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 Protagonist: Alex learns when he enters his Sophomore year of high school that he has the ability to "see" the future, though due to his blindness his visions rely on his other senses rather than sight. On his first week of school he meets new friends who have just arrived into town and soon after discovers that one of his new friends, one he has begun to develop feelings for, could be in danger from a powerful psychic. Alex starts off as a fairly level headed narrator who uses his lack of sight to tell a compelling and unique side to a story. Though later he grows hasty and makes decisions that hurt those around him, including those who are just trying to help. I slowly started to dislike his sudden outbursts of anger and erratic behavior, even when it was understandable he sometimes took it a bit too far, and eventually I found him to be an increasingly annoying narrator. 
 Romance: So Alex's romance is a bit weird in this book, it first starts of with his feelings toward Simmi, a girl who instantly captivates him and who he'll do anything to protect. I'm serious, he got really protective over her to the point where it got pretty creepy since they weren't dating. He also seemed to have a weird obsession with her that screamed unhealthy to me from the moment I noticed it getting too far, and eventually led to possessiveness which got really awkward to read. 
 World-Building: Being the first installment in this series the whole world is introduced as well as what it does and can contain. This world full of "gifts" that plague many of the teens introduced in this book, to which they handle with blind acceptance to utter denial and all the shades in-between. This book also introduces the setting as a small town with a stereotypical high school full of cliques and a bully who torments Alex and his friends. 
 Predictability: You'd think that a book where the narrator can "see" the future would have no twists and no surprises, but you would be dead wrong. Now while there were a few things that were easily decipherable for the most part, there were also many twists that I just didn't see coming, as well as one where I had to reread the reveal because my mind was so blown by it I couldn't comprehend it. It was great that ever reveal held a new piece of the puzzle and there was a bit of smug satisfaction when I could figure out a twist before Alex did. 
 Ending: The ending was great and helped introduce more about the second installment without having too much of a huge cliffhanger or plot twist. I did find the ending slightly more bearable once the "final confrontation" was over though I did at times still fin Alex annoying and having a bit of a god complex (or hero complex?). Either way I liked how it seemed to transition into the second installment. 
 Overall, I'm giving it 4 out of 5 stars, you'd think after how much I ripped on it in the beginning that I would have given it a lower score, but I loved it, and knowing that book 2 will have a different narrator helps. I can't wait to continue this marvelously written series and see where it'll go.