Radiants

3.5 stars. I liked the characters, or at least appreciated them (some are terrible people). The main character (the only one written in first person) is the girl we first meet. The other point of view characters are told in third person, and they're quite an assortment. I dislike when writers use so......more

Long one of my favorite authors, Coe's latest is a modern day, supernatural thriller. A fraction of the world's population develop superhuman abilities (levitation, electrical manipulation, etc.) during adolescence, similar to X-Men except without every power being unique to the individual. Generall......more

Radiants are people with the right genetics that give them special powers that usually manifest around puberty or so. (Think X-MEN mutants). People with powers could be useful to the government and dangerous on their own. When 16-year-old DeDe uses her hidden power, everything goes sideways as agent......more

2.5 Stars for me. The author has talent but ... I should know better when it comes to reading/listening to YA stories published after 2020 so I will do my very best to avoid them. In the first 10 minutes of the story, the author had to show he was an all-inclusive writer by having a non-binary charac......more

Intriguing, Unusual, and Thoroughly Enjoyable "Radiants" is a story about people who have unusual abilities (in this story, two teenagers), and with their mother, struggle for freedom from various people, who want to control them. The numerous personalities are delightful or appalling, and the moment......more