the fixer series by jennifer lynn barnes

I’ve never casually read a Barnes book and am always totally engaged/engrossed/enamored the whole way through. Barnes is so good at misdirection that I haven’t been right yet, but the beauty is that in hindsight all the clues were there to figure it out. With advanced degrees in psychology from Yale University, her smarts really translate to her stories – they are written brilliantly! She weaves such a compelling mystery that I spend the entire book analyzing every character to try to figure out whodunit. Part of that addictiveness comes from how well it’s written.

The book has excellent momentum and pacing, and I found it super difficult to put down! Her involvement starts out minimal, but soon grows into something of epic proportions. Tess, the main character, is thrust into a world of intrigue when she’s forced to move in with her “fixer” sister in Washington DC. While The Naturals series is a YA version of the show Criminal Minds, The Fixer series is very reminiscent of Scandal (which I love). And you know what? The Fixer completely satisfied my crime novel craving! I read The Fixer (The Fixer series #1) with the hope that it would help hold me over for when Bad Blood (The Naturals series #4) comes out November 1st. I can’t get enough of Jennifer Lynn Barnes! Her books are smart, engaging, and so well constructed that she’ll always have your brain reeling.

A nd when a conspiracy surfaces that involves the family member of one of Tess’s classmates, love triangles and unbelievable family secrets come to light and life gets even more interesting-and complicated-for Tess. school for the children of the rich and powerful, where she unwittingly becomes a fixer for the high school set, fixing teens’ problems the way her sister fixes their parents’ problems. She also starts at Hardwicke Academy, the D.C. But when her estranged sister Ivy uproots her to D.C., Tess is thrown into a world that revolves around politics and power. The Overview: Sixteen-year-old Tess Kendrick has spent her entire life on her grandfather’s ranch.

The fixer series by jennifer lynn barnes