The Forbidden Trilogy
By Kimberly Kinrade
Forbidden Mind Book One
Sam is getting ready for her
eighteenth birthday, when she can finally leave “rent-a-kid” where she and
other kids with paranormal powers are used as spies to the highest bidder.
After one of her missions she is taken back to the institute where she sees a
guy who links to her mentally asking for help before he passes out. From that
moment the two shares a connection that cannot be broken, but Drake has shown
Sam a side of the institute she never wanted to believe and they must both
fight for their lives to escape.
Kimberly Kinrade has a great story
going with Drake and Sam even the other students with paranormal powers, but to
make it even better about halfway through she throws in a juicy twist making
this an amazing read. I didn’t really feel the connection right away between
Drake and Sam as the author had intended, I mean for me how can you fall in
love with someone with only having seen them once at a glance? But as the story
progresses you manage to fall in love right along with them. Putting the twist
into this book was a stroke of genius adding a whole new level of depravity to
an already atrocious situation. I cannot wait to keep reading, I just hope the
author will not lose momentum and will continue to surprise us.
Forbidden Fire Book Two
Warning: I will do my best
to not spoil the first book, but it may contain spoilers despite my efforts.
Sam and Drake are on the run this
time with one thing on their mind protecting what is most important to them. We
also see Lucy and Luke as they are left behind at the “Rent-a-Kid” center
determined to get to the truth of the center and hopefully find a way as well.
Not as great as the first book but it
still has its own twists and turns along the way that makes it a fun read. This
time along with Drake and Sam we are able to really get to know Luke and Lucy,
Sam’s best friends, and this allows us to continually know what is taking place
with all the other kids who are being held at the rent-a-kid center. In doing
this the author brings to life many other characters who take part in several
of the action scenes along the way. This is definitely and interesting series,
the para-powers continue to fascinate me from Luke who can walk through walls
to Mary the seductress each one has an attention-grabbing story to tell. I
cannot wait to continue on and see where Kimberly Kinrade takes us next.
Forbidden Life Book
Three
Warning will most
definitely contain spoilers of the first two books if you haven’t read them. I
will do my best to keep it vague.
Sam will do anything to protect Ana
now that she has finally arrived, but the powers that be know Ana is going to
be the most powerful paranormal child ever to exist and will do anything to get
their hands on her. All the while Drake is missing recuperating after what had
happened to him in the previous book, and Luke and Lucy are on a mission to put
an end to Rent-a-Kid once and for all before they too lose Ana.
I still want to kick Drake where it
will hurt the most what he did to Sam is despicable. Other than that it was a
fun book and obviously the author did a phenomenal job in her descriptive
capabilities to evoke such a strong emotion from a reader. I loved the
different trials that each of the characters must go through as they face decisions
that may change their entire lives. In the end, this was a great conclusion to
the trilogy I just wish she had finished off with Luke and Lucy a bit more, but
that aside she ties everything up with a nice bow for her readers.
Special Features:
Discussion Guide-
I don’t see the point in discussion
guides, but then I don’t discuss books with people in such a manner.
Unfortunately I found this tedious and some of the questions are meant to make
you “think” about the books when I see the trilogy as entertaining, not thought
provoking. Though, I must admit that some of the discussion questions have
certainly brought the entire trilogy into a new light. This is a great feature
for a book club use, for personal use it is interesting and adds focus on where
the author was coming from when she wrote these book.
Top Secret: IPI
Paranormal Profiles-
So this bit of extra information is
really cute, most of it you will know from the books themselves but the
descriptions of the characters as well as some of the commentary make this
worth the quick read.
Tell Me No Secrets by
Sam Smith and Drake Davis-
Hmmm, I am not sure what the point of
this is. It seems like a marketing ploy that was used and preserved in the
book. Basically it is Sam repeating things from book one and then Drake saying
how much he loves Sam.
Questions and Answers
with Author Kimberly Kinrade-
This was a fantastic interview with
the author I only wish that the interviewer had been identified.
The Forbidden Trilogy
Playlist-
Great songs!
Now with each review and all of the
special features, I would definitely recommend this omnibus it’s a great read
and the extras are fun and even enlightening.