J. George

Original review at Whatever You Can Still Betray.

There are stories that are told slowly and never get anywhere and you're left bored and asking when things are going to start. Then the are stories that are told slowly but you can just feel that the it is definitely moving forward.

At first glance, Gifted seemed to be going slow because nothing action-y was taking place. Some time ago I would have abandoned it at the halfway mark since I would've wanted to be all Go! Go! Go! But with Gifted, I wasn't bored at all and took things one thing at a time. I never felt that it was dragging.

Full review to come.

Notes:

-No instalove. Thank the Maker.

-Why is it that that sometimes when the MC meets new people, particularly paranormal people, their friends (before they met the new paranormal friends) seemed to be set aside, forgotten, made to forget or who would do something reprehensible that their friendship goes kaput?… (mehr)