I loved the premise of the book, who wouldn't love to know what people are thinking? One homeroom classes gets a tainted vaccine which gives them the ability to read other people's minds. AT first they think its great but soon realize that its not all its cracked up to be because there is drawbacks to it. Can you imagine your classmates knowing what you thought and are thinking about? One think I liked was that each character stood out on their own and there was no way to confuse the storyline.

A lot of teenage angst and manipulation, drama, and too many viewpoints made this storyline hard to follow and a little too much for my taste. The premise is cool, but it would’ve been better with fewer characters.

I couldn't get into this book. The shared narration was disorienting and I didn't really care about any of them.

in this day and age, this was giving far too much anti-vax "vaccines cause physiological deficits" vibes for my taste.

This was so cute. My students love this title and it moves from the shelves often. Thank you for allowing me to review this title.

The premised sounded good but it did not deliver at all. Hard to get through and very cliche. Not worth my time.

I'm going through the books I requested pre-2018 when I stopped blogging to clean up my NetGalley TBR and this was on the list. I don't think it's a book for me anymore and will not be reviewing. Thank you for the opportunity.

I know I'm probably not the target audience for this. But they get a flu shot and become psychic? Very very young teen almost a preteen like book.

Don’t Even Think About It by Sarah Mlynowski

338 Pages
Publisher: Random House Children’s, Delacorte Press
Release Date: March 11, 2014

Fiction, Teen, Young Adult, Paranormal

What happens when a classroom full of teenagers gets a flu shot? In this school, anything is possible. All the students that get the shot begin to have telepathic abilities. Now everyone knows everyone else’s business. No one can keep a secret.

The book has a steady pace, the characters are somewhat developed, and it is written in the “we/us/our” perspective. It reminded me of the Borg Collective from the Stark Trek series. This was a fun and quick read. I enjoyed seeing how the characters realized the potential of their new talents. I look forward to reading the next book in the series. If you like young adult books with a twist of the paranormal, you will enjoy this book.

Contemporary YA mixed with light science fiction, "Don't Even Think About It" is a fizzy and light-hearted read about a class of high school students who wind up with ESP when they get their annual flu shot. Suddenly, they all develop telepathy and know the inner-most workings of each others' minds – and chaos ensues.

Two of the biggest hurdles for this book are that its narrated by a chorus of the "ESPies," who speak in the royal we, and that...you won't always like the characters whose inner thoughts you have access to. Though it's an unconventional narrative device these days, once I was used to it, I actually thought it was a fun and interesting way for these characters to tell the story and for getting different perspectives on the same thoughts and events when the characters all live in a world without any secrets between them.

Ultimately for me, reading "Don't Even Think About It" felt a bit like joining a very exclusive club and unlocking an entire trove of high school drama. I took it at face value and enjoyed the ride!

I received this free eARC novel from NetGalley. This is my honest review.

This has been on my TBR pile for so long, and I'm glad I finally got around to it. I really enjoyed the storyline and seeing the characters change throughout the story was a great character development. The plot was great and kept my attention. I'm glad I got the chance to read this and will be on the lookout for more in the future!

Man, this was such a fun read! I love the idea of a flu shot giving you the power to read peoples' minds! And I really enjoy Sarah Mlynowski's writing. So this book had a lot of great elements going into it, and yeah, I had such a great time with it!

These were teenagers, and when you add in their powers, well, things got complicated with their relationships very quickly. We mainly focused on Mackenzie and Cooper, Tess, and Olivia, some of whom I liked more than others. But people are allowed to make mistakes.

Olivia, and Tess were my favourite characters. They both make questionable decisions in regards to their love lives because they can read their partner's minds, but then there was Mackenzie who cheated, and Cooper who was having trouble with all the secrets coming out. Or Pi trying to get all the power.

I really enjoyed how things ended with the reveal of their powers, and where all of them are, as couples. And it has me really excited for the sequel, because it sounds like a pretty wild ride! I had such a great time with these characters, and I can't wait for more!

This was a fantastic read, and I can't wait to read the sequel!

This book was requested when I was young and requested more books than I could possibly read. Sadly, I no longer have access to this book and my tastes have changed. Thus I will not be able to give feedback on this title.

Too juvenile for my liking and too unbearable to get through. I must have rolled my eyes at least once every chapter. I know I should expect to be suspending disbelief, but I found the premise, the actions and even the dialogue to be too much.

Definitely not the story for me.

This was a fun read, but a little difficult to get into. There were a lot of characters, and so many different plot lines. It seemed a bit all over the place and hard to focus. There were a few characters/plot lines I liked, but when all mashed together, it seemed just a bit too frenzied for my tastes. Neat idea though, and I will probably check out what else this author has to offer regardless.

I had requested this years ago, however now I don't think it aligns with my interests. Thank you for the opportunity to read, but I don't think this one is for me.

The premise--flu shots cause strange side effects--aside (hello? anti-vaxxer hidden agenda?), this was a fun book. What would you do if you had the ability to listen to others' thoughts? What kind of drama would it cause? What would you use your powers for? This is one of those cautionary tale books that incorporates a fair dose of ethics in terms of getting the readers to see different sides of how they might act in the same situation.

I ended up DNF'ing this book due to a discomfort with the premise that a flu shot gives teens ESP. In our increasingly anti-vaccine world, I find it irresponsible to present it to younger readers.

This book had an odd, quirky premise, but it was pulled off surprisingly well and left me intrigued and on the edge of my seat for the majority of the book. While it didn't head in the direction that I was originally anticipating, I enjoyed the plot and ending. The excellent writing also kept me engaged with the story, and I couldn't wait too see what happened next,

The varying perspectives were a crucial part of the book that I enjoyed, especially because they provided vastly different insights into the events that were unfolding. Each character had a distinct voice and could readily be distinguished from the others. It was also interesting to see the dynamics and relationships between the characters unfold and change throughout the book. I also appreciated the anonymity of the narrators at the beginning of the book, as this provided an air of suspense and mystery that kept me invested in the book.

This is not the sort of book I'd ever read on my own and I'm not sure how I ended up with it in my NetGalley requests back in 2014. It's been sitting on my Kindle with some others that I found recently and I've started making myself read them.

The basic premise is that a bunch of rich NYC kids in a high school homeroom end up getting a flu shot that mysteriously gives them ESP. They then spend the book adapting to their new abilities and the ways they all can hear each other's thoughts. The girls mostly use their abilities to try to get boys and keep boys. There's lots of talk about "hooking up" and whether one friend really thinks the other friend is fat and things like that. There is apparently a sequel that came out two years later, but the author seems to have busied herself writing a bunch of other YA series instead. I can't speak to the quality of those, but this is pretty insipid stuff. It was also really hard to keep track of who was who, and what their crisis was (Would Cooper find out that Mackenzie cheated on him last summer? Would Olivia get up the nerve to ask Lazar out despite her shyness? Can Tess convince whats-his-name to like her as more than a friend? What if she shows a bunch of cleavage? Oh, now she can hear him admiring her cleavage but still thinking about the cuter girl...).

Kind of a miss for me. I think even me as a teenager would have been let down by this one.

I read a digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.