Ten people with unusual powers find themselves drawn together by forces they don’t understand - forces that threaten them and the world at large. They must figure out how to work together, and quickly, to prevent disaster.

With ten main characters, TEN: PART ONE could easily be unwieldy and confusing. But the plot races forward and each character is unique in a way that never gets out of hand. I found myself genuinely excited each time a new character’s name appeared at the start of a chapter. Who are we meeting? How do they fit into the puzzle?

The writing style is highly descriptive and in the present tense, which often reads like the scene descriptions in a screenplay, and this story would make a killer SENSE 8 or UMBRELLA ACADEMY style TV adaptation.

I really liked the idea that the source of their powers is also what threatens to take them down. It so perfectly mirrors their statuses as societal outcasts - LGBTQ people, people of color, trauma victims are all represented here, and they all provide each other support and the simple act of truly seeing each other.