Although they don't know it, Sera and Luke are the prophesied twins. They do know that Sera can heal and Luke can see the future. Unfortunately, he has never been able to change what he sees in his visions. Before too long, it becomes clear to the reader that some of their friends are not exactly ordinary either. There is Fey and Quinn, the dark stranger Jonas and the new guy in town, Marc. Al of them have secrets to hide, and Luke most of all when he gets a vision of Sera dying...

Intangible is a YA fantasy book featuring the Gifted, Elves, Vampires, and Shadows. In most books, that many supernatural elements in an urban setting would be too much for me: many writers get carried away and overwhelm their readers with as many different things as possible in their books in fear of boring the audience. In my case at least with adverse effects. Fortunately, J. Meyers doesn't have this problem. Yes, there are many different elements, but she doesn't blurt out every single thing there is to know about them in the first chapter. This keeps the reader intrigued, without becoming annoying. There were a few minor things that annoyed me: both Sera and Luke make one or two monumentally stupid decisions that made me roll my eyes, and I thought that at the very end, after the adventurous stuff, there were a few too many people revealing their gifts to the twins. It makes me a bit worried about the next book, and about their being too much action in it. But I'll guess we see! Other than that, this was a very nice book and a light read. A very promising debut novel! ( )

Intangible is about twins Sera and Luke, they both have special powers but due to their past when someone found out about their powers they keep them a secret.

I must admit I did get a little bored at the beginning of the book. It was fairly slow at starting although I know this was mainly because the book was introducing the characters and their lives.

I really liked both Sera and Luke they were kind and caring teenagers which is unique in itself. ( I have teenagers!)

I am not going to give away any spoilers because the book is great and you really do have to read it. It was very well written and after the first few pages of slowness the book started to flow and I was hooked. ( )

This was a very complex world with lots of things that go bump in the night. I liked that Luke and Sera were close twins with a special bond between them. I liked that there were lots of different types of beings in this world and most knew about each other. I didn't like that everyone kept secrets from each other. If it was vital to the twins that they keep a low profile, maybe someone should clue them in. Also, I understand way Sera thought she couldn't have any close friends, but how many times do we have to hear about it? I also thought that Marc's reaction was a bit over the top. Just saying...... ( )

Sera and Luke are siblings born with odd powers – he can see the future and she has the power to heal. They don’t know where they come from but they do know they need to keep them secret – at least, so they learned when they dared to confide in their grandmother.

But some secrets can’t last forever – especially as there’s a whole supernatural world out there they never knew about that is very interested in them and their unique powers. A world that begins to intrude when Luke predicts disaster – his own sister’s death.

Sera is also dealing with her own powers, her drive to heal causes people to like her automatically which isolates her – as she never knows whether someone’s emotion is genuine or she is exploiting her power. She has earned the animosity of the vampires and their terrible queen by being a potent weapon against them – and there’s a new boy in town who seems to be both attracted to her and immune to her powers; for the first time a genuine relationship seems possible.

But very little is as it seems – and even their closest friends and family are keeping secrets from them

The world is very rich and diverse and connected nicely. We have the fae – apparently several factions, gifted humans, vampires, Lillith, magic, an entire parallel world and who knows what else. In fact the closing chapter of the book suggests there’s a lot more on the horizon besides. The information is doled out really well. No long lectures, no convoluted info dumps, no dubious “as you know” lectures – and nothing told we don’t need to know. Every piece of information is relevant and just enough to keep you wanting more.

The pacing was really well done – the story kept both tense and interesting without having a lot of down time. We had a large chunk at the beginning where everyone was keeping their secrets, but things were still happening, plots were being advanced, characters were being developed, their powers were being show cased – the book kept moving even when not much plot-wise was happening. The story itself isn’t amazingly original – bad guys are hunting the Chosen Ones who don’t realise how special they are – but nor is it following too many old patterns and it brings enough richness, enough of a diverse world and enough original features for it not to be tired or over done. It’s an old concept but redressed nicely with unique elements.

The characters are interesting – they’re not perfect and their powers aren’t flawless gifts. They have a bit of Chosen One narrative about them which, so far, hasn’t added up to anything beyond people wanting to kill them in many painful ways, so it’s not irritating or frustrating (I generally don’t like “chosen one” narratives because it conveys a specialness on the character they don’t have to earn or do anything to be worthy of it – they just are because they’re the Chosen Ones). They’re generally, sensible – perhaps a little too much doing things on their own when unnecessary. Their relationships are real and they examine some real implications about their powers. While I think Sera angsts a little excessively about the implications of her powers she does raise a very real issue of how you can form a relationship of any kind with someone when you suspect your powers may be warping their emotions – it means any relationship, especially a romantic one, is built on a shaky foundation of coercion; I’m glad to see that acknowledged.

If I have a complaint about the world and characters is that there is an excess of secrecy going on. Given their powers, I don’t see why Fey – or anyone – could not have clued them in on their specialness a little sooner or at least given them a clue as to why they have their powers and what they mean (or even some hints on how to get the most out of them since there’s some suggestion of development). The secrecy seems more for the form than anything.

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Title : Intangible
Series : -
Author : J. Meyers
Pages : 264
Release Date : Jan 31st 2012
Publisher : Self-Pub!
Format : eBook/ ePub
Source :
**This eBook was provided from the author in exchange of an honest review**






My Opinion :


Intangible is a great debut novel.


I think the thing that made me want to read the book was mainly the book cover. I just love it sooooo much!

I don't get many eBooks for review, since, firstly, I can't take my Nook to school (*sighs and rolls eyes*) and also because I always forget about them :S BUT, Intangible looked too good to pass out on.

Intangible is about twins Sera and Luke. They both have powers; Sera can heal and Luke can See the future. They have always kept their powers secret every since Sera told their grand mother about her powers. Which didn't really go well. But now, everything is about to change, because Luke has Seen a vision of Sera dying. And his visions are never wrong.

Intangible was SUCH an entertaining debut. I found the time flying by while reading Intangible!


The writing in this book is fast-paced and keeps you turning the pages.


I found myself really loving Luke as a character; he was just so cute and hot and awesome. I just loved it when he was more in the book.

Sera was a surprisingly great character, although I don't understand why she should be the one to be in the Prophecy (which isn't explained a lot in the book, unfortunately :S)

You don't want to miss this book!



RATING

4 roses ( )