Chapter One of OMINOUS

The thirteenth book of the PRIVATE series, Ominous, arrives on February 22nd. Are you ready to find out what happens next?

Read Chapter One HERE and tell us what you think.

Chapter One of OMINOUS , 8.0 out of 10 based on 276 ratings


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  2. ally says:

    Didnt it say that Emily wrote EVERYTHING in her journal after the whole mishap? Shouldn’t Reed have known all about it? I’m confused..somebody please clarify.

  3. Alison says:

    omg noelle is hilarious!

  4. Anna says:

    omfg lmao noelle!! I CANT WAIT!

  5. DaJya Jackson says:

    This book will definitely be good, and will leave a final good apression on the last book of the series. I never thought I would miss the Private series, but I truly will. At least there is a newer series in the light and I can’t wait to read the 2nd book, and jump back into the newer series and read the Book of Spells.

  6. Midz says:

    OMG i can’t wait!
    I will probably have to wait longer if i want to get the U.S cover (since i live in the U.K)
    Oh well its worth the wait just like Vanished which i just got in the middle of January! Can’t believe the series is nearly over i don’t want it to end i will miss Reed and her crazy adventures!!!

  7. Katie says:

    Hey, I heard that in the final Privilege book Ariana leaves all her friends behind, I thought I’d comment now so that you have time to change it if you see this comment, please please please don’t make that happen!!!!! Give her a happy ending with her new friends, please! I know this isn’t a Privilege post but I had to comment as soon as possible so you would have time to see my feedback before finishing writing it!!! Please!

    • onicole says:

      i compeltely agree. 100% percent.

      and i hope ariana gets what she deserves.

      • EmmaLeigh says:

        Oh no! That can’t happen :( I know Arianna is a horrible person
        but I do not want that to happen.
        I want two things:
        1.) Arianna to keep her secret identity safe- happy life
        2.) Arianna and Palmer to stay together :) Yes.. I’m still a Palmer/ Arianna shipper since I reread the series and I miss their relationship… They’re sooooo cute :(

  8. kelly says:

    @katie if that does happen. it’ll be because reed and noelle are after her and she has to run.

  9. onicole says:

    okay, keep writing your private AND privelege books. like, i read them like an alchol drinkss! i loveee the series. KEEP WRITING THE SERIES! WE NEED A KNEW PRIVELEGEE!

  10. Jessica Krall says:

    Sounds quite interesting. I hope neither Noelle or Reed dies in this one. I also hope that the curese that’s upon the Billings Girls will be lifted.

  11. Jessica Krall says:

    I hope that when Cruel Love comes out, I hope that Arianna gets what she deserves. She obviously doesn’t realize that she needs major anger management lessons. She is no doubt a psychopath. Just by searching for Reed with desire to murder her just proves she needs a negative ending to teach her a lesson

    • abrielle says:

      EXACTLY
      why do people feel sympathy for her? after all the things shes done dont get me wrong i enjoyed reading about her escaping and all that and faking her death but she needs to get hers shes caused too much problems AND she killed Kiran like wtf. I like Kaitlynn more than I like Ariana..

    • Katie says:

      She’s not just a psychopath! She obviously has some mental problems like OCD and a panic disorder but that doesn’t mean she’s a bad person, on the contrary it means she deserves love and support, not hatred and condemnation. If you knew what it was like to live with mental problems you’d understand, like when Ariana killed Thomas, she loved him but when you are having a panic attack the only thing on your mind is to make everything around you just STOP. I think Kate Brian did an amazing job of humanizing a murderer in a very realistic fashion. I empathize with her greatly and just want her to have her life back and a happy ending.

      Besides, if anyone deserves a terrible fate it’s that Dr. Meloni. Ariana doesn’t deserve that kind of abuse from someone who’s meant to help her. Nobody does.

      • abrielle says:

        i dont like her. nothings going to change what I think about her. Shes a serial killer no matter what way you look at it. Her escaping was fine but the fact that she just kills people and then goes “oops just killed that person for no reason” makes me mad more than anything. and okay? she has panic attacks and we all snap that doesn’t mean kill someone. The only thing keeping me going during Privilege was Kaitlynn. Cause I happen to think she did bring a lot to the Privilege series and it was good to finally see someone Ariana couldn’t just take out so easy it took time. The only time I remember liking Ariana was in Last Christmas cause i thought her and Thomas were amazing together. She expects to repercussions that she can have her fabulous life at Harvard or Yale or wherever she wanted to go and that things will be okay. but i doubt that’ll happen now.

      • Nicole says:

        So you’re saying it’s right to kill all the people Ariana has killed, and that she should be able to get away with it? It doesn’t matter if she has panic attacks. It’s just not morally right.

    • MKC says:

      I completely agree! After reading the Privilege series, I have grown to understand and like her more, but she is a killer. She doesn’t deserve a happy ending.
      If the series (both Private and Privilege) ends with Ariana killing Reed or Noelle, I would be really disappointed.

      • Becca says:

        I do sympathize with her sometimes (to a small degree!) because the way they described her childhood, it sounded pretty miserable. But she’s a sociopath for sure (I’m gonna go with sociopath, not psychopath because when she does kill people she at least admits that she knows it was wrong, if she was a psychopath I don’t think she would think that way), remember in Last Christmas, after she kills that European kid with the camera, its says something like “She waited for the remorse to sink in… and it didn’t. She felt lighter, it had been so easy.” I have no doubt she does have some mental diseases but that’s seems like a definite sign that she’s sociopathic.

  12. sammy says:

    http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416984720/ref=s9_simh_gw_p14_d1_i6?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1J08DSMX2HDNEHKGF0BN&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=4709
    GUYS READ THIS DESCRIPTION. IM ABOUT TO START SCREAMING CRYING. “the billings girls start go missing one by one..” omgomg

    • chrisy says:

      OMG !!! seriusly ?????????? woah i did not see that coming .. but then again with this book ? it says there that reed fears for her friends life .. so technically shes the only one who didnt go missing, im assuming. Damn. i cant wait to read ominous now !!!!

  13. Erin says:

    I was wondering, who is on the cover of the front of revelation (in the middle)

  14. Erin says:

    k thats what I thought

  15. Emma says:

    who do you think is on the front of legacy?

  16. Alison Miller says:

    AMAZING!~~ What i luv about private is that at the end, there is ALWAYS a twist that will keep you off your feet until the next book arrives!

  17. Angel says:

    Omg omg omg. Please don’t end the Private series. I’m so addicted to it, I can’t stop reading!! Of all the books my favorite is PARADISE LOST <3. I love Upton freaking Giles. :)

    • kara says:

      omgg my favorite is paradise lost too!!! I want Upton to come back!!!!!!!!!!!=(((

      • Angel says:

        Me too. I like him even better than Josh! <3

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  18. PLL says:

    were i live i git the book weeks before it comes out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  19. DB says:

    I got the book yesterday and read it today. It’s amazing.

  20. lana says:

    OMG please don’t leave spoilers here! AT LEAST until a fortnight after the book is released. I always search this site to see what other people thought of the excerpt poster or book released and then read something that gives away the ending!!!!!!!!!

  21. Rebecca says:

    Synopsis

    After the shocking revelation that Reed and Noelle are descended from witches, and the harrowing ordeal at Reed’s birthday party, the Billings Girls are faced with their final test: getting out of Easton Academy alive. After innumerable attempts on her life, will Reed be able to survive – or has her luck finally run out? The bestselling Private series comes to a close!

    @ the water stones website

  22. tyra says:

    Omg i love this series but i usually read i on my nook an katie hasen turned. It into a nookbook yet

  23. Jade says:

    This book is great. It cant be the end!!!!!!! ):

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  24. nicole says:

    this book will be amazing like all her other ones. im currently on Vanished but im not sure if i wanna read the book of spells YET.
    but im def not looking foward to there being one more book after this one. :(

  25. Sam says:

    Don’t worry, guys, Ominous is NOT the last Private book. Vengeance, which comes out after on September 6th, is. I haven’t read it yet, but I can’t wait, no spoilers please!! Only 1 week left! =D

    • Taylor says:

      are you sure Vengeance is the last one?

      • Sam says:

        @Taylor, sadly, yes. =[ I wasn’t at first, but then the cover came out awhile back, and it says “the final Private novel” on it. Check out the link:

        http://www.amazon.com/Vengeance-Private-Kate-Brian/dp/1416984739

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        • Ana says:

          awwwww :(
          The Private Series is, like, my FAVORITE book series ever!!!!! I can’t believe its ending!!!!!

          • Sam says:

            @Ana, I know, right?? :( Private is THE BEST and I don’t know what I’ll do without it. I can’t believe that this time next year it’ll be over. I haven’t been reading it since it first came out, but I got introduced to it in December 2008, and I’ve loved them ever since. But everything has its time, I guess, let’s just hope she ends the series on a great note!! 22 HOURS! =D

          • Taylor says:

            wow im going to cry when it ends. i love reed and noelle and josh and everyone sooo much! i say we write a petition for her not to end it:)

          • Awi says:

            @Taylor that’s what I was thinking!!!!!!!!!!!! It can’t end! But doesn’t the privilege series surpass the private series? Maybe vengeance will have the same events in cruel love, except in Reed’s point of view? OH And does anyone know how Noelle got that scar?? I don’t think it was mentioned in the books, was it?

  26. lindsay says:

    people who have read ominous, do you think i should try getting it early or just wait until the day it comes out?

  27. lana says:

    @ sammy
    no sorry sammy i wasn’t referring to the synopsis> Other people commeted that they had already read the book and i was just letting any others who had know not to post spoilers about it yet

  28. lindsay says:

    welp im most likely getting ominous tomorrow :D do people die? cause according to that synopsis they do 0.o omg im scared and excited and sad and kdfhskghkgg

  29. Becca says:

    Did anyone read Ominous yet?

  30. Samuel says:

    OMG im sooo excited for ominous. i hope upton comes back. :)

    • kara says:

      OMGG i want upton to come back tooo!!!!!=)

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    • ashlee says:

      upton doesnt come back at all lol she gets back with josh <3

  31. Sam says:

    4 DAYS GUYS!! The waiting is killing me! lol I just REALLY hope it doesn’t snow hard on Tuesday, because if it does, I don’t want to hold off on getting the book. My local bookstores never release the books early, so I always have to wait for the day they come out, because ordering it online takes even longer usually to deliver. And even on the day, it’s usually during the week, so I still have to finish the school day before I can finally get it. It sucks. =\

  32. EmmaLeigh says:

    OMINOUS COMES OUT ON MY BIRTHDAY =D You have no idea how excited I am. Guess what I’m asking for for my birthday? (:

  33. Ana says:

    OMG I got Ominous yesterday and it is sooooooo good!!!!! Not AS good as the other books but totally better than Vanished!!!!!!!! It is definitely a must-read if you love the private series! The ending is sooooo shockinggg! I won’t give anything else away, just that it’s an AWESOME book!!!!!!!

  34. Sam says:

    @Ana: Lucky!! lol =] Thanks so much for not spoiling it, though, I still have to wait three days and a few hours because of school before I get my copy. I love your review; this makes me even more excited! Hehe. <3 I just really hope that Reed and Josh stay together, or if they break up for an amount of time, restart their relationship again in the same book. I love them as a couple and hope they go to college together, marry, and have kids!! I love this series so much and can't wait the read the latest! =D

    • Ana says:

      hope you enjoy it as much as I did!!!!! There is a TON of Reed/ Josh in this book and they are sooooooooo cute together! And I totally agree they are the BEST private couple! <3 <3 <3

      • Sam says:

        EEE!!! Thank you so much, Ana, that made my day and you’re being sooo awesome by not posting spoilers!! lol I’m really excited now; I’m going insane looking at my collection of the books in my room and thinking about how it’ll be added to in just a few days. Yess!

        • Ana says:

          @sam: You’re welcome! and don’t worry; you can totally bear with it for a few more days though i SO wish you were reading it right now!!!! :)

          • Sam says:

            I know right? =] It’s because my local bookstores refuse to release them early and ordering them online or pre-ordering it would take even longer. But yeah, I’m hanging in there, and when I get it and especially after I read it I’ll let you know how I liked it okay? Then we can compare notes. <33

    • ashlee says:

      omg i love josh!! hes the best boyfriend for her hes like prefect no joke lol

  35. kelly says:

    is there any good josh and reed scenes?

  36. Ana says:

    Well if I told you that it wouldn’t be a surprise, would it? ;) lol.

  37. Rebecca says:

    I get my book in like 2 hours!!! So excited to read it!!

  38. Ana says:

    LOL!!!!!!!! In that case, I’m sure you’re going to be verrrry satisfied!

  39. lindsay says:

    ominous is soooo good so far omg. they’re soo many josh and reed moments guys get ready <3

  40. Melanie says:

    Bought the yesterday and read it in 2 hours!!! Amazing! Tons of Reed and Josh moments!!!!

  41. chrisy says:

    well, i LIKE josh/reed .. but their not my favorite couple ? so i hope Ominous is not just about them ? i kinda want more answers about book of spells , billings girls , noelle , etc …

    • lindsay says:

      you’ll get all of that… its not just about reed and josh believe me when I say they answer stuff about the book of spells

      • Ana says:

        yes there is a lot about Billings’ history and the Billings Girls’ pasts along with the romance and suspense. oh, and lots of DRAMA, too!!

  42. Sam says:

    2 DAYS! =D I want to thank the four people who’ve commented so far saying they read the book for not spoiling it; I can’t tell you guys how much I appreciate that (I’m so used to people spoiling it before I could get it in past books it’s not even funny). All I’ve heard about this is that it’s awesome, the things I’ve read in the description, and that Reed and Josh are in it a lot and all of that is great. I don’t know anything about the order of detailed events; how anything turned out or what happened. I’m particularly curious about what goes on at Reed’s birthday party, something else I read in the description for the next book, and I’m so excited to find out about that and how it ends; I’m so glad no one’s said it. Sometimes, people have done that in the past where they go over the whole book in spoilers (a few times without even putting spoiler alert before it), and that annoys me to no end. Anyway, I’m hanging in there, and hoping I can wait just a little bit longer because my bookstore sucks. lol We’ll all get to enjoy it really soon!! AAAA! <33

  43. Jordain says:

    I read the book and it was amazing I simply can not wait for Cruel Love to come out and am dying to know when it does! Ominous had so much history intertwined with Reed and Noelle’s lives Im excited to see whats next. Great Cliff hanger!

  44. abrielle says:

    this book is creeping me the fuck out

  45. Molly says:

    i got ominous yesterday and i just finished it!!! SOO GOOD. i cannot believe the last private book is coming out in september!!! so sad. Cant wait for Cruel LOVE! but i have a question.. is pure sin and ominous at different time periods? if so, how far ahead is pure sin compared to ominous?

  46. Taylor says:

    PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DONT end the private series kate. They are my favorite books of all time and i will really miss reed and noelle. they are my favorite characters. just keep writing them:) ohh and you should really make a real tv show of the private series just like pretty little liars, but better.

  47. Baleigh says:

    So do i have to read book of spells before i read ominous? please reply soon

  48. Poody says:

    I can’t believe Noelles dad dies saving Reed!! No I wanted him to be alive.

  49. Rosie says:

    haha:) it was only gonna be a matter of time! Thats really sad though..:-(

  50. Sam says:

    YAY!! I finally get it tomorrow! =) And yeah, I read the spoiler by accident, but I’m not going to let that get me down; I’m sure there’s so much more to the book that I don’t know about because there weren’t any other spoilers really (so far lol). I think I’ll stay off the site until I at least get the book, but I’m still ecstatic, Private is AMAZING!! Much love to all always….<3

  51. katherine says:

    these books are loosing there touch -___- they just arent the same anymore I mean Ominous was good don’t get me wrong, but they’re just so caught up in this superstitious crap it just bothers me. The only thing kept me going honestly were the Josh and Reed moments they really stepped it up in this book. I just idk Reed like wants to run into trouble cause she always risks her life and her friends life.

  52. lauren says:

    i agree i think that they are losing their touch a little bit but just ominous and vanished i still love reading it but its not the same with this group of people and the witchcraft the thing i like the most about this series is noelle reed and mr. lange and i love it when they meet up with the people who graduated or dropped out of easton

  53. Kolby says:

    All I want to know is josh and reed going too end up together in the final book I resolute want to know. I lovw them together

  54. Ana says:

    yes i thi k that they still will be together in Vengeance! Ominous had some really cute Josh/Reed moments! and i agree they are sooooooooo sweet together!!!!!!! :D

  55. Catherine says:

    Hey, I just finished The Book of spells, and they totally don’t explain anything in the end.Lots of things remain unsolved.Does it get explained in Ominous?Or is there 2 b a 2nd book about Eliza?

    • Luis says:

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  56. Danielle says:

    just finished ominous… it was ok but i really didnt like the witch aspect of the whole thing:( i love josh/reed together they are so cute!!! in the last book i hope all of the characters come together and do somethingg…like dash, upton, kiran,taylor, and all those other people!!!! i really dont want this series to end!!!:( hey does anyone know? is Crul Love the last book in privilaged??? i hope it isnt because i want that series to be as long as private! please kate dont bring the witchcraft into the privileged books that would just ruin them!!!

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  58. fran says:

    okay So i just finished Paradise lost.and i realllly want to know what happens in Suspicion, who pushed her off the boat? what happened to Sawyer and Upton and josh???!
    Team Josh all the wayyy (;

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  60. Vivica says:

    i i just got done reading ominous it was a very good book but all the open possibilities at the end are just killing me and how does noelle feel about what hapened? what happens with reed and josh? does she evr reaturn to easton? will she confront her real grandmother? i have so many more questions please come out with another book telling what happend do noelle and josh and the rest of the senoirs graduate or do they just close down easton for good?

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