Talented (Talented #1) by Sophie Davis - Restarting August 18th 2014

[Sarah Elizabeth]

When Talia Lyons was just a child, her parents were murdered before her eyes. Offered a choice between accepting their fate and exacting revenge, Talia trains to become one of the country’s deadliest assassins in order to kill the man responsible for their deaths: Ian Crane. Luckily, Talia was born with a gift- the ability to read and influence the minds of others. At sixteen, Talia is poised to graduate from the McDonough School for the Talented, where she learned to control her abilities. Now there is only one obstacle standing between her and the retribution she craves... Talia herself.

Her greatest asset may also be her undoing; while a formidable weapon in the field, Talia’s talents prevent her from both shutting off the mental connection she shares with her questionable boyfriend and blocking out the thoughts of a beguiling fellow recruit. But Talia can’t afford to have the feelings and distractions of a normal teenage girl, when her life is far from normal.

She must regain the single-minded determination that has brought her this far, or it may cost Talia her life when she finally faces Crane. And even after being molded in to a weapon of war, she’ll still have to find the strength it takes to pull the trigger.

If James Bond and Sookie Stackhouse had a love child with a yearning for vengeance, her story would be TALENTED: an adventure about powerful teenagers who aren’t afraid to embrace their fears and fight for what they believe in.

Tatiana, Abbie and I will be reading this from April 20th 2014. Everybody welcome ☺

[Danna]

I'll join you guys on the 20th. :)

[Marga]

I'll join you guys, too ^_^

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Just started

Chapter 1 (view spoiler)[ cruel initiation joke. Bit info-dumpy. (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 4 - info dump city.

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "Chapter 4 - info dump city."

Oh dear. :(

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 10 - what the hell is with these dotted lines across the screen? (I'm reading the version from Amazon)

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Abbie wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Chapter 4 - info dump city."

Oh dear. :("

It's full of info dumps, and I am bored.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 12 (view spoiler)[you're projecting your hangover on to others.
Sympathy anyone? (hide spoiler)]

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Chapter 16 (view spoiler)[she just got stabbed and I'm still bored. (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "Chapter 10 - what the hell is with these dotted lines across the screen? (I'm reading the version from Amazon)"

Have you got the "readers highlighted these" thing on?
If it's lines with a number underneath, you've turned it on.

[Abi]

Chapter 6 - Bored. :(

[Abi]

If you want to turn the line thing off, go to "settings" in your kindle, then go to "reading options" then turn "popular highlight" off.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

It is switched off. There's just something wrong with the formatting on chapter 10. It ends at chapter 11 though, bit odd!

[Abi]

That's odd! Chapter 10 was fine for me.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

It must just be the Amazon version!

[Abi]

I have the amazon version too.

[Abi]

Sarah wrote: "Chapter 16 [spoilers removed]"

Me too. :(

[Abi]

Read up to chapter 28, but i'm still really bored.

Going to switch over for a bit.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

I got fed up and went to see my gran instead. Going to try to finish it soon if I can get out of playing trains.

[Tati]

I'm going to start it in a little while, but it doesn't look like a good book, from your ratings.

[rachel, x]

Sorry for the late start everyone but I am going to give this one a go despite your negative ratings. I have it on my kindle so it'll be good to be able to tick it off. :)

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "Just started

Chapter 1 [spoilers removed]"

(view spoiler)[Bit info-dumpy, I agree. I keep reading their school as McDonalds instead of McDonoughs! :) (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "Chapter 4 - info dump city."

Absolutely!

[rachel, x]

Abbie wrote: "Chapter 6 - Bored. :("

Agreed. :(

[rachel, x]

Chapter 10, 16% - (view spoiler)[Bored. Talia annoys me a lot. She seems pretty immature to me and rather whiny. (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Chapter 12, 22% - (view spoiler)[Its totally pissing me off that every time Donovan says her loves her she replies "I know". Not "I love you too" or something like that but "I know". (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

chapter 15, 31% - (view spoiler)[Oh great, this is so going to become a love triangle isn't it?? :(

And knee-high boots and a leather suit? Does she thinks she's freakin' cat woman or something!?

There it goes with the "I love you, Tal" and "I know". (hide spoiler)]

[Abi]

Rachel wrote: "Chapter 10, 16% - [spoilers removed]"

I thought she was immature and whiny too. :(

[Abi]

Rachel wrote: "Chapter 12, 22% - [spoilers removed]"

That annoyed me too.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Rachel wrote: "Chapter 12, 22% - [spoilers removed]"

ridiculous!

[rachel, x]

Abbie wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Chapter 10, 16% - [spoilers removed]"

I thought she was immature and whiny too. :("

I really dislike her!! :/

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Chapter 12, 22% - [spoilers removed]"

ridiculous!"

(view spoiler)[Its like she takes his love for granted or something. (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

chapter 16, 35% - (view spoiler)[What the hell is this mission about?? (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "Chapter 12"

(view spoiler)[That would be bad for the people she's projecting it onto but that's kind of cool she can do that. (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

I think I would like this book a hell of a lot more if it was told from Henri's point of view.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Rachel wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Chapter 12, 22% - [spoilers removed]"

ridiculous!"

[spoilers removed]"

I just kept imagining her saying it like she was talking to a 2-year-old. "I want an ice-cream!" -"I know.", "I want to watch the TV!" - "I know!"

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Sarah wrote: "Rachel wrote: "Chapter 12, 22% - [spoilers removed]"

ridiculous!"

[spoilers removed]"

I just kept imagining her saying it like she was talking to a 2-year-old. "I wa..."

Ahaha! :P

[rachel, x]

chapter 17, 38% - (view spoiler)[Well, that failed. Now she's been stabbed. That was kind of sweet though - Erik taking the mental pain from her. :) (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "Chapter 16 [spoilers removed]"

Me too.

[Sarah Elizabeth]

Rachel wrote: "chapter 17, 38% - [spoilers removed]"

Even that bored me.

[rachel, x]

Chapter 19, 46% - (view spoiler)[Okay that's its. I officially cannot stand Talia. Seriously, she treats Donovan pretty bad and Donovan doesn't treat her to good either. I dislike both of them.

Her first instant of saying "I love you" and he doesn't say it back so she goes all crazy on him and says he wants her only for sex and all that!? Umm what is wrong with her!? (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "Rachel wrote: "chapter 17, 38% - [spoilers removed]"

Even that bored me."

This isn't very riveting, I agree.

[rachel, x]

Chapter 22, 55% - (view spoiler)[Been waiting for that to come to light for awhile now. It was pretty obvious, especially after the fight with Erik. (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

I'm so bored. I keep getting up and doing other stuff, rather than reading. Nothing makes me want to continue this. *yawn*

[Sarah Elizabeth]

It is so boring. I put it down and went to visit my gran instead yesterday.

[rachel, x]

Sarah wrote: "It is so boring. I put it down and went to visit my gran instead yesterday."

Ahaha! I would do that too but its 10:30 pm here so it might not be appropriate. :)

[rachel, x]

Chapter 25, 65% - (view spoiler)[Wow, Mac isn't too nice is he? I don't like Talia but I mean she had to kill an old man today, give her some credit man!! (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

chapter 26, 70% - (view spoiler)[How old are these guys!? (hide spoiler)]

[rachel, x]

chapter 28, 76% - (view spoiler)[That does sound like a dangerous mission. Why send her then? Does he have a secret agenda? I hope so - might provide some intrigue or least something a little more interesting. (hide spoiler)]