Mindspeak Review

This time I am going to review Mindspeak by: Heather Sunseri.

Lexi Matthews can make people do what she wants. With just a nudge with her mind, people obey, but it takes a toll on her in the form of a nose bleed. Lexi has kept her secret, but it isn’t as well kept as she thinks. When her father is murdered, her world turns upside down. She has no one to turn to and she doesn’t know who to trust. The intriguing Jake’s appearance into her life also complicates things…

This book was a great surprise. I bought this book when it was free at one point and it just hung out on my kindle forever. Needing not to spend too much more money on books, I decided to pick it up and I couldn’t put it down. Needless to say, I had to force myself to stop around five in the morning to go to bed. Then I finished the last little bit the next day.

Normally in books, I can grow so impatient when the main character goes back and forth on who they can trust. Lexi did this in the book, but every time she did, I felt she was justified. All the characters surrounding her are so hard to figure out, which adds a whole lot of depth to this book. Everyone is keeping things from Lexi and she is just beginning to figure things out.

I really liked Lexi’s character. Heather Sunseri did a great job in writing her. When Lexi’s father died, she grieved. So many books skip the grieving and get straight to the action or romance. I appreciate that Heather Sunseri didn’t do that.

I like Jake as a character, but so many times I thought there just had to be more to how much and how quickly he loves Lexi. He’s an amazing guy and wants what’s best for her, which is cute. I just wish he seemed a bit less clingy. Overall, I definitely liked him, but there just seemed like something was a bit off. I think it was probably me just reading him wrong and expecting different things from him that really gave me this slight feeling of not fully loving him as a character.

I thought Seth was a great character. I loved how you could never fully know if he was trustworthy or not, which actually happens with about every character. I kept forgetting that he had to be older, though (like Lexi’s dad’s age). I for some reason kept imagining him in his twenties.

All the science fiction elements in this book are great and I can’t wait to learn even more in the next books. Throughout the whole book, you get little tidbits about what is really going on, which kept me guessing till the very end.

Now about the ending. I really wanted to scream when I read the ending. This wasn’t because it wasn’t good, but some things happen that were beautifully torturesome to the reader. The ending is a slight bit of a cliff-hanger, but it isn’t as extreme as some I’ve read. All in all, the ending just made me want more and I can’t wait to dive into the next book.

I really love all the surprises and twists that are in this book. It really keeps you on your toes and entertained throughout the whole thing. This is a really wonderful start to this series and very well written.