{"id":3205,"date":"2012-10-10T16:53:08","date_gmt":"2012-10-10T20:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=3205"},"modified":"2021-06-02T19:27:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T23:27:21","slug":"hush-money","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3205","title":{"rendered":"Hush Money"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hush Money<\/a><\/em> (2010) Susan Bischoff<\/a> <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Several months ago I read the story Impulse Control<\/a><\/em>, set in the same world as Hush Money<\/em>, and really liked it. So I bought Hush Money<\/em>, and then kept thinking, “I don’t think I want to read this right now.”<\/p>\n

I don’t know why I do these things.<\/p>\n

Something happened, a kids started being born with “Talents”–the ability to do amazing things: Strength. Invisibility. Telekinesis. Mind Control. But the government didn’t like this, and soon the kids who manifested these abilities were locked up. Put in a special school where they could be “trained” and where they would no longer be a “threat”. So kids hide their abilities from the government–and each other.<\/p>\n

Joss has a Talent, and her parents are doing everything they can to keep her safe and hidden. Be average. Don’t stand out. Don’t be noticed.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, several people seem to want to pull Joss out of the shadows: Marco–the boy who has tormented her every since she turned him down. Kat, the new girl at school who doesn’t understand why Joss hides. And Dylan, Marco’s seemingly best friend.<\/p>\n

This reminded me a great deal of Rising Stars<\/a><\/em>, especially the inability of the government to know how to deal with these children. So far, kids with Talents have a pretty bum deal if they’re found out, which is why they try so hard to hide.<\/p>\n

Impulse Control<\/em> is set inside one of these schools\/prisons. Hush Money<\/em> is set on the outside, with a group of kids who desperately don’t want to end up on the inside.<\/p>\n

Both are very very good. You can grab Impulse Control<\/em> for free for the Kindle, to see if you’re interested in Hush Money<\/em>.
\nRating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Amazon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hush Money (2010) Susan Bischoff Several months ago I read the story Impulse Control, set in the same world as Hush Money, and really liked it. So I bought Hush Money, and then kept thinking, “I don’t think I want to read this right now.” I don’t know why I do these things. Something happened, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[292,2,26,34,20],"tags":[360],"class_list":["post-3205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ebook","category-fantasy","category-romance","category-urban-fantasy","category-young-adult","tag-susan-bischoff"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-PH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4590,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4590","url_meta":{"origin":3205,"position":0},"title":"Heroes ‘Til Curfew","author":"Michelle","date":"May 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Heroes 'Til Curfew (2011) Susan Bischoff This is the second book in the Talent Chronicles (and sadly, the last one available) and a follow-up to Hush Money, a YA book where children and teens with Talents are taken by the NIAC and put into special schools where they are \"protected\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "9.5\/10"","block_context":{"text":"9.5\/10","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/9-5-10"},"img":{"alt_text":"heroes-til-curfew","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/heroes-til-curfew.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":4587,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/4587","url_meta":{"origin":3205,"position":1},"title":"Impulse Control","author":"Michelle","date":"May 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Impulse Control (2011) Susan Bischoff This is an introduction to Susan Bischoff's Talent Chronicles series. 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