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I wanted to like this book based on the description, but I could never really get into the storyline. The story follows Grey, a teen who grew up in a small Louisanna town called the Psychic Capital of the World. She has just returned to town for summer break, and sets to solving the mystery of what happened to her best friend Elora who vanished a few months back. Sounds like a cool concept, but throughout the book nothing really happens. There’s a lot of dialogue in this book as opposed to action, which would be fine if something actually happened in the dialogue. Instead we just get to hear the same characters say they don’t know what happened over and over, and don’t actually get any clues to solve the mystery. There was also not much character development in the story. All of the side characters have cool-sounding powers, which are introduced in a single sentence, and some of them are never explored again. I would have loved to have seen more of the kids use their powers, or the author go into greater depth to describe their character. Many of the characters come into a conversation to say a line, and then leave. What’s the point of having all of these extra characters if they don’t do anything?
There were also some inconsistencies in the storyline. Without spoiling anything, one of the main characters was born in the midst of a hurricane. They tell the story that they came out of the womb and the hurricane picked up the baby and the roof of the house and carried them away. His parents then rushed after to find him unharmed. Then, in a later chapter of a story we learn he was a twin. When did the other baby have time to be born in the midst of this scenario? I get that the author wants to add surprise by adding this extra factor, but it doesn’t really fit in with the story they told. Overall, I did finish the book and there was a good amount of action in the ending, but it still wasn’t a very satisfying ending.