Sparked by Helena Echlin and Malena Watrous

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Synopsis:
Fifteen-year-old Laurel Goodwin wakes up to find her older sister Ivy missing from their Airstream trailer in the Oregon redwoods. A recurring nightmare convinces her that Ivy was abducted, but no one takes her dream seriously, including her mom. Laurel, a loner, has to learn to ask for help, and Jasper Blake, a mysterious new kid who shares her love of old books, quickly becomes her ally. Together they find their quiet town holds a deep secret and is the epicenter of a dark prophecy.

Laurel soon learns that her worst enemies, mean girls Peyton Andersen and Mei Rosen, are developing powers that she needs to find and save Ivy. With time running out, Laurel realizes that power doesn't always take the form that you expect. And once she learns to look beyond her snap judgments, she develops an unexpected gift of her own.



***ARC provided by publishers via Netgalley in exchange of honest review***

I thought that the first portion of the book when Laurel is first having the nightmares and trying to figure out what happened to her sister was interesting. I enjoyed learning more about Ivy's abduction within the nightmares due to their creepy nature as well as the small hints as to what is happening to her. 
My issues with this book began when the different points of view came into play as well as the emergence of the powers for the teenagers. I didn't find the characters to be likeable or interesting. They seemed to be very flawed and shallow especially Peyton. When I don't relate to characters, I find it hard to care about what happens to them or to be invested in the story. I also wish that the book was more cohesive. It felt as if this book could have been two completely unrelated books with one related to the powers/prophecy and another book about the kidnapping/psychic dreams topic. 
The fantasy elements didn't seem to mesh well in the book because there wasn't a realism to them. I like for fantasy elements in a book to have a realism so that it is believable for powers to come about in real life. I think that it should have been taken out and/or used for a completely different book. Everyone in the book seems so blase about the "powers" that other characters have. All of teenagers that have sparked just believe everything including the prophecy without questioning any aspect of it. I would think that at least one character would have thought that it was all far fetched and crazy. I was also really confused by different aspects of the prophecy and how things played out with it over the course of the book.