Wow, this book was terribly cliche, I had to skim most of the middle. I am really glad I did because the ending, oh the horrible ending.Let's meet Will Hunter the main character who is a super secret 16 year old. He is super rich, super smart, and is a super bad ass.Will is also super humble, super nice, and super shy.Um, what?Yes we have a male version of the Mary Sue, is there a name for them?In the beginning of the book the author brand drops showing Will has what I guess is impeccable style. I wouldn't know because I do not, so Will is also super stylish.Will loves his mom, hates his step father, and pines after his missing father who was abducted when he was eight.This is when he started on his path to super secret awesomeness that is chasing his fathers abductor.I am just going to go over the first day of school for The New Kid, you will recognize him for everyone including Will himself refers to him as The New Kid. Even though he could drive himself to school, he is super rich remember, he wants to blend so he rides the bus.This is where he meets Natalie, a super cute girl he is just sure thinks of him as pond scum. He also meets the obligatory douche canoe from the football team. On the way to school the bus is attacked by demonic crows, and he ends up sitting with Natalie, no really.When he gets to school he is warned by the Principal that he has a clean slate here, and that all his past indiscretions are in the past. *cough* Buffy The Vampire Slayer *cough*Will, still wanting to appear like a normal teenager is all nice and humble and agrees, but he doesn't even make it to his first class before showing off his super skills. He stops and saves the school geek, Rudy, from the football team as they are dunking him head first in the toilet. Cue fight scene, very low key.He then makes it to his first class and purposely gets questions wrong so he seems normal.Now we have our school lunch table choice moment, where he, you guessed it, he sits with Rudy.In mid conversation he notices that the head cheerleader, who is teenage girl perfection, is about to be blown up. He can't let that happen, but long story short he saves the girl but blows up the homecoming float only to be sent home by the Principal still holding on to his clean slate?WTF!Now at home in is secret lair in the basement, surrounded with all his super secret demon hunting toys, he pulls out his instant healing cream.With The Fucking Window Open.Yup, you guessed it Natalie was looking in the window, and Rudy is hiding in the bushes.*sigh*Yeah, and it gets worse.I can't even.I am done.This books sucked.The ending is worse.Luke, I am your father.Yeah, that fucking stupid.Thank you Netgalley and BenBella Books.
