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A review by clairetrellahill
Mind Games by Nora Roberts
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
While Mind Games starts with a deep tragedy and grief that made me cry multiple times, the rest of this book feels like a cozy healing balm.
Mind Games follows Thea and her brother Rem, who go their Grammie's house for the summer, just like every year--only for tragedy to strike when their parents are murdered. But Thea has a gift--a special talent that runs in the female side of her family, a sense of precognition and dreams and the ability to sense things that no one can explain. She sees the killer--and enables the law to bring him to justice. But as she grows up and becomes successful and eventually falls in love, the killer dogs her through her mind.
I really enjoyed this book. Like I said, I cried multiple times at the start (Ms Nora knows her stuff) but really enjoyed Thea's healing and growing up and the embrace of family and community. This book has a lot of the things Ms Nora really enjoys--small town community, close knit family and friendships, people who are great at their jobs, almost cottagecore sometimes? and of course unexplained powers that don't go so far as to make the book feel paranormal, but all an element of mystery to the Appalachian air that the book is filled with. I really enjoyed that the book was set in Kentucky, a place I love, and I also really liked Ty, Thea's love interest and his four year old son Bray. So much of the latter middle and back half of the book is just a good slow burn to love with them.
All in all I'd definitely give this a solid 4 stars.
Heat level: 2.5 or 3. Only two or three scenes but not super descriptive. Could be cruised over easily enough.
Mind Games follows Thea and her brother Rem, who go their Grammie's house for the summer, just like every year--only for tragedy to strike when their parents are murdered. But Thea has a gift--a special talent that runs in the female side of her family, a sense of precognition and dreams and the ability to sense things that no one can explain. She sees the killer--and enables the law to bring him to justice. But as she grows up and becomes successful and eventually falls in love, the killer dogs her through her mind.
I really enjoyed this book. Like I said, I cried multiple times at the start (Ms Nora knows her stuff) but really enjoyed Thea's healing and growing up and the embrace of family and community. This book has a lot of the things Ms Nora really enjoys--small town community, close knit family and friendships, people who are great at their jobs, almost cottagecore sometimes? and of course unexplained powers that don't go so far as to make the book feel paranormal, but all an element of mystery to the Appalachian air that the book is filled with. I really enjoyed that the book was set in Kentucky, a place I love, and I also really liked Ty, Thea's love interest and his four year old son Bray. So much of the latter middle and back half of the book is just a good slow burn to love with them.
All in all I'd definitely give this a solid 4 stars.
Heat level: 2.5 or 3. Only two or three scenes but not super descriptive. Could be cruised over easily enough.