Initial Impressions:Pretty disappointed by this book, I gotta say. It was one I was really anticipating and I feel really let down. If it wasn't such a quick read, I probably wouldn't have finished, but the pace did pick up for me after about a quarter of the way through. 
 I didn't like Fia's character at all. I understand the "stream of consciousness" style writing because of her abilities, but it didn't make it any more enjoyable to read. All of the "tap tap tap" "hate hate hate" - ALL of that repetition drove me nuts. I didn't really feel like the tapping was ever explained and why the repetition in threes? Just for kicks? Just to have a "thing"? I hate repetition in books. Look, I got it the first time. 
 Annie was much easier to read about, but even still, neither girl really stood out for me. I'm not sure why the dual POVs was necessary and really I just felt like the whole book was not necessary. It had a rushed feeling and the book was short and I think so many things could have been developed more to make the story more rich. I never felt like I was connecting with it or going somewhere. 
 Review originally posted on The Book Addict's Guide: Call me shallow, but looks matter. I mean, I totally judged this book by its cover. I LOVED the cover for this book (all the blues and purples and pinks - gorgeous) so admittedly, the cover drew me in initially and once I started to read more about it, I was super intrigued by the description! I love a good paranormal thriller so MIND GAMES quickly became one of my most anticipated reads for early 2013. Sadly, that was where the excitement ended as well. 
 MIND GAMES was really hard for me to get into. It's a very fast-paced book and also somewhat shorter in length (only 237 pages) so it was quick to read and honestly, if it hadn't been... I'm not sure I would have finished it. I really didn't like reading from Fia's point of view (also, did not like "Fia" as a nickname for Sofia, but that's just my weird names hang-up) although I understood it. 
 Fia has natural instincts, incredibly so that she's virtually always able to make the right decision without thinking and just trusting her gut. In order to keep the psychics and the mind readers of the book in the dark, Fia relies almost entirely on her instincts and doesn't interrupt her thoughts at all, so the reader gets a sort of stream-of-consciousness POV from Fia at all times. While I understand it, it was difficult to read at times because I felt like I was reading the author's stream of consciousness and not Fia's. The whole style of her POV felt unfinished to me and it took away from the book instead of adding something special to it. 
 The book alternates between Fia's POV and her sister Annie's. Annie is much easier to read and understand because she kind of only relies on her mind. Even though she's blind, she has the uncanny and ironic ability to "See": she has visions of events in the future as if she can see them happening herself. Annie is much more put together and definitely less scarred and traumatized then Fia so I was able to follow her story much better. 
 Besides the alternating POVs, the story also switches back and forth between present day and the past, which normally I'm fine with, but it was a little too much in MIND GAMES. I had to follow "Monday night, Tuesday morning, Wednesday afternoon" in present day but also jump around from "Ten years ago, five years ago, three years ago" in the past. I just felt like it was all over the place and not terribly hard to follow but just enough that it took me out of the story for a second to put together the pieces of the timeline, adjust, and then jump back in. It felt like an interruption of the book instead of adding additional information. 
 That all being said, the plot didn't knock me off my feet either. The concept was great and something really interesting, but going back to what I said earlier, the whole book just felt rushed all the time. I felt like details didn't get explained, the past didn't connect to the present well, and the characters never really got developed. I think it may have been worth it to add a few extra pages of explanations and character development to really hook the reader in and I just felt like I was really, really missing that. 
 Put all those elements together and add Fia's annoying tics (tapping and repeating everything in threes "tap tap tap" "hate hate hate" "go go go" -- can you tell I hate repetition in books?) and you have one disappointed reader. I was really sad that this book wasn't what I thought it would be. All of the things that were different about this book felt like a weight pulling it down instead of letting the book shine and carry the reader through. 
 And the ending!?! That was really, really, (I'm pulling a Fia here), REALLY disappointing and did not make any sense to me whatsoever. I know MIND GAMES is a series. I don't think I'll continue on.