Book Review
of Mind Secrets
MIND SECRETS by CHRIS REYNOLDS
Published by: Elly Books
Format: paperback & eBook
ISBN: 978-1-908340-05-4
(paperback) / 978-1-908340-04-7 (e-book)
328
pages
Blurb:
On the run and without his memories, Michael escapes from a
man called Carter onto the unfamiliar streets of London. There, he meets a gang
of teenagers with the power to sense the thoughts and feelings of others. They
live in fear of ‘the cure’, a mysterious process which takes away their power
and, some believe, destroys their personality. Suspecting the cure caused his
memory loss, Michael goes undercover to investigate the truth behind the
doctors of the cure clinic. What he discovers leads him to a conspiracy that
runs to the heart of government and reveals the shocking reality of his own
past.
Mind Secrets is a compelling thriller set in a contemporary
world and will appeal to anyone who’s ever wondered what it’s like to have mind
powers.
You can visit Chris’ website at www.chrisreynolds-writer.co.uk
About the
Author:
Chris
Reynolds is a lover of adventure stories. Chris spent her time growing up
avidly reading them, watching them on TV and writing them in her school
exercise books. She was often frustrated that stories written by other people
didn’t go the way she wanted them to, so she decided to write her own. In the
interim, she has worked for the BBC and independent radio as a journalist,
written for magazines and some published non-fiction books. Now her stories are
available for all to read, following the release of her acclaimed debut novel Mind
Secrets.
Chris
lives among the Chiltern Hills, north of London.
Chris’s
online home is: http://www.chrisreynolds-writer.co.uk
Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/ChrisReynolds01
Purchase
Links:
eBook: For the Kindle at Amazon UK and Amazon.com; for the Nook at Barnes and Noble
(US readers) and for all e-book formats at Smashwords,
including for iPad etc. (It’ll be available at iTunes, but Apple are being very
slow in distribution – however, the links will be iTunes UK and iTunes US if you want to check)
Paperback: at online stores including Amazon UK, Amazon.com, Waterstones, Barnes & Noble
and others. Mind Secrets can also be ordered by your local bookshop.
Excerpt:
He didn’t know where he was or how he got there. He was just…there;
in the blur of a bright, white tunnel with the smell of floor polish and a
strange humming sound above him. He tried to focus on his surroundings –
squinting until he felt dizzy – but it didn’t get any clearer.
Was he dead?
He closed his eyes and thought hard, but he couldn’t remember dying.
Perhaps there was a car accident or a plane crash – sometimes, when something
like that happens, it’s so horrible that people’s brains forget it on purpose.
But he couldn’t remember being in a car or a plane, let alone a crash. He
couldn’t remember anything.
The dizziness came over him again. His legs wobbled, he fell backwards
and hit something hard and flat. His eyes still closed, he felt behind him with
the palms of his hands. The hard flat thing felt like a wall, reassuringly cold
and solid. He rested there for a moment, listening to the sound of his own
breathing and forcing his fast, shallow breaths to become longer and deeper
until the dizziness subsided.
He opened his eyes to the brightness and waited for them to adjust to
the light. Gradually, he saw that he wasn’t standing in a tunnel after all, but
in a corridor, with a polished tile floor, white-painted walls and ceiling
where fluorescent tubes buzzed and lit up the space around him.
He wasn’t dead. He was in some kind of office building.
There was a door beside him with a glass panel at eye level which
enabled him to see into the dark room behind. The light filtering from the
corridor was enough to make out the outline of a chair, a desk and a computer.
At the back, a window looked out into the night sky with the twinkling lights
of a city below. The office was high up – he estimated the block had to be at
least ten stories tall.
‘Michael!’ A woman’s voice called from the distance.
Was she calling for him? Was that his name – Michael?
Something instinctive told him not to answer. All he could assume was
he knew her somehow. He tried to relate her to some of the things he had to
have in his life: Parents, home, brothers and sisters, teacher, friends,
pets…but he couldn’t remember any of those things.
* * * * *
Book Review:
Would you want the ability to sense
people’s feelings? What about being the
strongest sensing person and being able to delve into people’s minds and see
their secrets? You could know who was
guilty of crimes, who was really in love with who, how to make the most money,
etc. What about if your neighbor or
teacher or mother-in-law could do those things?
These are the abilities that the teenagers have in Mind Secrets. It’s the new “X-men” or super power, and only
teenagers have this ability… right?
Now there is a cure that will take
that ability away with one little shot.
Except of course it can’t really be that easy… or can it? I’m not telling. You will have to read the book to find out
for yourself.
This book was fascinating. I loved the idea of playing with the
development of new brain function or skills that set the people apart. I think this is the reason that comics, superheroes,
x-men, superman, spider man, etc. are so popular; people want to believe that
we can learn to use more of our brains and develop these “super” abilities. I found the story easily engaging, fast
paced, and filled with quirky twists and turns.
I give this story 4.5 out of 5
clouds.
This
product or book may have been distributed for review; this in no way affects my
opinions or reviews.
Thank you for your awesome review, Mindy!
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