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A review by terriaminute
Radiants by David B. Coe
adventurous
medium-paced
3.5
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 many, but that's just me. I'd recommend this to any teen reader, but particularly queer teens. Understated representation, I love to see it.
There's one timeline flaw that I noticed, the rest of the plot hangs together pretty well. Some parts were a little boring for me, but I am not a Young Adult, the target audience, so I just skimmed a bit here & there. I don't regret reading it, which is very important! I liked how embedded in the world the powers were, how each action had consequences, and I liked the best how the kids reasoned their way through each problem.
Given that federal agents are often armed, there is on-page violence. But the kids do as little as they can get away with, aware of consequences.
There's one timeline flaw that I noticed, the rest of the plot hangs together pretty well. Some parts were a little boring for me, but I am not a Young Adult, the target audience, so I just skimmed a bit here & there. I don't regret reading it, which is very important! I liked how embedded in the world the powers were, how each action had consequences, and I liked the best how the kids reasoned their way through each problem.
Given that federal agents are often armed, there is on-page violence. But the kids do as little as they can get away with, aware of consequences.