aly36's review against another edition
5.0
I love the Mind Games series. They were all very good but Annie and Fia is a great introduction into the characters. Annie and Fia portrays sisters very well with all the up and downs sisters go through growing up and in life in general. Kiersten White is a really great author. I love all the books she writes so far. I would recommend this author and have told my sister and my niece about her. My niece loves Kiersten White's books as well. They are great books to read over and over.
readeraven's review against another edition
5.0
why is this not included in the first book? I think it would have fit all right
clever and angry Fia has just become my favorite female character ever
clever and angry Fia has just become my favorite female character ever
pacey1927's review against another edition
4.0
This was actually a nice little short story. It's been awhile since I finished the first book and I'm considering the second book. This served as a great refresher. It let me get back into the world of Annie and Fia.
the_cover_contessa's review against another edition
4.0
What I like most about this short story, you don't have to read either of the books to really understand it. It's told from the dual POV of Fia and Annie. Annie's POV is in the past, before they enter Keane; Fia's is just a few months after they've been at Keane. The time line for this one was MUCH easier to keep track of then the one for the books themselves (something I did write about in both my reviews). I have to say the more I have read of this series, the more I like it (since I wasn't thrilled with the first book when I read it). This novella gives great insight into why the two sisters ended up at the school. How Annie started her visions before and how Fia always had a inkling for things even before they were recruited. It gives some great insight into their personalities. This one does paint much less of a "crazy" picture of Fia, though. If you like this series, I highly recommend this novella.
lpcoolgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Really enjoyed this look into Annie and Fia when they were younger, how they were found by the Keane group, and one of Fia's missions. Great read!
sonshinelibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
This was such an illuminating look into the life of the two sisters before the beginning of Mind Games. I loved it!
I also loved reading it with my sister while we were waiting for a play to start. We have almost the exact same reading pace on things like this and it was so much fun to read it in tandem.
I also loved reading it with my sister while we were waiting for a play to start. We have almost the exact same reading pace on things like this and it was so much fun to read it in tandem.
taschima's review against another edition
3.0
FIA:"I proved my worth.
Now we all know what I can do, how easily I can win. And we all know that I will do it for Annie, that I will do whatever I have to for her to be happy. Sweet-like-honey Clarice will keep her happy. The school will take care of her.
And I will do what they tell me. My future stretches out, a continuous, unending path of wrong. I cannot see any way out. I have no power in this game. They hold all the cards."
Annie and Fia, the Mind Games novella, is a nice look into the events preceding the Mind Games series. It is very short, incredibly so, so if I were to buy it I would only pay about $0.99 (though I got it for free at amazon.com so if you can get it like that definitely go for it). In it you get to see Annie and Fia before they made it into the Keane school and four months after. The timeline alternates with the characters, with Annie you get to view the world before they made it into the Keane school which shows you the many reasons Annie wanted into the school so bad, and in the "after" entering the Keane school perspective comes from Fia.
I've read both Mind Games and Perfect Lies before reading this novella and while reading those books my favorite character alternates between first being Fia to then Annie in Perfect Lies. In this novella I prefer Fia over Annie. Fia is frank and a little on edge but her first priority is always to protect Annie and make her happy. On the other hand Annie seems to only think about herself, not ever considering how Fia feels or listening to her when she gives advice. Annie is a little self-obsessed but then again she watched as her parents died and no one believed her when she said it was going to happen so I could understand her need to go somewhere, anywhere, where she might feel included.
Something the novella lacked was an honest conversation between Annie and Fia about what they can do. They never really discussed it with each other and we never see Annie recognize the reason Fia freaked out before their parents left their house. A big miss.
Overall the short story was nice but it didn't really add anything (absolutely anything) new to the original series that would necessitate the creation of it. It is nice read because it lets us read a little more about Annie and Fia's past but I think that past was covered nicely enough in the original novels.
Annie"If I stay here, I will be forever cloaked in rumor and pathetic tragedy. Maybe I deserve that. I was never supposed to see anything. Maybe God made me blind on purpose. Seeing ruined everything, and there's no way to get any of my life back. No way to get my parents back.
But I want-need-a different future than this. I have to get away from this place. From who I am here. I have to get away from myself. At a new school in a new city, I can be a new Annie."
Now we all know what I can do, how easily I can win. And we all know that I will do it for Annie, that I will do whatever I have to for her to be happy. Sweet-like-honey Clarice will keep her happy. The school will take care of her.
And I will do what they tell me. My future stretches out, a continuous, unending path of wrong. I cannot see any way out. I have no power in this game. They hold all the cards."
Annie and Fia, the Mind Games novella, is a nice look into the events preceding the Mind Games series. It is very short, incredibly so, so if I were to buy it I would only pay about $0.99 (though I got it for free at amazon.com so if you can get it like that definitely go for it). In it you get to see Annie and Fia before they made it into the Keane school and four months after. The timeline alternates with the characters, with Annie you get to view the world before they made it into the Keane school which shows you the many reasons Annie wanted into the school so bad, and in the "after" entering the Keane school perspective comes from Fia.
I've read both Mind Games and Perfect Lies before reading this novella and while reading those books my favorite character alternates between first being Fia to then Annie in Perfect Lies. In this novella I prefer Fia over Annie. Fia is frank and a little on edge but her first priority is always to protect Annie and make her happy. On the other hand Annie seems to only think about herself, not ever considering how Fia feels or listening to her when she gives advice. Annie is a little self-obsessed but then again she watched as her parents died and no one believed her when she said it was going to happen so I could understand her need to go somewhere, anywhere, where she might feel included.
Something the novella lacked was an honest conversation between Annie and Fia about what they can do. They never really discussed it with each other and we never see Annie recognize the reason Fia freaked out before their parents left their house. A big miss.
Overall the short story was nice but it didn't really add anything (absolutely anything) new to the original series that would necessitate the creation of it. It is nice read because it lets us read a little more about Annie and Fia's past but I think that past was covered nicely enough in the original novels.
Annie"If I stay here, I will be forever cloaked in rumor and pathetic tragedy. Maybe I deserve that. I was never supposed to see anything. Maybe God made me blind on purpose. Seeing ruined everything, and there's no way to get any of my life back. No way to get my parents back.
But I want-need-a different future than this. I have to get away from this place. From who I am here. I have to get away from myself. At a new school in a new city, I can be a new Annie."