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You remember the early seasons of Smallville, back when Clark was
mooning over Lana, they were all still in high school, and every week
was an episode about stopping some isolated problem and the important
thing was keeping his secret? If you're like me and really miss those
days, Hush Money is absolutely for you. In a market that's positively
flooded with stories about teen vampires or fairies, Bischoff provides a
refreshing and absolutely believable world about teenagers with
superpowers. Chloe Sullivan would have plenty of fodder for her Wall of
Weird--in the best possible way!
In this debut novel, heroine Joss must come to question the deeply
ingrained secret keeping behavior she's always lived by in order to do
the right thing and help a friend who's being blackmailed by the class
bully. Joss was so three-dimensional, I swear she had a locker next to
mine in high school. She shared my disgust of the pink and girly, and
she has this great crush on borderline bad-boy Dylan (who is exactly the
right mix of rebellious and nice guy). I can't wait to see what Joss
and her friends get up to in the next installment!
An absolute must read from this up and comer in the YA genre.
~Kait Nolan, author of the Mirus series
I had the honor of reading an advance copy of this book, and I just want
to say, WOW! I occasionally read YA books, but I have to be in the mood
for them. I wasn't exactly in the mood for a YA when I picked this up,
but the writing style and characters sucked me in immediately. There
were SO many funny lines in this book, things I wish I'd come up with.
It's a very fun read.
I love the premise, that there are kids born with powers, known as
Talents, and they're being taken off to this super-secret school where
bad things happen. It created a real sense of urgency to the story. I
love the comic book feel of this world Ms. Bischoff has created.
Bischoff has a talent for writing well-rounded, believable
characters. Even her secondary characters are well-defined and
believable. I loved Joss's kid sister. SO funny.
I can't wait for the next book in this series.
~Zoe Winters, author of the Preternaturals series
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