Talent to Burn by Laura Welling
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- Stars
- ★★★★
- Heat
- Fire
- Genre
- Paranormal
- Series
- Standalone
Recommendation
Talent to Burn gives you a bad boy, a girl on the run, and threats all around them, with some wicked plot twists. I enjoyed this story, how you weren’t quite sure what was coming around the next corner, and I felt the suspense mixed well with the mystery aspects.
The banter between Cat and Jamie was sometimes sexy and sometimes funny, the perfect compliments within the storyline.
Jamie is always saving Cat, and eventually Cat gets to return the favor once she comes in to her powers.
There may have been some nail-biting towards the end during the rescue. I’m definitely intrigued to see where this new author goes, whether this will be a series or not. [August 2014]
Publisher synopsis
Passion burns. Betrayal scars.
Cat Wilson grew up a misfit among misfits. She couldn’t read minds, see the future, or start fires like the other Talented kids inside the shadowy Grey Institute. Finally she ran, leaving her beloved brother, Eric, behind. She’s been running ever since.
When she learns that Eric has escaped, leaving deadly fires in his wake, Cat is torn between fear for her brother, and unwanted attraction to the messenger, a charming, Talented ex-con who lives for the next adrenaline rush.
Jamie Murphy is sure his group of outcast Talents can help Eric—if they can get to him before the cops or the Institute, and before he kills again. Cat’s aversion to Talented bad boys is like a wall of ice, but to his surprise, he doesn’t have to use an ounce of his own unique gift to find a way through it.
Yet locating Eric is only the beginning. In the battle to pull him back from the brink, Cat must find the courage to unlock a fearsome Talent of her own. And pray the psychic backdraft doesn’t destroy everyone she loves.
Warning: Contents are hot. If you smell smoke, keep reading and ignore those pesky smoke alarms on the ceiling. Okay, just kidding! But oven mitts might come in handy.
Review published August 7, 2014