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First let me start off by saying I am not a particular fan of teen first-person fiction dystopian genre of story-telling. And my biggest challenge in reading this series is that it is all of those things at once. Which means there is a lot of character internalization that makes me highly annoyed at the main character and doesn't seem to really move the story anywhere - and this goes on for the first third to half of the book. There are a lot of flashbacks and visions in this book and this really bogged down my reading to the point where I put it away for a few weeks. I think the author has improved a lot since her first book which I had this same difficulty with until nearly the end of the story, and there is still room for improvement in the flow of the story.

Having said that, I really like a lot of things about this story, once I picked it up again and plowed on to where things actually started to happen. The conversational banter are really the strongest things in this story that carry it forward and make it fun the closer it gets to the end of the book. So this main character is growing internally and we can see that as she draws analogies between her own life and that of Tess Derbyfield a la Tess of D'Urbervilles - in hopes that she won't be quite as tragic as Tess Derbyfield... Unfortunately, whether she sees it or not, she really is more tragic a character than Tess Derbyfield, and the one characteristic she is beginning to develop that TD never could is that she is strong-willed and does things her own way. Consider that she grew up in a position where she had to mother her own mother and her younger sister and become emotionally blocked up and detached to the point where she lashes out in anger at people rather easily...where her classic literature counterpart internalized more and more until she destroyed herself and those around her. And this is what I love about Tiffany's story is that she draws the analogies to this classic literature with her character's inner monologue. Now I am of the opinion the execution could be a bit smoother to perhaps, give me a reason to identify with this teenage girl and sympathize with her rather than wanting to occasionally punch her in the face for not making sense.

I like how she incorporated some of the history of this disease that has been killing women into the story. As I mentioned before, the clever dialogue is the strongest carrier of this story and I find it much more interesting when Lockwood (my current favorite character) tells Tess the history and backstory than when Tess remembers her own. My advise to the author for book 3 would be PLAY THIS STRENGTH!

This brings us to the end of the book which is what the entire story seemed to be trying to build toward: Tess spends 2/3 of the story wanting to rescue her sister but counter to her hot-headedness she spends most of the book getting used to camp life. Okay great, I get it, we're building up sympathy of some of the camp-bound characters so we can have a larger group go out with relatively little protest to face the "bad guys"... but are they really bad guys? Is there such a thing as a "good guy" in this story even? There is a ton of foreshadowing in the story that made me not entirely surprised at the surprise ending, but even with that, the final chapters left my jaw on the floor. And I'm pretty sure this is intentional that we are meant to be feeling the same shock as Tess that this REALLY. JUST. HAPPENED. I'm talking about a Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back moment of revelation. And I am at a point where, as much as we are led to believe that some characters are bad and some are decent, we're about to have our entire philosophy turned on its head in Book 3. Seriously, for me it was this ending that made the entire book worth the read.

So, keep up the good work Tiffany Truitt. If Book 3 can maintain the momentum of the last part of Naturals, you will have a real winner!


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Naturals Lost Souls Tiffany Truitt Books Reviews

This is an awesome book! It's well written and a great story. The Naturals is one of those books that is hard to put down! The ending makes me excited for the third book...cannot wait for it's release!
The second book moved much slower in my opinion and wasn't as good as the first one. Even still it kept my attention and I plan on reading the next book.
Great read.
Really great story. Loved the characters.
Fantastic Story. Could not put it down.
I completely loved this book, the ending leaves you wanting more! The entire book is a page turner, whether it is something dramtic happening, or sweet love story happening it'll make it so you can not book the book down. The character development is done extremely well so you can relate to almost every single person in the book. Loved it!
I wanted to love it. I had some issues with the writing style of the first book, but figured it might get better with the second since many authors grow into their writing. The idea is interesting, but this second book was something I had to force myself to finish. The main character was all over the place and seemed to have personal breakthroughs every few pages only for them to be meaningless or plain not make any sense a page later. I felt like there were a lot of character development moments that were repetitive and didn't add to the story, either from trying to fill pages or attempting to re-enforce character traits I'm assuming. I'm tempted to read the third book to see if the whole 'infertility' thing is explained (why don't they have a c-section? Or an abortion?) I would love to see more focused and meaningful character development and a better overall view if the 'big picture' of the story development.
I loved the first book and thought this was an excellent follow up. The cover is a horribly cheesy choice considering that the subject matter of this book is intense and at times tragic but that seems to be the trend these days. (I've had to learn to ignore book covers. Ugh.) Anyway, Tess continues to mature from being a bitter girl to a hopeful woman. It was a great twist to see how "The Naturals" might not be better than the Council and the chosen ones which forces the question Who's really human in spirit? Tess, Henry and James continue to develop as relatable characters which is why I gave it an excellent rating. I enjoyed the balance of action and suspense with the intellectual aspects. I do however caution that I don't think this book or the first one, Chosen Ones, is a good book for girls younger than 17. Tess, in my opinion, makes the mistake that so many teenage girls make of thinking that making her own sexual choices makes her "free". There so much more to being a liberated woman than deciding who you will or will not be with. Sigh. Anyway that's a pretty heavy topic for a "too young girl" to tackle and I do not agree with some of the choices Tess makes but I'm an adult not a 16 year old. Back to Tess... she is painfully preoccupied with herself and her feelings. I don't blame the men around her for getting annoyed but since she didn't have much of a mother, she's having to sort out these coming of age issues on her own. This is why she's an interesting character but not a heroine. After Robert, George of all people seems to be the closest to a hero emerging in all of this. (Didn't see that coming.) I hope in the final installment, Tess becomes a true heroine who's more focused on accomplishing a greater good with her life in addition to being a better person. This book makes me care about what's going to happen. And what about James and Henry? My lips are sealed. Overall I would say the book is excellent because it forces the reader to think and question humanity which is what makes the dystopian genre more than just bad guys vs. good guys in the future.
First let me start off by saying I am not a particular fan of teen first-person fiction dystopian genre of story-telling. And my biggest challenge in reading this series is that it is all of those things at once. Which means there is a lot of character internalization that makes me highly annoyed at the main character and doesn't seem to really move the story anywhere - and this goes on for the first third to half of the book. There are a lot of flashbacks and visions in this book and this really bogged down my reading to the point where I put it away for a few weeks. I think the author has improved a lot since her first book which I had this same difficulty with until nearly the end of the story, and there is still room for improvement in the flow of the story.

Having said that, I really like a lot of things about this story, once I picked it up again and plowed on to where things actually started to happen. The conversational banter are really the strongest things in this story that carry it forward and make it fun the closer it gets to the end of the book. So this main character is growing internally and we can see that as she draws analogies between her own life and that of Tess Derbyfield a la Tess of D'Urbervilles - in hopes that she won't be quite as tragic as Tess Derbyfield... Unfortunately, whether she sees it or not, she really is more tragic a character than Tess Derbyfield, and the one characteristic she is beginning to develop that TD never could is that she is strong-willed and does things her own way. Consider that she grew up in a position where she had to mother her own mother and her younger sister and become emotionally blocked up and detached to the point where she lashes out in anger at people rather easily...where her classic literature counterpart internalized more and more until she destroyed herself and those around her. And this is what I love about Tiffany's story is that she draws the analogies to this classic literature with her character's inner monologue. Now I am of the opinion the execution could be a bit smoother to perhaps, give me a reason to identify with this teenage girl and sympathize with her rather than wanting to occasionally punch her in the face for not making sense.

I like how she incorporated some of the history of this disease that has been killing women into the story. As I mentioned before, the clever dialogue is the strongest carrier of this story and I find it much more interesting when Lockwood (my current favorite character) tells Tess the history and backstory than when Tess remembers her own. My advise to the author for book 3 would be PLAY THIS STRENGTH!

This brings us to the end of the book which is what the entire story seemed to be trying to build toward Tess spends 2/3 of the story wanting to rescue her sister but counter to her hot-headedness she spends most of the book getting used to camp life. Okay great, I get it, we're building up sympathy of some of the camp-bound characters so we can have a larger group go out with relatively little protest to face the "bad guys"... but are they really bad guys? Is there such a thing as a "good guy" in this story even? There is a ton of foreshadowing in the story that made me not entirely surprised at the surprise ending, but even with that, the final chapters left my jaw on the floor. And I'm pretty sure this is intentional that we are meant to be feeling the same shock as Tess that this REALLY. JUST. HAPPENED. I'm talking about a Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back moment of revelation. And I am at a point where, as much as we are led to believe that some characters are bad and some are decent, we're about to have our entire philosophy turned on its head in Book 3. Seriously, for me it was this ending that made the entire book worth the read.

So, keep up the good work Tiffany Truitt. If Book 3 can maintain the momentum of the last part of Naturals, you will have a real winner!