I didn't read anything about Mind Games when I requested an advanced reader's copy so the only thing that I knew was that it was written by my favorite fiction author. What I found was a book that reminded me of when I was a child spending time with my grandmother on my grandparents' farm in Vermont.
The book begins with Thea, our 12 year old main character, getting ready to head to her grandmother's, along with her younger brother, Rem, for the best two weeks of the summer in Redbud Hollow, Kentucky, where Thea's mom was born and raised. Her parents plan to take the two weeks to be together sans children. Redbud Hollow sounds like the idyllic kind of place that a kid could go off exploring all day for two weeks and never do the same thing twice. Grammie, Ms. Lucy to everyone else, sounds like the best grandmother ever. She knows everyone in town, can make an amazing apple stack cake, and runs a candle, soap, lotion, and Appalachian medicinal business.
After her parent's tragic death at home, which while it was occurring woke Thea from her slumber, she learns of the gift that she shares with her grandmother and that her mother rejected. Unfortunately for Thea, because of the vision she had of her parent's deaths, this connects her to their murderer, Ray Riggs.
Thea and Rem are raised by their grandmother and the book follows Thea through high school and college as she learns to use and hone her gift all the while she remains connected to Ray Riggs. Ultimately, Thea has to come face-to-face with Ray to get him out of her head so that she can move on with her life. I really wish that I could tell you more, but that would give away all the juicy bits of the story. What I can say is that I highly recommend Mind Games and it's another great book by Nora Roberts available May 21, 2024.
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