Secret of the Sevens

Secret of the Sevens is by debut author Lynn Lindquist.

Everyone at Singer, a boarding school for underprivileged kids, knows the urban legend of the Society of Seven.  Decades age, the original members of the secret guild for elite students murdered the school's founder and then perished in the fire they lit to hide the evidence.  Or so the story goes.  

Talan Michales doesn't care about Singer's past.  He's too focused on his future and the fact that he'll be homeless after he graduates in May.  To take his mind off it, he accepts a mysterious invitation to join a group calling itself the Sevens.  He expects pranks, parties, and perks.  Instead, he finds himself neck- deep in a conspiracy involving secret passages and cryptic riddles about the school's history.  Even worse, he's now tangles in a web of lies someone will kill to keep hidden.

The Breakdown:
1. Lindquist spins a fantastic mystery in this story. She lays out an intriguing mystery behind the Sevens and what happened to them.  She kept me guessing on not only what is going on, but who is behind the clues and who is betraying the school.

2. Talan was definitely an interesting character.  He is not the typical hero that I go for in a book, but I really enjoyed him.  He has serious abandonment issues, and trust issues, but despite this he is loyal to his friends, and tries to protect them even if it means isolating himself.  I love his character development as he learns to believe in a cause bigger than himself and his trust and feelings for Laney.

3. I like that while there is romance between Talan and Laney, that it is not the main focus of the story.  Lindquist does an excellent job of keeping the story focused on the Sevens and what happen to them and what is happening to the Singer school.  I also like that Talan and Laney that is a gradual attraction that has developed over most of their lives.

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