This YA fantasy novel focuses on Vesper, a teen runaway who has some dangerous powers. One of the many Oddities, she's a person who can summon your worst fear and turn it into reality. It's a scary sort of power, especially because she can't always control it. Finding a group of other Oddities, Vesper learns there might be a way for her to rid herself of her power. However, to do this, she'll have to compete in the Tournament of Unraveling, where one wrong move can mean landing her or someone she loves in a world of hurt.
I got 350 pages through this before closing the book and returning it. I liked the idea of these powers, kind of like the tv show The Gifted, which is based on the X-Men universe. However, I felt like the story's pacing was a little slow and then I got a little bored by the main character and the fact that there was a love interest thing running through this. I don't think this is as much a problem of the story as it is that I'm not the reader for this book. Interesting premise, and for someone else, probably a really good story.
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