Mind Games (The Disillusionists Trilogy #1)23 март 2010 JUSTINE KNOWS SHE’S GOING TO DIE. ANY SECOND NOW.
Justine Jones has a secret. A hardcore hypochondriac, she’s convinced a blood vessel is about to burst in her brain. Then, out of the blue, a startlingly handsome man named Packard peers into Justine’s soul and invites her to join his private crime-fighting team. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime deal. With a little of Packard’s hands-on training, Justine can weaponize her neurosis, turning it outward on Midcity’s worst criminals, and finally get the freedom from fear she’s always craved. End of problem.
Or is it? In Midcity, a dashing police chief is fighting a unique breed of outlaw with more than human powers. And while Justine’s first missions, including one against a nymphomaniac husband-killer, are thrilling successes, there is more to Packard than meets the eye. Soon, while battling her attraction to two very different men, Justine is plunging deeper into a world of wizardry, eroticism, and cosmic secrets. With Packard’s help, Justine has freed herself from her madness—only to discover a reality more frightening than anyone’s worst fears.
Double Cross (The Disillusionists Trilogy #2)28 септември 2010 SOME SECRETS COME BACK TO HAUNT. OTHERS COME TO KILL...
Justine Jones has lived her life as a fearful hypochondriac until she's lured into the web of a mysterious mastermind named Packard. He gifts her with extraordinary mental powers-dooming her to fight Midcity's shadowy war on paranormal crime in order to find the peace she so desperately craves.
But now, serial killers with unheard-of skills are terrorizing the most powerful beings in Midcity, including mastermind Packard - and his oldest friend and worst enemy, Midcity's new mayor, who has the ability to bend matter itself to his will.
As the body count grows, Justine faces a crisis of conscience as she tests the limits of her new powers and faces an impossible choice between two flawed but brilliant men . . . one on a journey of redemption, and the other descending into a pit of moral depravity.
Head Rush (The Disillusionists Trilogy #3)6 декември 2011 JUSTINE JONES FACES HER ULTIMATE ENEMY: HERSELF!
In an attempt to put her unhappy past behind her, Justine Jones throws herself into nursing school and planning her wedding to Otto Sanchez, the man of her dreams. But something is off. Random details aren’tadding up…and is it her imagination, or are her friends and fiancé keeping secrets from her? And what’s with this strange sense of unease, and her odd new headaches?
Justine tries to stay upbeat as Midcity cowers under martial law, sleepwalking cannibals, and a mysterious rash of paranormal copycat violence, but her search for answers leads her into the most dangerous mindgame yet.
With the help of unlikely allies, including her paranoid dad and best frenemy Simon, Justine fights her ultimate foe…and unravels the most startling mystery of all.
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Първа глава от Head Rush!Това е една от тези поредици, които ме държат будна до малките часове на нощта и изобщо не съжалявам. Истинско удоволствие за читателя - свежа, интересна, забавна, страшна и шокираща история. Каролин Крейн има оригинален подход към идеята за хора със свръхестествени способности, дори все още не знаем как точно да се появили и защо все се въртят около Мидсити. Да не говорим, че на практика има два различни вида.
Къде другаде има екип от супер герои, чиито специални сили са техните фобии и неврози? Коя друга главна героиня е безнадеждна хипохондричка? Предполагам ако ви кажа какъв брилянтен чаровник и в същото време лъжец и манипулатор е главният герой, това няма да ви се стори чак толкова уникално, но веднъж щом опознаете Пакард, няма да го сравнявате с никой друг.
Жалко е, наистина, че е само трилогия, ще ми липсва. Но пък това я прави свежа глътка въздух на фона на явно модерните безкрайни поредици.
Обичам тези книги. Препоръчвам ги на всички.