I don’t know if this was a press release copy or a final finished copy of the book. I hope it was a press release copy, because the grammatical errors in this book are glaring. One person will start a sentence, and another will finish it, all on the same line. I can only hope I received the pre-release version. It was distracting and annoying, chopping up the story and taking away from the exciting flow of things.
The novel's ending leaves it wide, wide open for a sequel. I would have been satisfied if it had just remained one book. But I look forward to the next one, hoping the story is just as original, and hoping for more Third Wavers with powers like smelling a person’s past.
Overall, Playing for Keeps was a fascinating book offering a different take on the increasingly tired superhero/people with powers genre. With shows like Heroes, The 4400, and X-Men, superpowers seem to be less and less original. But Lafferty injects her own brand of powers into this book which makes it a lively and refreshing book to read.
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