Mind Games

I have recently read Mind Games by Kiersten White, copyright 2013. It is an interesting novel about sisters Fia and Annie who get sent to "a special school" when Annie appears to have physic abilities. Right Annie accepts Fia, who's gut feeling is always right, knows that is the wrong choice. They later find out that Fia is right, when they discover that the owner, Mr. Keane is evil and force Fia to do horrible things, and have to find a way out; which proves to be hard, when he has feelers, seers, and hears who can feel your emotions, see your future, and hear your thoughts. The theme in Mind Games is always go with your first instinct and never trust anyone, even your own sister.

       This story is told from both Fia's and Annie's point of view; every two chapters it changes. The plot of this book is Fia is being forced to do things and kill people so she goes crazy in a way and tries to figure out how to escape without Annie being harmed. Mind Games is a young adult fiction book with a little bit of mystery. Hence they young adult genre this book is targeted towards young adults, specifically girls. They author keeps you interested by constantly changing the story and adding in lots of plot twists. Kiersten White's style consists of lots of plot changes and twists with all types of figurative language and literary elements. I think that this style of writing is very effective in keeping the target audience interested.

     This book personally made me very mad with the way that it ended; which was with Fia stabbing Annie, so that Annie could go with the "good guys" and Fia could be free. That makes me very sad because I would have just escaped with my sister or brother and stuck together. But there is also a second book, so I think that they will meet up and beat Keane. This book reenforced how I would act if I was ever put in a situation like this.This book reminds me of the Prophecy of The Sisters trilogy by Michelle Zink. In those books twins Lia and Alice fight for the world, one is good and one is bad. Also White and Zink have very similar writing styles.

Overall I would recommend any teenage girls to read Mind Games. Although I feel it almost sounds like a rough draft and could have used a little more editing, it had very good plot.

Shelby DiSorbo (your favorite)
11.7.13
Rating: *** 3/5