Review: The Reckoning (Darkest Powers #3) by Kelley Armstrong

Title: The Reckoning

Series: Darkest Powers #3

Previous book in this series: The Summoning (#1) | The Awakening (#2)

Author: Kelley Armstrong

Genre: YA, urban fantasy, paranormal

Publication date: April 2011

Published by: HarperCollins

Source: Borrowed from public library

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Synopsis:

Chloe Saunders is fifteen and would love to be normal. Unfortunately, Chloe happens to be a genetically engineered necromancer who can raise the dead without even trying. She and her equally gifted (or should that be 'cursed'?) friends are now running for their lives from the evil corporation that created them.

As if that's not enough, Chloe is struggling with her feelings for Simon, a sweet-tempered sorcerer, and his brother Derek, a not so sweet-tempered werewolf. And she has a horrible feeling she's leaning towards the werewolf...

Definitely not normal.

My rating: ★★★★★
After finishing up this book I was like: "Wait, that's all? I want more!" This book in the Trilogy wraps up the story with Chloe and the rest of her supernatural friends.

Review: The Awakening (Darkest Powers #2) by Kelley Armstrong

Title: The Awakening

Series: Darkest Powers #2

Previous book in this series: The Summoning

Author: Kelley Armstrong

Genre: YA, urban fantasy, paranormal

Publication date: March 2010

Published by: HarperCollins

Source: Own Hardcover

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Synopsis:

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.

My rating: ★★★★☆
I was so anxious to start this book! This one started off where the last one ended... duh! lol

Chloe was locked up by her own aunt in a research facility along with her friend Rae. Now, with the help of another ghost, she and another friend from the group home , Tori, escape from that place. Soon they reunite with their friends Simon and Derek in pursuit to find the guys' father. He is the only one who can keep them safe, a sorcerer, werewolf, necromancer, and witch. All experimental subjects of the Edison Group, gone wrong. They're powers too powerful, so now the Edison group wants them back to "fix" things.

Review: The Summoning (Darkest Powers #1) by Kelley Armstrong

Title: The Summoning

Series: Darkest Powers #1

Author: Kelley Armstrong

Genre: YA, urban fantasy, paranormal

Publication date: March 2009

Published by: HarperCollins

Source: Own Paperback

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Synopsis:

After years of frequent moves following her mother’s death, Chloe Saunders’s life is finally settling down. She is attending art school, pursuing her dreams of becoming a director, making friends, and meeting boys. Her biggest concern is that she’s not developing as fast as her friends are. But when puberty does hit, it brings more than hormone surges. Chloe starts seeing ghosts–everywhere, demanding her attention. After she suffers a breakdown, her devoted aunt Lauren gets her into a highly recommended group home.

At first, Lyle House seems a pretty okay place, except for Chloe’s small problem of fearing she might be facing a lifetime of mental illness. But as she gradually gets to know the other kids at the home–charming Simon and his ominous, unsmiling brother Derek, obnoxious Tori, and Rae, who has a “thing” for fire–Chloe begins to realize that there is something that binds them all together, and it isn’t your usual “problem kid” behaviour. And together they discover that Lyle House is not your usual group home either…

My rating: ★★★★☆
I picked up this book when i saw it was about a girl (Chloe) who could see ghosts and eventually raise the dead. I really like ghost stories... basically anything having to do with the paranormal, so this book seemed like a good option.