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stephxsu's review against another edition
2.0
When Lissy and Lexie’s family is forced to leave California for a small town in Oklahoma, Lissy is determined to act normal and be accepted. That is cue to suppress her mysterious but often just inconvenient Seer ability to see people’s auras: different colors for different personalities. Yeah, an ingredient for “freak,” right?
At Emory High, the cliques are terrible. You are either a Golden—the popular and the gorgeous—or you are a Non. It doesn’t help that the triumvirate of the Golden girls seems to have it in for Lissy, simple because of her awkwardness. Well, and a few things that involve her freaky ability to see auras.
Lissy finds companionship in her friends Audra and Dylan as she reluctant grows into her Seer abilities and begins to figure out the extent of her power. However, there’s also a powerful evil lurking in the hallways of Emory High. Lissy needs to find out who it is and how to defeat it before it destroys her magical family and everyone she knows.
The story is interesting but the writing falls flat. None of the characters have time to grow into three-dimensional figures for me. Jennifer Lynn Barnes has a while to go before she will be fully developed. At least she’s still young.
At Emory High, the cliques are terrible. You are either a Golden—the popular and the gorgeous—or you are a Non. It doesn’t help that the triumvirate of the Golden girls seems to have it in for Lissy, simple because of her awkwardness. Well, and a few things that involve her freaky ability to see auras.
Lissy finds companionship in her friends Audra and Dylan as she reluctant grows into her Seer abilities and begins to figure out the extent of her power. However, there’s also a powerful evil lurking in the hallways of Emory High. Lissy needs to find out who it is and how to defeat it before it destroys her magical family and everyone she knows.
The story is interesting but the writing falls flat. None of the characters have time to grow into three-dimensional figures for me. Jennifer Lynn Barnes has a while to go before she will be fully developed. At least she’s still young.
kandicez's review against another edition
2.0
Lissy is moving from California to Oklahoma to escape some shame her mother has been painted with through no fault of her own. That in itself is a tragedy when you are a teenager, but add to the complications and angst the fact that all the women in Lissy's family are "gifted". Her mother can see what's happening right now even when she isn't present. Lissy herself can see auras. Not only the colors, but the the meanings and traits associated with certain colors. Lissy's little sister has not yet discovered her own gift, but it's certain she will.
The story started out interesting and the characters were developed enough that I liked a couple of them, but not so much that I really cared about them. There is the usual teenage drama of being the new girl, leaving behind a budding romantic interest, appearing to be less than whatever it is that makes the popular kids popular. Up the ante because of the clique system in place at this new school. There are not the usual multiple layers of the social hierarchy, there are only two. You are "Golden" or you are "non". That's it. No middle ground. You have it or you don't. Despite Lissy's gift...she doesn't have it.
Lissy still manages to make a few good friends, find and eventually solve a little mystery, and cherry on the top, discover that not only can she see auras, but she can actually do something with them. What she can do was my favorite part of the story. It just wasn't great enough to erase the silliness of some of it, or the blandness of the rest.
The ending of this pointed toward a sequel, but I won't be reading it.
The story started out interesting and the characters were developed enough that I liked a couple of them, but not so much that I really cared about them. There is the usual teenage drama of being the new girl, leaving behind a budding romantic interest, appearing to be less than whatever it is that makes the popular kids popular. Up the ante because of the clique system in place at this new school. There are not the usual multiple layers of the social hierarchy, there are only two. You are "Golden" or you are "non". That's it. No middle ground. You have it or you don't. Despite Lissy's gift...she doesn't have it.
Lissy still manages to make a few good friends, find and eventually solve a little mystery, and cherry on the top, discover that not only can she see auras, but she can actually do something with them. What she can do was my favorite part of the story. It just wasn't great enough to erase the silliness of some of it, or the blandness of the rest.
The ending of this pointed toward a sequel, but I won't be reading it.
monique1316's review against another edition
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
sc104906's review against another edition
5.0
Lissy’s female family members (all except her younger sister) have been born with supernatural gifts. Lissy can read people’s auras and her mother can find lost things. After an incident where a missing boy dies, Lissy’s family moves from California to her grandmother’s house in Oklahoma. Lissy must learn to navigate her new high school. However there is a bad aura color swirling around school.
I really liked this novel. There were equal parts detective novel and fantasy.
I really liked this novel. There were equal parts detective novel and fantasy.
impybelle's review against another edition
3.0
I really liked the other two books I read by JLB. I really wanted to like Golden. I really kept getting distracted by all the aura speak and the end confused me so much I read it three times and still only sort of got it. Thank heaves for little sisters who speak the truth?
callmepops's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
lpcoolgirl's review
5.0
Loved reading this book, loved the world and the characters, and I need to read the sequel now!
srwells48's review
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
bethyboo29's review against another edition
5.0
Second time I've read this book.
I've been looking for it all over blindly as I did not know the title or author.
But luckily I stumbled across it on here. YAY!(:
Love this book.
I've been looking for it all over blindly as I did not know the title or author.
But luckily I stumbled across it on here. YAY!(:
Love this book.