Week 51 Review: Needy Little Things

From Goodreads:

In this debut speculative YA mystery, a Black teen with premonition-like powers must solve her friend's disappearance before she finds herself in the same danger.

Sariyah Lee Bryant can hear what people need—tangible things, like a pencil, a hair tie, a phone charger—an ability only her family and her best friend, Malcolm, know the truth about. But when she fulfills a need for her friend Deja who vanishes shortly after, Sariyah is left wondering if her ability is more curse than gift. This isn't the first time one of her friends has landed on the missing persons list, and she's determined not to let her become yet another forgotten Black girl.

Not trusting the police and media to do enough on their own, Sariyah and her friends work together to figure out what led to Deja's disappearance. But when Sariyah's mother loses her job and her little brother faces complications with his sickle cell disease, managing her time, money, and emotions seems impossible. Desperate, Sariyah decides to hustle her need-sensing ability for cash—a choice that may not only lead her to Deja, but put her in the same danger Deja found herself in.

My Review:
I had such a great time reading this book! The ability that Sariyah had, combined with this mystery, yeah, I had a really fantastic time reading it! This was such a great conversation too, about how certain people (mainly white girls) go viral when they're missing, vs. basically everyone else, like Sariyah's friends, the one currently missing, and the one that went missing years ago. 

The idea of knowing what someone is going to need right before they do, it's not something that I've read from before. That she basically has this goodie bag of stuff, yeah, I wish that she had another way of being compensated for that, then what she comes up with the book, because she has to pay for this stuff that she's giving people, or else her ability would bug her. Which is not a fun position.

Adding the mystery with her ability, yeah, I had a really great time reading it! That there's stuff going on in her personal life with her mom's job, her brother's health, and the new guy in her life, yeah, this book had a perfect amount going on that kept me entertained beginning to end! 

Once the pieces had come together, but they hadn't been assembled, at least, correctly, yeah, I was on the edge of my seat, I had to know who was behind it, what had happened, and I really enjoyed seeing how that climax played out! I'm really satisfied with where we left these characters, though if we see them again, I wouldn't mind that! 

Loved reading this book and I'd love to read more by Channelle Desamours! 

Author: Channelle Desamours
Read: December 20th, 2024
Source: NetGalley  
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a DAC Book, SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Expected Publication: February 4th 2025

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars