Lila, Jack, and Alex were always inseparable. Then Lila's mother was murdered when she was 13 and she moved with her dad to London. Lila's been keeping a secret that she can move things with her mind. Her dad is out of town on business when Lila uses her powers against a mugger. Afraid she might be losing control she wants to visit the boys she has always counted on so she heads to California to see her brother Jack and their best friend Alex. But they seem to not want her around. They are so busy with their new military job. Turns out they are hunting the people who killed her mother. And those people have powers just like her. Jack and Alex and their special military group, called The Unit, think all people with powers are evil. What's a girl with powers to do? 
 The beginning was a bit slow for me and it took awhile before anything major happened with Lila's secret and The Unit her brothers work for. Lila has an awesome power. Who hasn't wanted to be able to move things with their mind?! I mean what a time saver! I would probably never get up! LOL But also how scary. Lila has always kept it to herself knowing it will mean she is a freak and might get experimented on. Then when she finds out her brother and the boy she has been in love with all her life are working to catch people with powers like hers she really freaks. Will they still look at her the same? Or will they turn her over to their Unit? 
 Jack and Alex both obviously really care about Lila but at the same time they have been focused on revenge for so long they can't really see everything. There is a bit of a twist with the Unit and the people who murdered Lila's mother that I wasn't expecting. Jack and Alex have given up so much to seek revenge and it was a bit much but I also had a lot of respect for them to do that. Especially Alex since it wasn't his mother. 
 I can see why Alex is such a big hit. He is the sweet, protective, best friend and when he sees Lila all grown up he realizes he may care for her as more than a friend. I was a bit confused though as to what happened with Alex's parents and how he was able to be in this secret Unit without them ever calling or looking for him. It is safer to have no one close but I never really knew Alex's background. Jack stayed with Alex when Lila and her dad moved to London but I don't know much else besides that. 
 Jack was a great big brother. Super protective but completely out of love. He wasn't the happiest about Alex and Lila which was a bit understandable. Jack just wants to know that Lila is taken care of and as long as Alex is good to her then I think Jack will be fine with it eventually. Him and Alex have a lot of twists and lies thrown at them but through it all they protect Lila even though they are thrown about her secret. There was lots of on the run action and sort of a slight X-Men feel since there are groups of paranormal people that band together and all have different powers. I am glad I had the next book ready to go because it doesn't end on a huge cliffhanger but on quite a revelation! 
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 "The T-shirt was lifting without me even touching it. Wonderful, useful power, I thought. And then my fingers were against the warm flatness of his stomach." 
 "I felt his other hand sear hot against my cheek. He bent his head, and in a voice that Jack couldn't hear, said, "When you came down the stairs, and fell into me, that was the moment." Then his lips pressed against mine. 
 "When I said I had no choice about helping you, I meant it. There was no other option because you are the only option. I don't trust anything at the moment. But the one thing I am sure of, the one thing I do trust..." he paused for a fraction of a second, "is the way I feel about you."