Published: Oct. 24, 2011
Words: 84,984 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465896506

Short description

When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep. Sixteen-year-old Kira is a zero who can’t read thoughts, an outcast who has no chance with Raf, the mindreader she secretly loves. When she accidentally controls Raf’s mind, Kira hides her ability. But lies tangle around her, and she’s dragged into a world of mindjackers where she’s forced to mind control everyone she loves.

Extended description

"Wow oh Wow! I just inhaled this book. Quinn is an amazing author with an even more amazing imagination. In some ways Kira reminds me a lot of Katniss from the Hunger Games series." - TwiMom101 Book Blog

When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep.

Sixteen-year-old Kira Moore is a zero, someone who can’t read thoughts or be read by others. Zeros are outcasts who can’t be trusted, leaving her no chance with Raf, a regular mindreader and the best friend she secretly loves. When she accidentally controls Raf’s mind and nearly kills him, Kira tries to hide her frightening new ability from her family and an increasingly suspicious Raf. But lies tangle around her, and she’s dragged deep into a hidden underworld of mindjackers, where having to mind control everyone she loves is just the beginning of the deadly choices before her. (Read more) "Wow oh Wow! I just inhaled this book. Quinn is an amazing author with an even more amazing imagination. In some ways Kira reminds me a lot of Katniss from the Hunger Games series." - TwiMom101 Book Blog

When everyone reads minds, a secret is a dangerous thing to keep.

Sixteen-year-old Kira Moore is a zero, someone who can’t read thoughts or be read by others. Zeros are outcasts who can’t be trusted, leaving her no chance with Raf, a regular mindreader and the best friend she secretly loves. When she accidentally controls Raf’s mind and nearly kills him, Kira tries to hide her frightening new ability from her family and an increasingly suspicious Raf. But lies tangle around her, and she’s dragged deep into a hidden underworld of mindjackers, where having to mind control everyone she loves is just the beginning of the deadly choices before her.

"Wow – just when I was getting a little bored of YA a book like this comes along and just wows me back! ... I was holding my breath right up until the last page." - Mel's Random Reviews

"I’m not entirely sure Susan Kaye Quinn didn’t jack into my mind herself to make me fall in love with this book! This book is full of awesome.” - Jade Hanke’s Review

Other Mindjack Works
Mind Games (a short prequel to Open Minds)
Closed Hearts (Book Two of the Mindjack Trilogy)
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Tags

paranormal, science fiction, mind control, paranormal abilities, mindreader, mindreading, mind powers, powers abilities

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Reviews

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Review by: Haneen Ibrahim on Feb. 25, 2013 :
I cried, from deep inside my heart I cried with Kira at the beginning of this novel, how the atmosphere was so grey and dismal in the first few chapters, as she shows her disappointing hard life as a zero, how the future of her and her likes looks bleak, as if she’s carrying the whole world on her shoulders and how small are the shoulders of a sixteen years old girl are. And how I related, being a part of a minority -when teenager- I went through a lot. I still do.
It’s been a while actually since a book had this effect on me. To force me to cry.
I run too so wow! I loved her so much so I decided to keep on reading, and I was surprised how this YA science fiction was almost lyrical! There were some beautifully poetic lines there I just couldn’t ignore I had to stop at, absorb it completely and still think of it as I moved on.
Yes there are some parts that puzzled me and seemed rather rushed,
And frankly I got annoyed by the constant repletion that sometimes sounded like “in the last episode this & this happened” or the‘Supernatural’ “Then & Now” thing. I don’t think we really needed to read Kira’s complete chain of thoughts.
But really all in all that was one novel I certainly did not regret reading. Susan Key Quinn is a very, VERY good writer, thanks for writing such a special book, or let me rephrase it; such a mesh not demense book :P
(review of free book)

Review by: Meag on Jan. 03, 2012 :
A great addition to YA dystopian fantasy. This was a great read that had me coming back until I finished. Ms. Quinn has some awesome world-building skills. I enjoyed the main character's voice a lot, and felt that she was fairly believable as a teenager and a heroine.

What kept it from being 5 stars was a few minor things. One, that the main character was, as is found fairly often in YA lit, unbelievably good at her extremely new-found talent. She didn't seem to do much in the way of practicing (and she had no previous knowledge of what jackers could do), but still managed to lay all of the bad guys that crossed her path, and with little to no effort on her part. Two, everyone apart from the main character was fairly static and boring--not too many surprises or changes in character for them. And three, although the world-building was mostly well done (interesting, fresh), there were still several places where it either didn't feel as thought-out or the author brought in some new thing just to serve the plot.

Otherwise, though, an excellent book. I have already recommended it to several others and look forward to the next book in the series.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

Review by: Rachel Morgan on Dec. 28, 2011 :
Sometimes you can tell when a book is self-published. In this case, you can't.

OPEN MINDS is a unique story with wonderful world building. I love (really love!) that Susan made up new words and slang to go with this imaginary futuristic world. She also surprised me in a few places when the story took unexpected turns - gotta love a story that's not predictable!

I'll definitely be reading the sequel, CLOSED HEARTS, when it comes out in 2012.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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