Summary: "The night Russ Becker witnesses a strange astronomical event, his world changes forever. Before long Russ discovers he's developed incredible superpowers, and he's not the only one. Three other young people--beautiful Mallory, arrogant Jameson, and mysterious Nadia--have had the same experience and all of them now have powers of their own. Mallory can control peoples' minds, Jameson moves objects with his thoughts, and Nadia has empathic abilities.
At first the four relish their newfound gifts, but things become serious when they learn they are being hunted by an organization that wants them for its own nefarious purposes. When Russ's family is threatened, he's forced into action. What transpires will change all of them in ways they never imagined."
My Thoughts: Remember my list of reasons why I DNF books? One of those reasons was "I've heard this before" and let me tell you, superhero geniuses is not a unique idea. I read a book a year ago with the same premise and the same secrets. While I DNF that book because it was too cheesy, there was something that pushed me to continue on reading Edgewood. Even though it had the same cheesiness to it, I was intrigued by the plot for reasons unknown. There were plenty of times where I rolled my eyes and skimmed over a few parts, but I made it to the end.
So, why didn't I fall head over heels for this book? Like mentioned before, it wasn't anything original. A secret organization that controls everything in the world and seeks out people with these special abilities? Seen it and of course the main character has to be different from the rest. It was so obvious, the book was practically screaming, "hey! Hey you! Look at me!" Now, I don't mind when the protagonist is the chosen one. It's how the author incorporates it in the story. I want it to be sort of a mystery, so later I can have my "holy shit! I didn't see that coming" reaction.
Insta-love is a common trope of YA novels. The main protagonist has just met the romantic interest and they become the one. I don't like insta-love because I don't believe in love at first sight especially in high school. I believe in attraction at first sight and this is high school kids we're talking about so it's more like "lust" at first sight. This specific lust at first sight made me cringe. It was absolutely unbelievable and clearly, no matter how many times Russ tried to say otherwise, hormone driven. He also quickly changes his love interest towards the end of the story! All I could think was what even happened? Again, not love but hormones.
To some it all up, the insta-love (or loves in this case) was insta-lust, this story wasn't anything new and it was predictable as hell.
Rating: 2/5 stars
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