemingly out of the blue and firemen are left wondering what the heck is going on. But then the Elite Team gets a lead, and the cause of the fires may be more supernatural than anyone believed at first…

Intuition is a decent, fast-paced novel with some intriguing plot twists and loveable characters. It’s the ideal book to read on a rainy afternoon or when you’re getting ready for bed. Although aimed primarily at adults, there are no inappropriate scenes, and it could be read by young adults as well. If you’re a fan of supernatural suspense, you don’t want to miss out on this one.(less)

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Aug 26, 2012 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-read

Intuition is about a group of young individuals who are recruited by a government agency to assist in solving a case. These individuals have also recently discovered they have certain psychic powers or abilities and are asked by the agency to use these unique powers in an effort to discover who is causing terrorist-looking explosions all over Sydney.

As the new 'recruits' start working together they begin to discover certain interesting bits of information about themselves and each other as well...more

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This sounds a lot like False Memory by Dan Krokos.

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Lauren Murphy is a Sydney-based author who writes across many romantic sub-genres. A psychologist by day, Lauren is fascinated by relationships and loves to explore conflict arising between her hero and heroine in her stories.

She resides in South-West Sydney with her doting fiancé and their cheeky cocker spaniel, Buddy.

Her first Christmas romance short story was published by Kellan Publishing in t...more

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