There are people in this world who are Nobody. No one sees them. No one notices them. They live their lives under the radar, forgotten as soon as you turn away.
That’s why they make the perfect assassins.
The Institute finds these people when they’re young and takes them away for training. But an untrained Nobody is a threat to their organization. And threats must be eliminated.
Sixteen-year-old Claire has been invisible her whole life, missed by the Institute’s monitoring. But now they’ve ID’ed her and send seventeen-year-old Nix to remove her. Yet the moment he lays eyes on her, he can’t make the hit. It’s as if Claire and Nix are the only people in the world for each other. And they are—because no one else ever notices them
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I have never read anything by Jennifer Lynn Barnes before. I’ve heard that her Raised by Wolves series is off the charts amazing, but if you could see all the books piling up in my frontroom and bedroom you would understand why I just don’t have time. I was offered Nobody by Egmont USA in return for a review and giveaway to be posted on the blog.
I tried really, really hard to like Nobody, but I found it to be very……weird. The idea of writing about “nobody’s” was interesting, but it lacked the spark it needed. It was obvious to me that Jennifer Lynn Barnes is a fantastic writer. There was really nothing wrong with the writing style or the creativity, I just found the storyline to be very odd and I was not drawn in.
I ended up skimming a lot of this book because not only did I not enjoy the story itself, but I was not a big fan of the characters either. I am not a fan of books written in multiple perspectives, so that was an obvious turn off for me. Also, I found it really difficult to attach to either Nix or Claire. I understand that the book is called Nobody and that that’s what they are in the book, but I felt like they just did not exist.
I don’t have much to say about this book, because I found it very difficult to stick with it for long. I am giving it 2 stars, because I truly believe that Jennifer Lynn Barnes is a good writer. Looking at Goodreads, I also noticed that a lot of people are giving it higher ratings than I am. So maybe it’s just me. I didn’t like this story, but maybe some of you guys will. Make sure to enter the contest below. And make sure, if you have read the book, that you come back and let me know what YOU thought of it. Maybe we think the same or maybe we have totally different opinions! Let me know!
Pages: 400
Publication Date: January 22nd, 2013
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Source: Finished copy provided by publisher
Rating: : 
Teaser Quote: “I am everything. I am nothing. I am powerful. I am forgotten.”
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I really want to give this book a try
I read Raised by Wolves and while I think Jennifer Lynn Barnes is a very talented writer I couldn’t get past the fact that the human heroine’s alpha/surrogate father beats the crap out of her when she breaks pack rules even though she’s not a wolf and a teenage girl. I understood it was in line with the harshness of wolf hierarchy, and the author had the heroine’s surrogate mom freak out and leave with her immediately, but I was uncomfortable with trying to justify that kind of violence regardless of circumstances. I know it’s just a story and all but that scene stuck out the most for me in the entire book which isn’t a good thing.
I did end up finishing it though because of the quality of the writing, so I may give this one a go in future.
That’s really good to know! I can’t handle abuse in books, so I probably won’t pick that up in the future.