After years of believing she is having full blown hallucinations, Mimi is accepted into the gifted program at Etherall Valley Prep. She meets six other students with unusual abilities and realizes she is actually a Necromancer, someone who can summon and communicate with the dead. Once she has settled into her new life, she feels re-born, in a sense. She is able to be a "normal" teenager with the other gifted students. One student, Drew, seems connected to her in a way she never thought possible. The Seventh tells a story of coming of age with more than a few difficulties. Imagine the relief of living your life out from underneath a cloud of the mental illness you almost convinced yourself you had. Mimi feels as if she can breathe for the first time, she can live and love as the person she was always intended to be. Knowing this is a book intended for teenage readers, I enjoyed a little of the teenage drama that befalls Mimi as her feelings for Drew begin to develop. Drew has his own problems coming to terms with the new feelings he has regarding Mimi. The story evolves in several stages once a little of the angst is out of the way. I really felt great compassion for all the gifted as the details of their individual troubled past were revealed. I don't want to give any spoilers, but I will say I was very pleased with the way the story climax was written. I did shed a few tears, but Wasley gave me a version of an ending I was hoping for. This could easily be the beginning of a great series. I would recommend it to fans of Kelley Armstrong's Darkest Powers series or Gena Showalter's Intertwined series. Thank you to S.D. Wasley, Evernight Teen, and Bridging the Gap Promotions for gifting me with a copy of The Seventh in exchange for an honest review.

This is SD Wasley's debut and won't be the last of hers I read. This beautifully written book follows the story of Mimi who moves to a new school where she becomes part of a "gifted" program and meets other children who also struggle with unusual "gifts". It is in this new environment that Mimi starts to accept herself and find a place she belongs after years of accepting the label from other people that she's 'not right'. The story has a fantastic mix of romance and intrigue that kept me guessing right to the end. I often find it hard to keep focused on books but there was enough suspense to pull me in and keep the pages turning. I never once felt confused by the plot or direction of the book. Aside from writing Mimi's journey so well, the author has created a full cast of developed and believable characters. We see individuality and character growth for each of the 'gifted' teens which pulls the reader deeper into their world-- and demonstrates the skill of the author. After reading the very intriguing epilogue, I look forward to seeing where the author takes this series next

Very well written, great characters that you can relate to and a great story too. Very much recommended, this book will have you turning the pages again and again, you won't be able to putit down. I can't wait to read more of Mimi and her group and more from the talented S.D. wasley

She goes by Mimi—never Miette, which means “crumb” in French. At age 16, she’s moving to a new home in Etherall Valley and rebooting her life at a fancy prep school for unusual kids. She’s got a knack for art, two parents who don’t know what to make of her, and three ghosts for company. Ah, teenagers. In spite of her attempts at social invisibility, within a week Mimi is elevated above the other unusual students and invited into their exclusive “gifted” program, which—until she joins them—consists of only six kids. There, she learns that she is not insane, her ghosts are real, and her presence in the program completes a circle. The “gifts” of these seven kids are all different: everything from empathy to animal control to conjuration. And Mimi? She’s a necromancer. She “calls the dead.” And here I thought I was weird, back in high school, being in chess club. THE SEVENTH, by S.d. Wasley, isn’t so much a coming-of-age story as it is an emerging-from-the-shell story. Mimi is, at first, quiet and withdrawn, filled with self-doubt and a lifetime’s worth of insecurities—brought on by years of labeling by her peers and her parents’ misguided attempts to somehow cure her of her oddities. As the tale progresses and Mimi comes to understand that she is not, in fact, broken in any way, our hero emerges as everything she never thought she could be: brave, outgoing, even popular. And, as unthinkable as it may at one time have been, beautiful. There’s a lot of teenage dating drama in the first half of this book. Seriously, I haven’t seen so much angst since J.K. Rowling introduced her American readers to the word “snogging” in Order of the Phoenix. And that’s okay, even if that’s not your genre. What Wasley has going for her here is that most of the players in this drama are just so insufferably likeable, the reader doesn’t know who to root for in the dating game and who to pity. When the reader’s that invested in the characters, even the most jaded of us can comfortably genre-hop our norms and find ourselves engaged in the action. Some of these characters appear on the surface as familiar archetypes: the surfer, the match-maker, the death metal Goth kid, the shrinking violet—each of them further characterized by whatever gift, our power, they are gradually learning to master. Wasley, however, manages to deconstruct our first impressions and peel the outer layers away, revealing complex and unexpected individuals who struggle to discover not only what they are, but also why they are. If there’s anything missing here, it’s an iconic (or, at least, present) antagonist. Or so it seems in the early running. But Wasley has that covered, in the end, too—and the way she plots her story makes it clear that she was aware of this threat from the outset. You have to get to the end of the book to know where S.d. Wasley was going from the beginning. By the time Mimi has to confront this emerging menace head-on, the reader has realized that Wasley had all of this carefully planned before she invited us along. Now that her tale is ready, we are guided by a steady, sure hand. But it really is Mimi who keeps us reading. There’s something in her we all wish for and few of us have. When Mimi realizes her own self worth, she refuses to let go of it. When she’s given a purpose, she embraces it. When faced with the prospect of danger she cannot avoid, she’s unwilling to surrender to the fear of it. Mimi’s journey and transformation, so far removed from the bleak young soul we met at the beginning of the book, is where the true magic of this story lies.

She goes by Mimi—never Miette, which means “crumb” in French. At age 16, she’s moving to a new home in Etherall Valley and rebooting her life at a fancy prep school for unusual kids. She’s got a knack for art, two parents who don’t know what to make of her, and three ghosts for company. Ah, teenagers. In spite of her attempts at social invisibility, within a week Mimi is elevated above the other unusual students and invited into their exclusive “gifted” program, which—until she joins them—consists of only six kids. There, she learns that she is not insane, her ghosts are real, and her presence in the program completes a circle. The “gifts” of these seven kids are all different: everything from empathy to animal control to conjuration. And Mimi? She’s a necromancer. She “calls the dead.” And here I thought I was weird, back in high school, being in chess club. THE SEVENTH, by S.d. Wasley, isn’t so much a coming-of-age story as it is an emerging-from-the-shell story. Mimi is, at first, quiet and withdrawn, filled with self-doubt and a lifetime’s worth of insecurities—brought on by years of labeling by her peers and her parents’ misguided attempts to somehow cure her of her oddities. As the tale progresses and Mimi comes to understand that she is not, in fact, broken in any way, our hero emerges as everything she never thought she could be: brave, outgoing, even popular. And, as unthinkable as it may at one time have been, beautiful. There’s a lot of teenage dating drama in the first half of this book. Seriously, I haven’t seen so much angst since J.K. Rowling introduced her American readers to the word “snogging” in Order of the Phoenix. And that’s okay, even if that’s not your genre. What Wasley has going for her here is that most of the players in this drama are just so insufferably likeable, the reader doesn’t know who to root for in the dating game and who to pity. When the reader’s that invested in the characters, even the most jaded of us can comfortably genre-hop our norms and find ourselves engaged in the action. Some of these characters appear on the surface as familiar archetypes: the surfer, the match-maker, the death metal Goth kid, the shrinking violet—each of them further characterized by whatever gift, our power, they are gradually learning to master. Wasley, however, manages to deconstruct our first impressions and peel the outer layers away, revealing complex and unexpected individuals who struggle to discover not only what they are, but also why they are. If there’s anything missing here, it’s an iconic (or, at least, present) antagonist. Or so it seems in the early running. But Wasley has that covered, in the end, too—and the way she plots her story makes it clear that she was aware of this threat from the outset. You have to get to the end of the book to know where S.d. Wasley was going from the beginning. By the time Mimi has to confront this emerging menace head-on, the reader has realized that Wasley had all of this carefully planned before she invited us along. Now that her tale is ready, we are guided by a steady, sure hand. But it really is Mimi who keeps us reading. There’s something in her we all wish for and few of us have. When Mimi realizes her own self worth, she refuses to let go of it. When she’s given a purpose, she embraces it. When faced with the prospect of danger she cannot avoid, she’s unwilling to surrender to the fear of it. Mimi’s journey and transformation, so far removed from the bleak young soul we met at the beginning of the book, is where the true magic of this story lies.

Loved this book. Well written , great characters and a really great storyline. hooked from the start and couldn't put it down. cannot wait to read more about Mimi and her friends and more by S.D. Wasley

Loved the book, finished it in less than 24hrs, couldn't put it down. Each chapter had me wanting to read more and more. Easy read, easy to follow, had a great story line that kept me interested the whole way to the end. Highly recommend the book to anyone looking for something new to read. Looking forward to a another book by SD Wasley. Loved her style of writing.