The Naturals (book series)

The Naturals is a series of young adult novels by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. Beginning with 2013's initial novel of the same name, the series follows the life of Cassie Hobbes, a 17-year-old girl who is contacted by the FBI to join a special program.

This article is about the book series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. For the 1952 novel, see The Natural. For other uses, see Natural (disambiguation).
The Naturals
AuthorJennifer Lynn Barnes
Cover artistAbby Kuperstock
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreYoung adult fiction
Crime fiction
Mystery
Romance
PublisherHachette Books
PublishedNovember 5, 2013 - November 7, 2017
Media typePrint
No. of books5
WebsiteOfficial website

The initial book was followed by Killer Instinct, published in 2014. The third book, All In, came out in 2015, and the fourth and final book, Bad Blood, was published in 2016. A novella, titled Twelve, was published in 2017.

Books
No. Title Date Pages ISBN
1The NaturalsNovember 5, 2013320ISBN 978-1-423-16823-2
Seventeen-year-old Cassie is a natural at reading people. Piecing together the tiniest details, she can tell you who you are and what you want. But, it's not a skill that she's ever taken seriously. That is until the FBI comes knocking: they've begun a classified program that uses exceptional teenagers to crack infamous cold cases, and they need Cassie. What Cassie doesn't realize is that there's more at risk than a few unsolved homicides - especially when she's sent to live with a group of teens whose gifts are as unusual as her own. Soon, it becomes clear that no one in the Naturals program is what they seem. And when a new killer strikes, danger looms close. Caught in a lethal game of cat and mouse with a killer, the Naturals are going to have to use all of their gifts just to survive.
2Killer InstinctNovember 4, 2014384ISBN 978-1-780-87684-9

Seventeen-year-old Cassie Hobbes has a gift for profiling people. Her talent has landed her a spot in an elite FBI program for teens with innate crime-solving abilities, and into some harrowing situations. After barely escaping a confrontation with an unbalanced killer obsessed with her mother's murder, Cassie hopes she and the rest of the team can stick to solving cold cases from a distance.

But when victims of a brutal new serial killer start turning up, the Naturals are pulled into an active case that strikes too close to home: the killer is a perfect copycat of Dean's incarcerated father-a man he'd do anything to forget. Forced deeper into a murderer's psyche than ever before, will the Naturals be able to outsmart the enigmatic killer's brutal mind games before this copycat twists them into his web for good?
3All InNovember 3, 2015384ISBN 978-1-484-71643-4
Three casinos. Three bodies. Three days. After a string of brutal murders in Las Vegas, Cassie Hobbes and the Naturals are called in to investigate. But even with the team's unique profiling talents, these murders seem baffling: unlike many serial killers, this one uses different methods every time. All of the victims were killed in public, yet the killer does not show up on any security feed. And each victim has a string of numbers tattooed on their wrist. Hidden in the numbers is a code - and the closer the Naturals come to unraveling the mystery, the more perilous the case becomes.
4Bad BloodNovember 1, 2016384ISBN 978-1-484-75854-0
When Cassie Hobbes joined the FBI's Naturals program, she had one goal: uncover the truth about her mother's murder. But now, everything Cassie thought she knew about what happened that night has been called into question. Her mother is alive, and the people holding her captive are more powerful - and dangerous - than anything the Naturals have faced so far. As Cassie and the team work to uncover the secrets of a group that has been killing in secret for generations, they find themselves racing a ticking clock. New victims. New betrayals. New secrets. When the bodies begin piling up, it soon becomes apparent that this time, the Naturals aren't just hunting serial killers. They're being hunted.
5TwelveNovember 7, 2017100ISBN 978-1-368-02130-2
Cassie Hobbes has been working with the FBI since she was a teenager. Now twenty-three years old, she and her fellow Naturals have taken over running the program that taught them everything they know. As a unit, they're responsible for identifying new Naturals--and solving particularly impossible cases. When their latest case brings back a ghost from their past, Cassie and the other Naturals find themselves racing against the clock--and reliving their own childhood traumas.

Reception

Alex Winters, writing for the State Journal-Register, praised the series stating that, "If you enjoy suspenseful crime thrillers and whodunnits with a dash of teen melodrama, then this is the book series for you."[1] The website Paperback Bri also praised the series because of its mysterious vibe, stating that, "Each book introduced a new element, so the series never felt repetitive and each book constantly had me guessing."[2]

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gollark: I don't think so. I place my blame more on people in general instead of some secret shadowy elite.
gollark: Elon, I mean.
gollark: ... what's wrong with him?

References
  1. Alex Winters (August 31, 2017). "Book review: 'The Naturals' series is full of suspense". The State Journal-Register.
  2. "Why You Should be Reading The Naturals series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (series review)". Paperback Bri. February 5, 2018.
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