New Favorite Author

 

I discovered Jennifer Lynn Barnes last Fall when I picked up The Fixer at the library. Fast forward several months and I have read everything I can get my hands on with her name on the cover, including the Naturals series. Bad Blood came out somewhat recently, which meant I had to go back and reread the first three books because they’re that good.

  

As a devoted fan of Ally Carter’s Gallagher Girls and Heist Society series, along with James Patterson’s Maximum Ride books, I was dying to get my hands on something with just as much intrigue, mystery, and tough heroines that didn’t make me want to tear my hair out.

In the Naturals books, Cassie seems like a classic girl next door except for the fact that her mother was murdered, the same mother who raised her on the road and trained her to profile people. Cassie works with other teenage FBI agents with extraordinary talents and together they solve mysteries and save each other from serial killers, psychos, and stressful parents.

What I love about The Fixer books is the fact that it’s basically the show Scandal on a prep school scale. It’s all the political drama of Washington D.C. from a teenager’s view.

The Squad books have this beautiful idea of making cheerleaders into spies. It’s a fabulous combination and a couple of entertaining stories. I didn’t quite enjoy the characters as much as Barnes’ other books. Toby especially got a little irritating sometimes, but I could understand bringing in someone who was vastly different from your classic cheerleader.

Some of her other books include Raised by Wolves, Every Other Day, Nobody, Tattoo and Fate, and Golden and Platinum.

I haven’t quite finished all of them, but I’m getting there. With all the mysteries, spies, cheerleaders, and social behavior theories, I’m excited to see what Jennifer Lynn Barnes writes next.