My name is Chloe Saunders and my life will never be the same again.
All I wanted was to make friends, meet boys, and keep on being ordinary. I don't even know what that means anymore. It all started on the day that I saw my first ghost - and the ghost saw me.
Now there are ghosts everywhere and they won't leave me alone. To top it all off, I somehow got myself locked up in Lyle House, a "special home" for troubled teens. Yet the home isn't what it seems. Don't tell anyone, but I think there might be more to my housemates than meets the eye. The question is, whose side are they on? it's up to me to figure out the dangerous secrets behind Lyle House...before its skeletons come back to haunt me.
I've been meaning to pick up the Darkest Powers series for quite a while now as it's come very highly recommended, so it was a treat to finally get to read them! I did enjoy this first book in the series, though it took a bit for me to get into it. It wasn't until later in this book that things picked up, which I guess is a factor of it being a series, so that's fine. I did enjoy the concern Chloe experienced at really thinking she might be schizophrenic, as that certainly would freak me out--I kind of wish Armstrong would have played on this more. But, learning the truth about Chloe's abilities was certainly interesting. And Lyle House, um, freaky central! Anyhow, I will look forward to the rest of the series, and hope it picks up with the action that this one ended on!
Have you read this series? Thoughts?
Haven't read this series... I'm intrigued though after reading your thoughts... thanks for this, Meradeth!
ReplyDeleteThis was the first YA book I read. I enjoyed it. I haven't read the last two in the series yet. I started the second. It didn't hold my attention, but I know I'll get back to it some day. :)
ReplyDeleteLet me know if you enjoy the last two! It was a fun read :)
DeleteSounds like a great series. I need to check this out. Thanks for posting about it.
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Thanks for the invite--I'll have to check it out! Hope you enjoy the books!
DeleteI haven't read this series either, but it does sound interesting. The last Kelley Armstrong book I read was No Humans Involved, which I thought was pretty good. Thanks for sharing. (:
ReplyDeleteI haven't read that one--I'll have to look into it! :)
DeleteI've tried twice to read this first book. Not enough patience to get through it. But it sounds like it might be worth trying one last time
ReplyDeleteIt finally picks up--I promise! Just took a while... :)
Deleteoh yes! I devoured this series in a few days. Armstrong is one of my favourite authors. I liked this series much more than her current one actually (Gathering). Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteI've been really enjoying Gathering, too! Glad you liked this one!!
DeleteI read the beginning, was scared SHITLESS and returned it to the library.
ReplyDeleteAnd I LOVE KELLEY ARMSTRONG. As in top 5 favorite authors in the world love.
If the rest isn't so bad, maybe I'll go back...
lol!! There were some seriously creepy parts, but it wasn't so bad :) And really, that's saying something as I *so* don't do zombies!
Deletewhat your favourite part of the summoning??
ReplyDeleteHard to say! I would have to say toward the end when they start to piece everything together, then have to escape the house :)
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