Courtney's Reviews > The Naturals

3.5 stars. This is a promising start to what I assume is a new series. This reminds me a bit of the Body Finder series and Variants series, except this group of special teens doesn't have supernatural powers. Each teen has a Natural talent for something: lie detection, profiling, statistics/numbers, reading emotions. The FBI has a training program to hone (and use) their skills. Cassie is recruited because of her profiling skills. When a serial killer seems to be targeting look-alikes of her murdered mother (whose homicide is unsolved), Cassie will do anything to be involved in the case. Soon the murderer starts fixating on her. Can her observational skills save her before it is too late? I enjoyed the suspense. The characters were likable. I did not like how Cassie seemed to get something started with both Dean and Michael. It seemed like she was willing to kiss whoever was around. Obviously Dean is who she has the real connection with. We'll see how that develops in this series. I've always liked Jennifer Lynn Barnes' books, and this one did not disappoint. I will definitely keep going with this series.