The Naturals
by Jennifer Lynn Barnes · The Naturals #1 · 2026
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 come 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.
Heat: 1 · Genres: Crime, Mystery
Reviews
Carrie Reichelt — 4/5
This is not a romance book although there is a SLIGHT love triangle…but it’s not the main part of the story. Cassie has been recruited to be a part of The Naturals: a program run by the FBI that trains teenagers who are natural at one gift or another to help solve cold cases. Unofficially. Each if the kids has their own traumatic history and for Cassie, her mother’s murder was never solved. I loved the different personalities in the house. I imagine we’ll see more in the next books. I actually didn’t see that ending coming! Very entertaining. I listened to the audiobook. I do wish it was multiple POV with duet/dual narration but oh well.