. In my honest opinion, this book was terrible. From the washed up romance of "which boy should I choose?" to the over-all perfectness of the main character, I was disappointed. Each page was predictable, I was able to tell exactly what would happen before I turned the page. You could tell exactly when Gabriel, the emo kid, was going to show up and save Kaitlyn because she is a pathetic excuse for a main character. She makes so many bad decisions, (falling for a sociopath, not shutting up when she needs to, getting the group into situations that could have been avoided) that just ruined any quality, not to mention how beautiful all the characters were. This book was maybe 70% Romance, 15% plot and 5% synonyms for attractive. . The whole time, I felt as though Anna was there to ease the sexual tension between Kait and the others, and to make Kaitlyn look better. Because Kaitlyn needed a strong man to rush in and save her, the only way to make her seem like a stronger female lead was to put in a more useless female character. Anna, despite being described as beautiful, doesn't attract the attention of any of the males until the end, when Kaitlyn chooses Gabriel over Rob in a scene that made me want to cry out urine in the corner. Finally, Rob takes Anna as the second choice, only because Kaitlyn chooses Gabriel. The other thing is Kaitlyn seems to feel as though she has control over Rob, and acts as though she chooses whether Rob and Anna have a relationship. I found that very possessive of both of them, and rather creepy. Since Anna is so submissive, even though she liked Rob, she "respects Kaitlyn's prior claim". Kaitlyn HAD no prior claim! Rob was fair game to both! Kaitlyn does NOT have the right to decide this, and basically tosses Anna the scraps. And because Anna is a submissive female role inferior to even Kaitlyn, she swallows the whole thing, not even complaining that Rob still has Kaitlyns lipstick all over his face. Something stupid as well was how quickly Gabriel accepted Kaitlyn. He rejected the others, and talked to her. Unexplained and stupid. Bleh. . Also, why are all the protagonists beautiful?! They quickly gain high status amongst a high school environment on their FIRST DAY. High School is a very judgy environment, you aren't going to be accepted THAT fast. The other thing about the school is that nothing is described. Do they meet anyone? Who are their teachers? What classes do they take? Did no one speak to them? How did they gain high status?! This made no sense. ...I feel as though I've already torn up the love triangle in this story. It seriously reminded me of Twilight, where the beautiful female lead has trouble choosing between a nice, tanned guy, and a cold icy guy who have a rivalry with each other. Though in all fairness, this book came out before Twilight, so I'm just not going to go there. . Overall this story didn't have much plot, and it seemed as though Ms. Smith realized that, and threw in some garbage consisting of about forty pages in which she turns a seemingly nice old man into a power-hungry villain. Not a good idea, it needs proper pacing. . To conclude, I do NOT recomend this book.I didn't like anything about it, because it was all rubbush. Don't read this if you want something decent

Just so everyone knows, these books were written WAY before any of the Twilight books, I read them when I was 11 and I'm 26 now so safe to say they have been out for more than 15 years...so please stop comparing these to Twilight! They're great books and she's an amazing author!

What an amazing book! the adventure was so detailed that we can imagine our self's in the book. i was glad that glad that the L.J. Smith kept the perfect romance for the ending. i was so happy when Gabriel and Kaitlin finally had there moment of love in the end. in conclusion, this is not a book that u'd want to miss :)

i would give this book a 2.5. it was alright, i just thought that most of it was pathetic and some situations were "overreacting" if you understand what i mean. it was ok.

I have the older copy of this book second hand and I've read it several times now. I mostly read it because I love Gabriel haha. It's a very easy read and the writing is not exactly genius but the story is really very original. I also love the ending! I definitely recommend this book (or should I say these three books...)

If one could start a review with one word, the word I would choose for this collection is: WOW!!! If I could have given it a 10, instead of a 5, I would have. Having read other L.J. Smith books, I was expecting a captivating story, well developed characters, intrigue, fantasy and unrivaled villainy - what I got was SO MUCH MORE! The cover really belies the story. "not all vampires are out for blood..." Frankly, I was expecting just another vampire story. But it has absolutely nothing to do with vampires at all! The basis of this story is actually much more real. A group of highly psychic teens with "strange" gifts are collected by a kindly old man to help them train and develop their skill. All this under the guise of scientific research. What lies in store is nothing short of spectacular! I would love to tell you more, but you'll have to read it to believe it. Despite the realistic setting, you'll feel as though you must have been transported to another world. I simply could not put this down. This version includes all three stories: The Strange Power, The Possessed and The Passion. Like others who've reviewed this, when it was over, I wished there was more to come.

First, I thought I would read on of those Twilight book copies, but than I saw that the story was totally different (in a good way!). I liked the story and characters. This book is pretty easy to read, but it's interesting and mysterious. You should read it :)

i loved this book i read it once and then read it right after i fineshed it was amazing and i really hope the auther decides to make a second book i want to see more of what happens with kait and gabriel loved this book best one i ever read and hope there is a second one !

this is a GREAT book i seriously loved Gabriel!!! i wish there was a sequel!!! cant wait to read another L.J. smith book!!!

After all the positive comments and reviews, I was really hoping this book would blow my mind. The only thing it blew was my money. I tried so hard to keep reading, but it just didnt seem to get better; if anything, it got worse. There was nothing that I really liked about this book, so half-way through, I gave up. I wasn't a fan of the characters, storyline, writing style, etc. It seemed rather mediocre in comparison to other teen novels/series I've been reading lately.