At the end, the reader is left with a feeling of completeness rather than a sense of just having run a marathon. Light-hearted scenes interspersed with darker scenes balance out the novel. By taking a well written novel and combining intricate storytelling with descriptions that change in tenor and writing style to create emotions in various scenes, she allows the readers to experience different emotions throughout the novel that begin and end with the scene in question. And although she picks up the storyline, characters, and abilities from the first novel in the series seamlessly, the storyline found here is completely new and utterly wonderful.Īlthough Klever takes her readers through a great deal of action and suspense throughout this novel, the overall feeling is actually rather mellow. Klever incorporates just enough background information into this story to refresh readers on what had previously happened, or to allow new readers to pick up the series here (but I’d highly suggest reading Visions 1st) without bogging down the storyline. Now if he can just make it out alive… because girl problems, not getting along with his dad and keeping up on homework are nothing compared to what’s waiting. They’re afraid it's a trap but what choice do they have? It’s not in Owen’s nature to avoid danger. More importantly Owen hopes to discover what is behind the strange, potent relationship that his father and grandfather have rekindled after years of not speaking. Owen and his family must go to Florida in the hope that he and his mentor, White Eagle, can get to the bottom of what is going on with his father. Owen is scared – plenty of dark watchers are already after him without his father exposing his presence and abilities to the rest of the world. And finally his father is not himself, blames Owen for everything and threatens to give his secret away. Something strange is happening on campus and his friend Katie is involved. She’s older, wiser and seems to really like him, but he’s afraid that she might just be using him. Owen wonders what is going on with Lucie who is doing everything she can to avoid him. Too bad one of their special abilities isn’t repairing relationships because he feels like no one understands. For Owen, high school is difficult enough without adding the stress of knowing that there are some things in this world that only a secret watcher can fix.

Whispers by Lauren Klever