I am not the biggest fan of sci-fi but this book once it picked up pace was great.
I liked the main protagonist Blue.

I have limited experience of sci-fi but i really did enjoy it and didn’t find it too intimidating. It was easy to keep up with and it wasn’t overpowering in any way.

Really enjoyed it and would like to read more from this author. Can safely say i recommend this book for those in to more realistic sci-fi. Great book

i really enjoyed reading this book, it had a great sci-fi feel and the characters were great. I liked the way the author wrote the book and look forward to more from the author.

i never ended up downloading this, i've been reading other reviews on this and it sounds pretty good, so i might go get it~

This book started out slow then picked up towards the middle. It was an interesting plot about a 14 year old heroine (Blue) who’d been bumped around in the foster-care system. When she moved in with the O’Days her life took a turn; she met Will, and the two became inseparable.
Blue battled with finding her identity while feeling lost and hopeless. People have failed her—why on earth would she be hopeful now with the O’Days? With the exception of Will, he’s the only friend or thing that feels right in her world.
The two hang tight and are thick as thieves and are surprised by a spine tingling discovery. This book is a decent SciFi – thriller that eventually won me over; sucking me in. I found myself intrigued with the character’s, especially the villain. Can’t wait to see what else Martin cooks up in the sequel.

I received this ARC from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Interesting,fast paced action that keeps the reader on edge. The author explore an atypical "power" in a manner that is believable. I would recommend this for lovers of realistic sci-fi.

Not Alone by Frederic Martin, 300 pages.
NthSense Books, 2020. $11.
Language: R (152 swears, 9 “f”); Mature Content: PG13; Violence: PG13
BUYING ADVISORY: HS - OPTIONAL
AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE
On her way to yet another foster home, 14-year-old Blue doesn’t hold much hope that this one will be any better. She always finds some way to mess everything up -- but then she starts to make friends. Battling with herself, Blue fights against the hope growing inside her because she knows that her world will fall apart again. And she was right.
The first half of the book is set up, and it reads pretty slow and occasionally choppy. However, the second half of the book is a blur of flipping pages. I loved changing perspectives to see how everyone was putting pieces together to find the antagonist, and I found the character Martin wrote to make the villain to be oddly fascinating -- especially since the villain is smart and can’t be foiled by an unrealistic, accidentally forgotten clue that leads to an easy downfall. I look forward to the sequels promised as Blue, her friend Will, and the villain continue to cross paths. The mature content rating is for drug dealing, drug overdose, and mentions of rape; the violence rating is for domestic abuse, kidnapping, gun violence, and murder.
Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen

I thought this book was rather repetitive and kind of slow paced. The premise behind the story was different, hearing thoughts by seeing the light differently but I had a hard time sticking with it. The strongest feature was probably the characters, who were written with lots of emotion and had a variety of personalities, which was nice.