Aversion: Book One of The Mentalist Series by Kenechi Udogu

Aversion: Book One of The Mentalist Series by Kenechi Udogu
Publisher: Self-published
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy, YA
Length: Short Story (131 Pages)
Age Recommendation: 12+
Rating: 4 Stars
Reviewed by Cyclamen

For Gemma Green’s first time, things should have been straightforward. Find your subject, hold their gaze and push a thought into their head to save them from future disaster – Aversion complete. A pretty simple process given that the subject was to have no recollection of the experience. But Russ Tanner doesn’t seem to want to forget. In fact the more she tries to avoid him, the more he pushes to get to know her. Gemma knows she has a problem but is she facing the side effects of a failed Aversion or has the school’s tennis champ really fallen for her?

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I really liked the premise of this novel. The thought that there are averters out in the world stopping people from taking actions which would destroy the path that they are meant to follow is a most intriguing idea. Obviously the averters have to remain secret or else people would engage in all sorts of reckless behavior without worrying about the consequences. Gemma has been trained her whole life to deal with the fact that she is an averter. But when her first Aversion seems to have failed because Russ Tanner doesn’t want to forget, Gemma’s life suddenly becomes much more complicated and dangerous.

I like Gemma a lot and her character seems very real and well-developed. She works hard to stay as invisible as she can at her high school, never drawing attention to herself, living the life of a loner. But she has her father and together they have a good life even if they do move every four years. Nevertheless, Gemma is also a normal teenage girl and the life she is forced to lead isn’t at all easy for her.

The plot is riddled with mysteries and just as Gemma solves one mystery, several others pop up in its place. Gemma finds help in very unlikely places and I was totally captivated by this story. It is not only a great fantasy adventure, but it also raises a number of extremely interesting philosophical dilemmas.

Fantasy readers are sure to enjoy this story filled with rich overtones, and I look forward to reading the next in the series.