Priscilla the Great

 

Priscilla the Great by Sybil Nelson

CreateSpace 2011

ISBN: 9781453776273

Available in e-book and paperback

Fire flinging fingertips, making armored, killer guards rock out to some pop music, and an invisible jet.  Man, the lifestyles of the not-so-rich and super-powered.

Priscilla is just like any other 7th grade girl.  She's got a mop of red hair, a overprotective father, a football playing brother, and a set of twin brothers.  She and her best friend, Tai, have been plotting ways to get Priss' crush to finally crush back on her.  Then, one day, Priss isn't so normal anymore.  Right before school at the coolest pool party, her extremely hot crush makes her feel REALLY hot, hotter than she has ever felt before, her face is red and her body is definitely feeling 'off'.  Pass it off as hormones, stress, or nerves, but when you can set fire to a bathroom towel by touching it, something has changed.

Priscilla learns at this point that she may never be normal again, and this fire thing?  Is she going to scorch something every time she sees her favorite guy?  This cannot be happening, and who is she going to tell?  Who will believe her?  The answer to that: more people than she realized, and it's an awful lot for her to understand.  Oh yea – she is kidnapped and about to be killed now, did I forget to mention that?  And her so-called super powers decide to take a vacation, not too super after all, huh?

I flew through this book!  I loved the whole journey.  It was fun, it was funny, it was exciting.  I can't wait to keep going with this series.  The way the author ended it was a cliffhanger I am too weak to resist.

We get to see a real family in this story.  With all of the ups and downs of sibling relationships and parent/child drama.  It all feels very real, even with the super powers thrown in.  You can tell the family has a real dynamic to it.  Who hasn't loved and hated their siblings all at the same time.  The same is true in this family.  One of my favorite parts is when a booger war is invoked to help the older brother out, even if he didn't realize it at the time.  (Every family needs to experience a good booger war!)

Young adults and some of us not-so-young adults will rush to end of the book, when my Kindle said that I had hit the 100% mark…I was not a happy girl.  I couldn't believe I finished it that quickly.  I WILL be joining the gang for round two of Priscilla the Great!