One of One

My review of this book can be found on my YouTube Vlog at:

https://youtu.be/XNMMyxs1adI

Enjoy!

I received the book for free through Goodreads First Reads. Much better than I expected, although I did not like the sudden ending. I felt it should have flowed together a little better and had more details. The Nigerian conflict was great to read about, and the telepathy was a nice addition. ( )

This book has an interesting plot with alternating point of views. It's interesting to see how the author makes two women from opposite sides of the world connect with each other. Would recommend for anyone looking for a good urban fantasy with telepaths. ( )

The author explores telepathic abilities through the thoughts and lives of two women, one from Texas, and the other from Nigeria. Lola is twenty-six year old geophysicist who finds herself being mentally contacted by Somadina, who desperately needs help. Cronin uses the connection to describe the social conditions, customs, and expectations the two women and Somadina’s sister face. The story takes a sudden turn when an organization called x0 gets involved in their lives. Overall, the characters and the plot were interesting. ( )

A little bit of a slow start. It is hard to see how these characters are going to tie together at the beginning, but then nobody is further than six degrees apart anymore. There are a lot of things to learn about how culture influences the acceptance of the unusual. Maybe there would be more of these powers if they were more accepted? Good characters, nice premise, but what happened to Djimon? His thread is left dangling. Maybe in the next book... ( )