IntangiblePublisher: Self-publishedGenre: YA ParanormalTwins Sera and Luke Raine have a well-kept secret—she heals with a touch of her hand, he sees the future. All their lives they’ve helped those in need on the sly. They’ve always thought of their abilities as being a gift.
Then Luke has a vision that Sera is killed. That gift they’ve always cherished begins to feel an awful lot like a curse. Because the thing about Luke’s ability? He’s always right. And he can’t do anything about it.
Sera and Luke are twins, but that’s not the
only thing that makes them special. You see, Sera has the ability to heal
people with a touch and Luke can get glimpses of the future. They’ve spent
their entire lives hiding these powers from everyone, even their parents, yet
not once have they regretted having these powers. Then Luke gets a vision of
Sera’s death, and Sera is unable to heal a loved one in time. Suddenly, their
gifts are more like curses. The twins are destined for greatness, but at what
cost?
Intangible
grabbed my attention from the moment I met Sera and Luke. But half way in to
the story I lost my enthusiasm, not for the twins but for (mostly) everything
else. The following review is based on my reading up to 50% of the story, and
then regrettably quitting.
Seraphina and Luke Raine,
twins with extraordinary powers. Sera has the ability to
heal people, but it has the unfortunate side-effect of making the person healed
addicted or infatuated with her. For this reason she keeps away from most
people, and has never had a relationship. The Marc appears and he’s not
affected. Of course, this intrigues Sera, but can she trust him enough? On the
other hand, Luke is a seer. He’s very funny and caring. Sera might be the one
with the power to heal people, but Luke can certainly do his own healing by
being extraordinary kind and thoughtful.
Feyth, of the fey people. Her
chapters were kind of useless. I know it sounds harsh, but for me, she didn’t
add anything. She was just there to remind us that the twins had a destiny and
it was her job to protect them. She couldn’t tell them yet, but soon. I really
didn’t need someone reminding me that there was stuff I wasn’t understanding
because they weren’t giving me all the information. Having Feyth’s POV totally
eliminated the tension of not knowing the real story of twins’ past and their
future destinies.
Jonas, the vampire. I
liked that he had facial hair. There aren’t that many characters in YA that
appear with beards or goatees, so that was a nice detail to add. His sudden
protectiveness towards Sera was sweet, and I liked his backstory explanation
for it. I would’ve totally been fine with more Jonas.
Marc, the telepath in
trouble with the Shadows. His ability to read other people’s
thoughts became a problem and so he made a deal with the Shadows. Now they
supply him with a substance that subdues his power. In exchange, he has to
search for a pair of powerful twins and bring them in. When Marc meets the
twins, he realizes being near them blocks his powers without having to take the
Shadow’s substance. Now Marc stays close to them as much as he can, but he hadn’t
counted on falling for Sera.
I think my problem with this story
came from having too many POVs. This is purely a personal preference of mine,
but I usually don’t like more than two main POVs. More than that and there’s
always one or two I end up disliking and totally skipping their scenes. Which
is what ended up happening here. The story opens with the twins, which
immediately drew me in. I would’ve finished this story with only their side of
the story. Then we got Jonas, who was interesting and mysterious, and Feyth who
had even more secrets, but she didn’t have that many chapters. Finally there is
Marc, who I didn’t care for at all. He had a LOT of chapters and most of the
time it’s just him rambling and thinking. The poor boy has more drama going on
in his head than a thirteen year old girl.
I still giving it a 3 and not a 2 for
the fact that it’s an interesting story. I think the world and the prose were
well executed, but the way the story is presented from so many sides totally
lost my interest. Maybe I didn’t have enough patience with it? Well… I think
50% was enough chance and patience to give.
*Arc copy
provided by the author*
Favorite Quotes:
~Asking
her out~
“Oh,” was all she said, eyebrows raised, eyes
wide, her mouth stuck in a perfect o.
She looked at him in silence for several long seconds.
“It’s just coffee.” He paused for a
moment. “Or tea. Hot chocolate. Juice. Soda. Water. Air, if you’re not
thirsty.”
That worked, she laughed at that.
