A review by amysutton
Freakling by Lana Krumwiede
4.0
In Taemon’s community, everyone has and uses Psi which is an ability to manipulate things and complete all tasks with the mind. A person just needs to know how something works, and he’s able to mentally command the materials to operate.
Problems arise when the community’s religious organization begins to seek out The True Son spoken of in prophesies, and Taemon’s brother Yens believes that the son may be Taemon. When the family takes a vacation to the beach, Yens begins taunting Taemon and pushes him off of a cliff into the water and jagged rocks below out of jealousy and hatred. Taemon is able to survive by using a mental gift only he has, but a confrontation with Yens afterwards leaves him without any Psi at all. Taemon manages to cover up his Psi-lessness for several months before he is finally caught and sent to the community outside the walls of the city where everyone is Psi-less, including an old woman who can see into the future.
Eventually Taemon learns that Yens was revealed to be The True Son, and the leaders plan to start a war on the side of the Republik that lives beyond the mountains. One night the leaders violently barge into the Psi-less community in order to steal their hidden library. Armed with the new knowledge of the library, the leaders are almost unstoppable; knowing anatomy, they can control other’s bodies; knowing chemistry, they could rip apart any anatomical structure. Taemon and a small group of rebels journey back into the city to try to defeat the leaders. The book ends with Taemon being regifted his Psi by the Heart of the Earth and being told he is The True Son. He uses his newly restored Psi to will that all of the Psi in the land be taken away from all humans. The book ends on a cliffhanger as Taemon leaves the city to journey to the Republik.
Problems arise when the community’s religious organization begins to seek out The True Son spoken of in prophesies, and Taemon’s brother Yens believes that the son may be Taemon. When the family takes a vacation to the beach, Yens begins taunting Taemon and pushes him off of a cliff into the water and jagged rocks below out of jealousy and hatred. Taemon is able to survive by using a mental gift only he has, but a confrontation with Yens afterwards leaves him without any Psi at all. Taemon manages to cover up his Psi-lessness for several months before he is finally caught and sent to the community outside the walls of the city where everyone is Psi-less, including an old woman who can see into the future.
Eventually Taemon learns that Yens was revealed to be The True Son, and the leaders plan to start a war on the side of the Republik that lives beyond the mountains. One night the leaders violently barge into the Psi-less community in order to steal their hidden library. Armed with the new knowledge of the library, the leaders are almost unstoppable; knowing anatomy, they can control other’s bodies; knowing chemistry, they could rip apart any anatomical structure. Taemon and a small group of rebels journey back into the city to try to defeat the leaders. The book ends with Taemon being regifted his Psi by the Heart of the Earth and being told he is The True Son. He uses his newly restored Psi to will that all of the Psi in the land be taken away from all humans. The book ends on a cliffhanger as Taemon leaves the city to journey to the Republik.