Goodreads Summary: How hard do you have to shake a family tree to find out the truth of the past?
Fifteen-year-old Rae Kerrigan has never questioned her family’s history. That is until she accepted a scholarship to Guilder Boarding School in England. Guilder is a very unique, gifted school. Rae has no idea what she is getting herself into or that her family’s past is going to come back and taunt her. She learns she is part of an unparalleled group of individuals who become marked with a unique tattoo (tatù) on their sixteenth birthday. The tatù enables them to have supernatural powers particular to the shape of their marking. Both her parents were marked though Rae never knew, as they passed away when she was young and never told her. Learning about her family’s past, her evil father and sacrificial mother, Rae needs to decide if there is a ray of hope for her own life.
My “Review”
It took me a little while to get into it but once I did, I enjoyed it. I look forward to finding out what happens with Rae and her newfound powers. It was fun to read about the different characters and the different powers that they have. It was funny in parts because of how excited the boys were to have girls finally come to their school. It was a little predictable to me what the “twist” was at the end, but I don’t feel that it took away from the fun and suspense of the story.
Reading about the school and all the kids with supernatural powers, I kept thinking this was like Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters as all the 16-year-olds and above have these special powers they get on their 16th birthday (there’s a private school nearby my house that I keep thinking looks like Xavier’s so this is where I pictured Rae to be).
One final critique (and this is minor – and it could just be my copy), but there appeared to be some typos and in one place a character’s name was spelled differently than in other places – the only reason I even noticed was because the names were pointed out (Aidan and Nadia – in one part it was spelled Aiden).
Overall, I enjoyed the book, and I recommend it to any YA fans out there . It was a cute story.
I gave it 4 stars on Goodreads.
Book received from the author. More info about the author – please go here.
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