In this sequel to The Edge Of Nowhere, Becca is still hiding
from her stepfather, because she discovered that he killed someone. She knows this because she can read people’s
thoughts. Unfortunately, the thoughts
come through fragmented, so she doesn’t always understand what people mean by
what they are thinking, which makes it a much less useful ability than you
might think. In this story, she and her
boyfriend Derric have been having problems because Becca can’t open up to him
as much as he has opened up to her. This
causes them to separate and we get to see how each person’s life moves on
individually. Meanwhile, there is a lot
of excitement over a black seal that shows up in the exact same spot once a
year, every year. It doesn’t look like
other seals, because it is completely black, all over. A biology student has come to try and study
the seal, thinking that it might be a new species or a mutant but some of the
people on the island are vehemently opposed to her getting anywhere near the
seal, although, one teen on the island, Jenn, has been trying to help her. In the mix of all of this story, there is a
girl named Cilla, who doesn’t speak, who was abandoned by her parents and who
may be able to guide them to some of the answers surrounding some of the
mystery about the seal. I thought this
was a pretty good follow up to the first book.
This is definitely something that supernatural mystery lovers would
like, although, because of the focus on relationships, more girls may enjoy
this than boys.
The Wild Ways by Tanya Huff
