Some parts are suspenseful and creepy, but there's a lot of information that pops up out of the blue, leaving readers wondering if they missed something. The Naturals is trying too hard to be a teen version of Silence of the Lambs. However, she doesn't convey how the FBI really works and that being a criminal profiler takes more than just reading books at the library and checking people out at the mall. It's predictable and full of cliches (a love triangle, insta-love, missing parents) and has unlikable characters.īarnes seems to have done some research into the mind of a serial killer. Readers may suspend disbelief for the sake of pure entertainment, but the novel's all over the place. At one point, Cassie wonders if the FBI even knows the "Naturals" program exists, except for the two agents who recruited her. The big one: It's hard to accept the premise that the FBI would hire a bunch of kids (who aren't even attending high school) to solve crimes, especially ones involving serial killers. Most teenagers dont lose their mother in a bloody, unsolved murder. The concept behind THE NATURALS is kind of interesting, but it doesn't work for various reasons. Cassie Hobbes is not like most teenagers.
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