The Naturals

By: Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Narrated by: Amber Faith

Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins

Publisher's summary

Cold cases are about to get hot. Don’t miss this exhilarating crime thriller—perfect for fans of Criminal Minds and A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder—from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games.

Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But, it's not a skill that she's ever taken seriously. That is, until the FBI come knocking: they've begun a classified program that uses exceptional teenagers to crack infamous cold cases, and they need Cassie.

What Cassie doesn't realize is that there's more at risk than a few unsolved homicides—especially when she's sent to live with a group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own. Soon, it becomes clear that no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. And when a new killer strikes, danger looms close. Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts just to survive.

Think The Mentalist meets Pretty Little Liars—Jennifer Lynn Barnes's The Naturals is a gripping psychological thriller with killer appeal, a to-die-for romance, and the bones of a gritty and compelling new series.

Praise for The Naturals

"The Naturals is Criminal Minds for the YA world, and I loved every page."—New York Times best-selling author Ally Carter

* "[A] tightly paced suspense novel that will keep readers up until the wee hours to finish."—VOYA (starred review)

"This savvy thriller grabs readers right away."—Kirkus Reviews

"It's a stay-up-late-to-finish kind of book, and it doesn't disappoint."—Publishers Weekly

"In this high-adrenaline series opener...even a psychic won't anticipate all the twists and turns."—Booklist

©2013 Jennifer Lynn Barnes (P)2023 Little, Brown Young Readers

this was great

truly didn’t see the ending coming. all the stuff about how to profile someone and the “behind the scenes” stuff with the fbi was super interesting. and the romance was cute too! I really enjoyed this book.

Fun and easy read!

I liked that I was surprised at the end and who doesn’t love a good book series!

The naturals

I love this book it was so good and I love the twist and romance in the book

Didn’t want to stop listening

I listened to this to encourage my daughter to read. It was fantastic. I’m excited she can read a thriller that’s not too much for her but still “old” enough that she’s interested.

The plot twist!

First book in awhile I’ve truly loved and kept me on my toes!!! Halfway through the book slowed down a lot but was still enjoyable but torge the end it was perfect and full of twist and turns and kept me on my toes❤️

it's amazing

I literally love this so much, omg why is it soo good like, this was really good

Totally was invested in the story from the first page!

The thing that made me enjoy this story was the way that the author kept me guessing and took me on an adventure to find the killer. Additionally, it gave me the opportunity to relive my criminal mind days and honestly the way the chapters were set up I for sure wish this book was a tv series. Nonetheless, I gave this book a chance before buying the series and I’ll say that I’m totally invested in this series.

Loved it!!

The story maintained a good pace throughout, great storyline, good little surprise at the end.

Teens+ Criminal Minds=Perfection

as a true crime addict, i didn’t know if a YA fictional crime book would be enough for me. But this book was everything. I ate this whole series up and will be recommending these to everyone.
The plot was well done and the characters were even better. This book is fast paced and kept me coming back for more. A real page turner.

Fun quick read

Great character development. Fun and thrilling. Nice twist for the end! Can’t wait to see how the next one goes!