Main Characters: Chloe, Tori, Liz, Simon & Derek

Summary:

If you had met me a few weeks ago, you probably would have described me as an average teenage girl—someone normal. Now my life has changed forever and I’m as far away from normal as it gets. I’m a living science experiment—not only can I see ghosts, but I can raise the dead without even trying. Trust me, that is not a power you want to have. Ever. I’m running for my life with three of my supernatural friends and we have to find someone who can help us gain our freedom back before the Edison Group finds us first. Or die trying.

Anna’s Thoughts:

Okay, I still have not read anything from Kelley Armstrong’s Otherworld series, but after this, I may just have to.

I don’t know what it is about the Darkest Powers series, but it has got me irreversibly hooked. So hooked that the Girl Who Doesn’t Buy Hardcovers (aka Me), well… bought a hardcover.

The absolute best thing about The Summoning and now The Awakening (and hopefully, The Reckoning), is that the action NEVER stops. Seriously. Any other book, some parts get boring, you’ve got filler. You get told things that aren’t really of any interest, and somethings that never end up being of any importance. The Darkest Powers though, I’m actually scared to put the book down, afraid that while I’m sleeping, or cooking, or writing, that I’m going to miss something. That something in the book is going to rewrite itself, and I will never know what really happened. There is absolutely never a dull moment.

The second best thing about the series, is the characters. I am definitely a ‘Plot and Characters’ type person, and these books have all of that and more. The characters in the books seem so real. They have attitudes, they don’t let anything slide, they bicker, they fight, they do stupid things. So many books have heroines who don’t do anything wrong, or when they do it’s not because of their own fault, but Chloe is not one of those people. She makes mistakes, she withholds information, her mouth gets her in trouble. All without being one of those I Know Everything, You Suck characters. Even Tori starts to grow on you eventually.

And I’ve just realized I’m rambling. Really, I’m surprised I’m able to form coherent sentences. That’s how much I loved this book. Just trust me, if you’ve read The Summoning, you will LOVE this book. If you haven’t read The Summoning (and therefore haven’t read The Awakening), you really are missing out on what I would seriously call one of the best books this year.

You can read the first ten (10) chapters of The Awakening on HarperTeen.