The Summoning (Darkest Powers, #1)

Jun 29, 2010 Kat Kennedy rated it 2 of 5 stars Recommends it for: People who hate puppies and rainbows and sunshine

Recommended to Kat Kennedy by: not Tatiana, that's for damn sure!

Shelves: kat-s-book-reviews, just-plain-bad, the-great-shelf-of-meh, kat-s-rants

I sat down at my computer this morning and tried to think of something interesting to say about my reading experience of The Summoning. It seems though, that all of my creative faculties have been sucked away since I spent eighty percent of this book imagining what the story COULD have been.

The story is like the little engine that could. It has the potential, it's chugging away, it's working hard. Only as it turns out it's The Little Engine That Could Have Been Something interesting.

The first pa...more I sat down at my computer this morning and tried to think of something interesting to say about my reading experience of The Summoning. It seems though, that all of my creative faculties have been sucked away since I spent eighty percent of this book imagining what the story COULD have been.

The story is like the little engine that could. It has the potential, it's chugging away, it's working hard. Only as it turns out it's The Little Engine That Could Have Been Something interesting.

The first part of The Summoning was great. It was creepy with freaky ghosts and our protagonist Chloe Saunders being put in a Group Home for disturbed children. That's the first eighty or so pages and then the story abruptly stops there. The ghosts, the spooky atmosphere and all that doesn't show up very much from then on. There's a few instances but they're no longer scary and frankly the focus of the story is on the Group Home from then on, which I found really frustrating and annoying.

There's even these tantalizing hints that there's a supernatural community out there somewhere that Chloe could escape to. Yet do we get to see it? No. I doubt there could have been a more effective way of annoying me. This book was the biggest tease. Everything it seemed to promise was just smoke and mirrors behind what it really provided. What it really provided wasn't at all great.

Chloe is not a great character. Armstrong seems unable to decide what kind of person Chloe is. Most of the time she is docile and a bit of a push over. She's a self prescribed rich brat. She never puts up a fight with anyone - oh of course EXCEPT for the people who could help her. That's right. The big intimidating guy with a violent history is the perfect person to practice your bravado on. I know she's only supposed to be fourteen but she's just a non event. There's nothing interesting about her. She spends most of the story just annoying me with her patheticness.

The other characters are just boring. I had no interest in any of them. I kept waiting for something interesting to happen - someone interesting to come along but they never did. It was agonizingly painful and disappointing!

Warning Spoilers below:

What the hell? I have never been so disappointed in the ending of a book my life! She has this great escape from the Group Home that we've been forced to suffer through for pretty much the entire book, only to end up in yet another asylum? I have no interest in reading on. I've already read Armstrong's Stolen and the asylum in that was boring enough. Not interested in going through it again!

And the "big reveal" at the end? Okay, sit around kiddies, it's time for a plot lesson from Mrs. Kennedy. Gather in close, okay? For all of you writing a story or novel, do not, and I repeat, do not make the "big reveal" at the end of your story so painfully obvious from a quarter in, okay?

The Group Home is evil? Dang, I didn't figure that out two hundred pages ago! Stop, I never saw THAT coming! *Rolls eyes* Oh no! Who are we to believe in now that it turns out that the Group Home is evil? The very foundation of our world has been turned upside down! (Okay, I just woke up so my sarcasm o'meter is on full throttle right now.)

Aunt Lauren made absolutely no freakin' sense, by the way. I feel like it was flung in there at the last moment as a shock and awe tactic. It wasn't shocking, it wasn't awing... it was just stupid.

So, over all, I was quite underwhelmed with this book and I have absolutely no intention of reading the others. I'll stick with Armstrong's adult fiction from now on like Tatiana told me I should.(less)

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Anne Odom I felt differently about the book (not trying to convince anyone to agree with me, just offering a different opinion). I saw the Aunt Lauren thing com...more
Apr 15, 2013 11:34am

Sophia I agree, I'm also really annoyed that the whole time she was just denying that she saw ghosts - was she skitzo, was she a medium MAKE UP YOUR MIND!
May 05, 2013 03:08am

Sep 12, 2009 Tatiana rated it 3 of 5 stars Recommends it for: fans of YA paranormal fantasy who like cliffhangers

Recommended to Tatiana by: Heather

Shelves: 2009, ya, urban-fantasy, b

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"The Summoning" is the first YA novel written by Kelley Armstrong. It tells a story of Chloe, a 15-year old girl who suddenly finds herself capable of seeing ghosts. Only, of course, nobody believes her and she is quickly sent to a boarding house for disturbed kids for psychological evaluation. It turns out however, that the house and its inhabitants are not quite what they seem to be.

While this book was definitely a page turner, I was a little disappointed in it. I fe...more

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Jan 24, 2012 Heather rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009, ya, urban-fantasy, paranormal-romance

This book was nearly impossible to put down and I have no doubt that the menacing allure of the setting and plot hindered my ability to do so.

There were several compelling plot points going on in this chilling tome, but somehow they not only found a way to co-exist, they actually enhanced one another. The idea of necromancers alone was an eerily intriguing concept but to then confound it with a mental institution setting was sheer sinister brilliance. As if it weren’t creepy enough for the hero...more

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May 04, 2009 Kristi (The Story Siren) rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-own, signed-books

I think I’m one of the last people to read this! I’ve heard nothing but how good this novel is, and that I must read it ASAP. When I received a copy of The Awakening, the next novel, I knew that I needed to read The Summoning, right away. (I’m almost glad I waited to read it, so I could start The Awakening right away! What an ending!)

This book is everything I was hoping for and more! I’ve never read Armstrong before, I really want to read her adult fantasy series, but I just haven’t had a chance...more

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Mar 02, 2011 Lady Jayne *~*The Beach Bandida*~* rated it 4 of 5 stars

Recommended to Lady Jayne *~*The Beach Bandida*~* by: Secret Santa 2010 Pick by JessicaB

Shelves: library-book, paranormal, young-adult, secret-santa-2010-pick, reviewed

3.5 - 4 Stars

This was a We Love Lisa Kleypas Group “Secret” Santa pick from JessicaB. Thanks, Jessica!

This is going to be a fairly short, and a bit uncertain, review. Yes, I can do short ones without hottie photos! ^_^

This is my first Kelley Armstrong book.

Chloe Saunders is a late bloomer and puberty doesn’t fully hit her until her 15th birthday, when weird things start happening to her. She's seeing people that nobody else can. When she suffers a breakdown in school, her guardian, Aunt Laure...more

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Aug 20, 2011 DarienMoya rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010-reads, young-adult

^^SURPRISINGLY GOOD!^^

So I bought this book last year at a summer book fair, I was not expecting to like it cus me and Kelley weren’t friends after reading Bitten, which I felt was mediocre at best but this book came as a surprise. First I was all like typical teenage stuff, girl complaining about life, afraid to ask boy to the dance typical stuff. Until this girl starts to see things that no one else can and then it became all kinds of interesting.

Chloe Saunders is having some weird dreams abo...more ^^SURPRISINGLY GOOD!^^

So I bought this book last year at a summer book fair, I was not expecting to like it cus me and Kelley weren’t friends after reading Bitten, which I felt was mediocre at best but this book came as a surprise. First I was all like typical teenage stuff, girl complaining about life, afraid to ask boy to the dance typical stuff. Until this girl starts to see things that no one else can and then it became all kinds of interesting.

Chloe Saunders is having some weird dreams about basements and ghosts, with no idea where they are coming from she easily forgets it. Until she gets her period and then all hells breaks loose. Yeh I know its sounds crazy right, but its true. With this new walk into womanhood comes ghost, and this one’s face is all burnt up and Chloe is two seconds away from losing it. A run in with a teacher, who claims Chloe became violent, leads her to being incarcerated at some group home like place called Lyle House. That is when all that Chloe knows no longer exists, she is about to enter into a world she never thought possible and find friends in this unlikely place.

Well something is up, the kids in this house don’t seem quite normal especially the huge boy with the acne face who gives Chloe the creeps. Derek is a brooder but he seems to know a lot more than he is letting on; him and his brother. A talk with the house doctor claims Chloe has schizophrenia, and that seems impossible because she still is seeing ghosts. Well going along with their diagnosis seems to be the better thing to do, the quicker she can leave.

Well there is something fishy up with Lyle House and the people who run it, all the kids seem to have some kind of power and some are turning up dead. A quick plan for an escape comes up and thus begins the beginning of their lives. Chloe will come to learn she is a necromancer( can raise the dead) and a powerful one, there is a company hell bent on harvesting supernatural’s and if they seem defective they are terminated. Life aint easy for this 15 year old.

This book was a prime example of pill pushing, your kid seems to be acting out of character, so that means they have a mental illness. How about you try talking, that works where I come from. Plus this book characters are so well developed it just blew my mind, they seem adult yet they manage to still come off as teenagers, very realistic. It’s also creepy, all that raising the dead was well done.

The character of Chloe is likable. Lets talk about Derek, cus I love him. He is described as being ugly and scary but the way he is super sexy. Yeh I know its YA, but he is still sexy, the other characters create a good foundation for a very solid read. As I said I was surprised that it was sooooo good, and I will be continuing the series.
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Jul 03, 2008 Vilde E.S. rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, paranormal, horror, reviewed

Reading this book made me clench my jaw so much it's still hurting several hours later. Although the story is not a standalone, it really left me with a bone chilling feeling and I truly can't wait for the next book in the series.

Chloe's a young girl struggling with her new found power, Lyle House and her housemates, the setting itself is filled with teenage hormones and jealousy. It's filled with mysteries and no one seems to be what they appear,this is especially true for her housemates. We jo...more

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Mar 21, 2010 Phoebe added it

Shelves: fantastic-kiddy-lit, chick-lit

Oh, how I wanted to adore Kelley Armstrong's The Summoning.

And, to be fair, there's a lot to like here between just the cover and the first handful of chapters. Armstrong promises us the dark and alluring story of Chloe Saunders, a fifteen-year-old girl who, in one day, both gets her first period and starts seeing ghosts. I was initially won over by what seemed like the depth of Chloe's character--not only does she suffer from the very real adolescent affliction of menstruation, but she also see...more Oh, how I wanted to adore Kelley Armstrong's The Summoning.

And, to be fair, there's a lot to like here between just the cover and the first handful of chapters. Armstrong promises us the dark and alluring story of Chloe Saunders, a fifteen-year-old girl who, in one day, both gets her first period and starts seeing ghosts. I was initially won over by what seemed like the depth of Chloe's character--not only does she suffer from the very real adolescent affliction of menstruation, but she also seems believably complex; she has interests (movies), flaws (she's a stutterer), and isn't perfect looking (though the cover accurately reflects her appearance, something that's unfortunately rare in YA book covers, she's short and underdeveloped for her age).

But as the story progressed, and Chloe was shipped off to the Lyle House, a residential home for mentally-ill teenagers, my enthusiasm for the story waned. Initially, I thought this had something to do with Chloe's voice. Armstrong's sentences are brief and sometimes abrupt--she relies on sentence fragments just a little too much for my liking. She also has an unfortunate tendency to engage in the dreaded infodump. There isn't a single conversation or passage in here that discusses the characters' underlying supernatural powers in a way that I'd call artful.

(And a brief aside: I'd die happy if I never read another YA novel where a character researches his or her supernatural predicament via wikipedia. Yes, I realize that this is how modern teenagers get information. But encyclopedia passages repeated verbatim is just never interesting, whether the source is The World Book or google, and protracted descriptions of the minutia of their search--typing in URLs and the like--are just really tiresome. I always get the feeling that the author is trying to say "Hey, I know the technology of kids these days!" but I'm never quite convinced. That Armstrong botched a description of Nintendo's PictoChat didn't help much either--I've never known anyone who would draw inscrutable hieroglyphs on there when they could just type something out--or even write it. Anyway . . .)

As I read further and further into The Summoning, I found myself struggling in a way that went beyond just finicky problems with voice. I'd describe this in two words: pacing problems.

The bulk of the novel's problems take a very, very long time to unravel. This would be fine if the tensions built in a gradual and meaningful way. But unfortunately, the chapters here are both very brief and very inconsistent. Characters would be talking to ghosts in one chapter and flirting over breakfast the next. Chloe Saunders, for all of her apparent genre savvy, remains painfully clueless about the very transparent conspiracy that underlies the Lyle House--most of which I'd guessed about a quarter of the way in. Worse, I never really got a sense of the characters during the novel's first two thirds, either. It wasn't until about halfway through that I could even reliably tell you which character was which, and that would be in very broad strokes: Victoria's the bitch, Derek smells, Simon's a nerd, and Rachelle is . . . uh, black? The lack of concrete characterization and consistent tensions made it very difficult for me to care through most of the book.

Luckily, the novel takes a sudden turn for the better in the last hundred pages or so. Finally, Chloe catches on with regards to the sinister nature of the Lyle House and, along with several other students, she sets out to finally do something about it. By necessity, the personalities of the characters were suddenly much better defined and more interesting. But then the novel ends abruptly, with absolutely none of the plot threads resolved. I'm all for cliffhangers; I love long series with rich continuity. But I also like to have a small feeling of resolution by a novel's end. By the last page of The Summoning I had the distinct feeling that the story was just beginning. Which would have been great! Except I just wish I hadn't had to read through four hundred pages of prose to get there.(less)

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Aug 22, 2009 Arlene rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-2009, paranormal, ya-paranormal, young-adult

The Summoning by Kelly Armstrong is a story about Chloe Saunders who is a fifteen year old necromancer just beginning to realize her powers. She is not quite aware of its possibilities and at the onset of her revelation; she suffers a meltdown in school and is placed in a house supposedly for mentally ill teens. When she arrives at Lyle House, Chloe discovers that her fellow patients also have unusual powers and all is not what it seems to be.

The story started off well enough, but really didn't...more The Summoning by Kelly Armstrong is a story about Chloe Saunders who is a fifteen year old necromancer just beginning to realize her powers. She is not quite aware of its possibilities and at the onset of her revelation; she suffers a meltdown in school and is placed in a house supposedly for mentally ill teens. When she arrives at Lyle House, Chloe discovers that her fellow patients also have unusual powers and all is not what it seems to be.

The story started off well enough, but really didn't progress from there for a majority of the book. Then all of a sudden when you feel you're making progress, it abruptly ends, which I feel is wrong, wrong, wrong! I've begun to lose my patience with sharp, blatant cliffhangers and forced series. This story could so easily be complete in one book, and I don't understand why it's being shoved into a trilogy. I'm okay with leaving a few events/issues unresolved and whet your appetite for more to come. However, by the time I was done with this story, it came off as a semi-complete book that left me checking the back cover for some missing pages, which by the way I didn't find.

Anywho, back to the story. I felt like meaningless events kept happening one after another and I really didn't get to know the characters, so when the main character did things I didn't agree with, she wasn’t like-able enough in my eyes to want to redeem her. So in the end, I felt she was a deceptive liar. Okay, harsh statement, so let me clarify. It really bothered me that Chloe stole a fellow patient’s file, so she could find out why he was in Lyle house. Not right. I also didn't like when she lied to Simon about tattling on his brother. She said her aunt saw the bruises when she accidentally lifted her sleeve and she didn't tattle. Simon felt horrible about his assumption, which he was originally, before she lied, right about. Again... not right. She was deceptive to the doctors about her progress and even went so far as to say, that she was proud of herself for, "... putting on an Oscar winning performance." Argh!! Not good! She doesn't take her meds and she tried to figure out a way to switch specimen samples. I didn't like any of her tactics. Then at the end there was a sloppy character switch that left me baffled about how I should feel about the whole story. I also thought it was funny a fifteen year old uses words that even I had to look up, okay, I won’t reveal those words to save me some embarrassment, but do fifteen year olds really talk like her? LOL

The only character I came to like was Simon. I felt he was somewhat developed as a character. Unfortunately, his brother not only suffered from a "puberty smack-down" but a literary smack-down as well. I didn't know how to feel about him, and his reveal at the end just had me shaking my head.

I'm glad I borrowed the book from the library because I think I'd be upset for paying full price for an incomplete story. I'm in no hurry to get to the sequel. I'll get to it when I get to it.

BTW, I'd give this book two stars, but in respect to my fellow reader that loved it, I'm adding an additional star in case I might have read the wrong book. That is all.(less)

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Jun 29, 2010 Mia Queen rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, pushin-my-self-hard-enough

Payah nih. Saya yang semangat ngajak temen-temen baca bareng, sepertinya malah paling kecil ngasih bintang, hihi.

Hmm, sepertinya sejak era Harpot dan Twilight, seri fantasi meningkat drastis, plus semuanya berseri pula. Ada yang sukses menyusul, ada pula yang tersendat-sendat. Balik ke Summoning ini, imho sih dark fantasy ala TW, walau dgn sentuhan supranatural kali ini.

Summoning berkisah tentang Chloe, gadis yang bisa melihat hantu, ala Haley Joel Osment di 6th sense, hanya saja si Chloe ini b...more

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Sep 19, 2012 Susana rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: kelley-armstrong, ya, favorites, 2012, urban-fantasy

4,5 stars

What i think, is that i should have read this book a long time ago...that's how good i though this one was.
This is a story about a very special group of teenagers. For those of you who are familiar with the author's series "Woman of the otherworld", i will just tell you this: _Imagine all those characters, werewolfes, necromancers, witches, half-demons, the whole group....now imagine them growing up having no idea what they were. Imagine them growing up without someone who understands w...more

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Nov 11, 2012 April rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: own, ya, fantasy, paranormal

The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong is in two words – brain candy. I don’t know why, but it reminded me of Twilight, only I actually enjoyed it. The Summoning is paranormal YA about Chloe, who finds herself in a group home for teens with mental illnesses.
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Jan 03, 2009 Tez rated it 5 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Puberty brings more than periods and acne in the first book of Kelley Armstrong's new young adult Darkest Powers trilogy, The Summoning.

At fifteen, Chloe Saunders still hasn't menstruated. But the day it hits coincides with the ghost of a custodian haunting Chloe at school, until she finally breaks down. Told she has schizophrenia, she's sent to live in a group home for other teens dealing with mental illness. Or are they?

But Lyle House's patients are here by no happy accident, judging by the su...more

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Nov 04, 2012 Jennifer Wardrip rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: trt-posted-reviews

Reviewed by Margaret Waterman for TeensReadToo.com

"A banner week for me. Getting short-listed for the director spot. Nate asking me about the dance. My first period. And now my first criminal act. After I fixed myself up, I dug into my backpack for my brush and emerged instead with the tube of hair color. I lifted it. My reflection in the mirror grinned back."

Chloe Saunders is a very special girl. Not just because she has an in-depth and intense obsession with movies, filming, and directing. No...more Reviewed by Margaret Waterman for TeensReadToo.com

"A banner week for me. Getting short-listed for the director spot. Nate asking me about the dance. My first period. And now my first criminal act. After I fixed myself up, I dug into my backpack for my brush and emerged instead with the tube of hair color. I lifted it. My reflection in the mirror grinned back."

Chloe Saunders is a very special girl. Not just because she has an in-depth and intense obsession with movies, filming, and directing. Not just because of her unusual home life. She is special, because on top of all this, Chloe Saunders can see ghosts.

On the day of her first period, she goes to the bathroom and skips class. She dyes her hair, feeling particularly rebellious. Upon exiting, Chloe sees a strange man wearing an old custodian's uniform, who follows her around school. She thinks she is in trouble for skipping class...

When he starts to talk to her, she ignores him. He gets angry, and deliberately shows her his face... and she sees it is burned so badly she can barely distinguish his features. When he disappears into thin air, she starts making a scene and freaking out, and school officials round her up. When she accidentally punches a teacher, they sedate her and take her to the hospital.

From there she is sent to Lyle House, which is a place for troubled teenagers. There she meets a wide variety of people - a pyromaniac, a girl with a poltergeist, an unusually moody girl, a boy with extremely bad people-skills, and a boy who, strangely, she finds nothing unusual about. As her new friends' stories unfold, Chloe begins to question the
motivation behind Lyle House.

With everything from ghosts and magic to romance, humor, and growing up, THE SUMMONING will have you laughing, wondering, and in disbelief. This book has many plot twists that will keep the reader guessing throughout the course of the novel. Kelley Armstrong uses great characterization and dialogue, which makes THE SUMMONING an overall good read.
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Jun 11, 2008 Rachael rated it 5 of 5 stars

From when Chloe Saunders was just a little girl, she saw ghosts. Of course then, she thought they were only nightmarish imaginary friends. And her life seemed to become almost normal when they moved out of that haunted house and after her mom died. But when Chloe hits puberty, she starts seeing the ghosts again. Now she’s forced to stay in Lyle House so she can learn to cope with her “schizophrenia.” But the other kids at Lyle House have also been incorrectly diagnosed with mental problems. Ther...more

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Jan 25, 2010 BJ Rose rated it 5 of 5 stars

Recommended to BJ Rose by: Book Haven

Shelves: paranormal, series, library-books, young-adult

'I see dead people' - well, it worked in "Sixth Sense" and it definitely works here, mainly because there's so much more here than that. Chloe gets her first period and is harassed by a very gross-looking ghost on the same day - at school, of course! She's happy about the first event, even tho she has to vandalize the bathroom dispenser to get a sanitary napkin, but the ghost (her second of the day) really freaks her out, and the school insists on two weeks of counseling in a group youth center...more

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Apr 04, 2010 Jessica `~Blahyze~` rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ebooks

Wow, this is actually a really good book. I was unsure, I figured it would be all teenish and full of teen talk and "like you know, like he did like this like?", but it wasn't, it is a great read, I plan on reading the entire series.

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Jul 17, 2010 Margaryta rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: chapter-books, bookshelf-of-shame, suckish-twilight-immitations, modern

This review has been edited for a large number of reasons. First off I found I as too hotheaded after reading the book. Now that I have my head in the right place I'll be editing it so that not everyone feels so angry about it. Sorry bout that, but I get like that often. It's the anti-Twilight part of me coming out, and I'm trying really hard to bottle it in

The plot I can't say is original, which was probably the first turn off for me. I go for books that have that something in them that sparks...more This review has been edited for a large number of reasons. First off I found I as too hotheaded after reading the book. Now that I have my head in the right place I'll be editing it so that not everyone feels so angry about it. Sorry bout that, but I get like that often. It's the anti-Twilight part of me coming out, and I'm trying really hard to bottle it in

The plot I can't say is original, which was probably the first turn off for me. I go for books that have that something in them that sparks my interest. Here, all that caught my eye (to be honest) was the red jewel on the cover. Another turn off was the theme of necromancy. Yeah i still read books about vampires and stuff but I don't agree with them, so I've stopped reading these books for the past little while, but I think going with necromancy....uh, to far for me....

So I started reading it. Before I go on, one of my 'frienemies' had suggested I read it, because she felt a more dislike than like to this book and wanted my opinion on it since I read a lot. The plot was nothing special, by far nothing like the plot in my favourite book I have read, of course you most likely would say that those books can't be compared but that's my feeling. I was left with an aftertaste after the book. Do I like it? Do I dislike it? Now that I think about it i felt bland after the book. For m it was a 'I read it once, take back to the library forever' book (and I ended up giving it back to the girl who gave me it and have never picked up a copy since)

This is one of the many books I'm recomended to read as soon as I go over to the teen section in my nearby library. It's honestly not the first book I would buy - my list is fairly large and this would be one of the bottom ones.

I uped it to 2 stars cause I guess I didn't dislike it so much. It was an ok book in my opinion. Who knows, maybe in time I'll warm up to the series and reread this book and read the next but right now I've got books I wanna read that I can't wait long to do so and this series right now is on the back burner, in a manner of speaking. (less)

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Oct 28, 2008 Adriana rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: ya-fantasy-series

I really liked this one. I was hooked within a few chapters. Chloe sees dead people. But when she has an unexpected encounter with a dead janitor at school, she gets sent off to a home for troubled teens. Soon though Chloe realizes that she isn't the only one with unusual talents. This is the first of a trilogy, and I do have to agree that it is very much a set up for the rest of the story. The ending was a little frustrating, but I loved the premise and all of the twists and turns. I think it w...more

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Jan 01, 2009 Kait rated it 5 of 5 stars Recommends it for: Hanna, Steen

Recommended to Kait by: Nicole

Shelves: library, urban-fantasy, young-adult, wishlist

I don't know why I wasn't expecting this book to be very good, but I really liked it. It's Kelley Armstrong's first young adult novel, and I think she really nails it. It was interesting enough that it can captivate an adult audience, but wasn't too mature that it would turn off some of the younger readers.

I enjoyed the story line, and I remembered that it takes place in the Otherworld, the same as her adult series about half way through the book... and it all made sense then! I wonder if we'll...more

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Apr 13, 2009 Jackie "the Librarian" rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, gothic, horror, magic, misery-oh-misery, teen-books-adults-can-enjoy, youngadult

Chloe sees ghosts, maybe. Or she's schizophrenic. Whichever it is, she's happy to take the drugs and do the treatment, and stop seeing the creepy things she's seeing so she can get back to her regular life.

But then she realizes she's not the only teen in the house whose mental problems might actually be supernatural abilities, and she might never get her regular life back, ever.

This is the first book in a new series, and because of that, it's all set up, set up, set up. I kept waiting for the st...more

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Jul 24, 2012 Aleeshas2 rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

Some books I have to force myself to read past the first 50 or so pages, no matter how good the books end up being. The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong was not one of those books . It captivated me right from the first couple of sentences , I was intrigued and curious about what would happen to this female protagonist .
The summoning is the first book of the darkest powers series , which revolves around the life of Chloe Saunders, a teenager who holds the ability to see ghosts . This exceeded al...more

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Jan 25, 2010 Nic rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, paranormal-romance, 2010, favourites

I enjoyed this book. It had a fast pace story that sucks you right in and leaves you wanting the next book.

I like the mix of supernaturals characters in the story. Especially Chloe and Derek.

Well written, interesting and suspensful story with strong characters and many make you smile moments.

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May 04, 2011 Lucy rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal, young-adult, better-than-i-expected, great-world-building

Well, reading the first book in a Kelley Armstrong trilogy is a bit like sex with my exboyfriend. Lots of build up and then it's just over and you're not really sure how that could be it.

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Lucy I enjoyed The Summoning. I actually really like that it's not like every other paranormal book at the moment. I'm enjoying Armstrong's YA because it b...more
May 04, 2011 10:44am

Hayden Casey Hehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehehe...more 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Apr 29, 2011 Marla rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-read-in-2011, supernatural, ya, paranormal

From the very first page of the prologue I was drawn into the story. It has been a long time since I read a book with ghosts in the plot line. This was a good one to read to re-introduce myself to ghost stories.

Not only is this book about a girl who can see ghosts, it is a mystery, as well. As I read, I had more and more questions: How did Chloe inherit her abilities? What happened to her roommate? What exactly is up with Derek? Who is the ghost trying to contact her at the group home? Where is...more

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Nov 29, 2012 Ceecee rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: YA Paranormal fans

Recommended to Ceecee by: Jessilie

Shelves: 3-star, fantasy, a-lot-of-wtf-moments, breath-of-fresh-air, a-welcome-diversion

I was weighing this between 2 and 3 stars for a bit. I saw my friends' ratings and they ranked between 3-5 stars, so I was wondering why I was even contemplating giving this 2 stars. Was I reading the same book as they? Maybe because I was reading a pdf version, I was missing some paragraphs or chapters or something? But anyway, the 50+ or so last pages were the deal-breaker for me.

I guess my main problem was: The writing was just so-so. It's a YA Paranormal book, right? I'd expect to feel cree...more

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Apr 17, 2012 Adela Cacovean rated it 3 of 5 stars

Din nou o carte pe care am citit-o în mai puțin de o săptămână, nu pentru că ar fi fost scurtă sau ușoară. În ultimul timp am spus foarte des asta despre o carte, dar pe bune dacă am putut să o las din mână. Nici măcar în ora de română!

Invocarea este o poveste despre copii cu puteri supranaturale, ca mai toate cărțile care apar în prezent în librăriile din țară, dar și dincolo de graniță. Ceea ce este diferit la aceasta, ceea ce o face să fie specială, este modul în care sunt priviți acești copi...more Din nou o carte pe care am citit-o în mai puțin de o săptămână, nu pentru că ar fi fost scurtă sau ușoară. În ultimul timp am spus foarte des asta despre o carte, dar pe bune dacă am putut să o las din mână. Nici măcar în ora de română!

Invocarea este o poveste despre copii cu puteri supranaturale, ca mai toate cărțile care apar în prezent în librăriile din țară, dar și dincolo de graniță. Ceea ce este diferit la aceasta, ceea ce o face să fie specială, este modul în care sunt priviți acești copii, această comunitate de supranaturali. Este probabil modul în care am aborda și noi, astăzi, în secolul XXI, în care suntem atât de deschiși la minte, această situație.

Chloe Saunders este o adolescentă de 15 ani, nu tocmai obișnuită, și asta nu fiindcă e scundă. În ziua în care îi vine prima dată menstruația, Chloe, aflată la școală, chiulește pentru prima dată de la o oră pentru a-și vopsi părul în toaleta fetelor a liceului. Când iese din baie, vede un paznic, de care, firește, se sperie înainte de a-și da seama că e o fantomă. Paznicul, care avea fața arsă, o bagă în sperieți pe eroina noastră, punând-o pe fugă, deși tot ce face fantoma este să ceară ajutor. Disperată, Chloe aleargă pe coridoare urlând, iar când e prinsă de profesori, se zbate, lovindu-i pe aceștia. Este sedată și dusă la spital, iar mai apoi într-un sanatoriu privat pentru copii cu boli mintale, unde i se pune o etichetă: schizofrenie. Chloe nu știe ce să creadă, dacă este bolnavă, sau dacă vede cu adevărat spirite.

Sunt multe de spus despre restul poveștii, despre ceilalți adolescenți din sanatoriu, dar Invocarea este genul de poveste imprevizibilă, așa că orice detaliu pe care vi l-aș dezvălui în legătură cu ea, ar strica mult din farmecul cărții. Pentru cei care au citit deja cartea sau care vor totuși să afle mai multe informații, vă aștept cu comentarii și vă răspund oricăror întrebări.(less)

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Dec 24, 2012 Nenia Campbell rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: x-2008s, x-series-bk-1, i-burn-i-pine-i-perish, ya-baby-ya, urbane-fantasies, gorgeous-covers, boo-a-ghost, girls-rule-boys-drool, a-likable-character-has-appeared, putting-the-best-in-bestiality, witches-not-bitches, crème-de-la-crème, reviewed, unzip-my-genes, demons, insta-buy-authors, braiiiinssss, crack-comes-in-book-form-now

You can read reviews at my blog, The Armchair Librarian!

Unlike a lot of my fellow bloggers, I'm not a huge fan of YA. A lot of the time, I feel like potentially awesome plots are dumbed down or censored so as not to offend the kiddies' delicate sensibilities--conveniently overlooking the fact that the kiddies are, in all likelihood, engaging in far more dubious activities in their own free time. Adolescence is gritty.

And even if it isn't, it, like, totally is. Because drama.

I'd heard nothing but...more

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Jul 07, 2012 Sayjil rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal, exceptional-plot, cherished

When I first read this book I was like...

I remember when I first read this book, it was the night before I wrote my Life Science exam last year. After waiting for the shipment of the book (I ordered it online) and then ignoring it for a whole week it finally caught up with me. Of course it was like freaking Pandora's box near me. I told myself I’d just read a few chapters and leave it, so much for that happening; I remember I couldn’t put the freaking book down. Now after re-reading this book I...more When I first read this book I was like...

I remember when I first read this book, it was the night before I wrote my Life Science exam last year. After waiting for the shipment of the book (I ordered it online) and then ignoring it for a whole week it finally caught up with me. Of course it was like freaking Pandora's box near me. I told myself I’d just read a few chapters and leave it, so much for that happening; I remember I couldn’t put the freaking book down. Now after re-reading this book I still couldn’t put it down.

Chloe Saunders attends an art school where she sees a burnt curator that harasses her but the problem is no one else can see him. So she is sent Lyle House, a group home for people in need of ‘professional help’. Here she meets Elizabeth Delaney, Rachelle, Victoria Enright and Derek and Simon Souza. The place is like boot camp, only for supposedly crazy people because they diagnosed her as schizophrenic. The problem is everyone seems a normal except Elizabeth has a supposed poltergeist , Tori is a bit of a bitch, Rachelle likes fire and Derek has an abnormal about of strength as for Simon, he’s not part of the crazy group. The arrogant, rude, brooding Derek suspects that the Chloe actually sees ghosts. Soon enough Chloe finds out she’s a necromancer. Simon and Derek are also supernaturals who have been on the run for more than decade with their dad. Now Derek wants to break Simon and Chloe out so they can look for Simon’s dad. Time starts ticking when they try to find out why they really are there.

Ahhhhhh! The book was awesome. I usually avoid the books that have heroines that are younger than me (they somehow annoy me). This book however, was spectacular; although I couldn’t relate to the heroin which I might add is nothing compared the strong heroines I usually favour. I figure I’m more of a female Derek. I loved every character here but I loved Chloe the most. Her ingenuity was practically perfection. The action scenes or ghost scenes were quite enjoyable. Hats off to Armstrong, the book was ingenious.
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Jul 06, 2011 Patricia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Wonderfully written characters, exceptionally good and genuine rendetion of human relationships and paranormal elements that aren't too complex to annoy the reader, but used in the fresh, urban-fantasy-ish way that I adore.

The whole Darkest Power-series captivated me from page one on.

I'd like to point something out that makes me seriously fall for Kelley Armstrong. Authors tend to give their characters mental deceases or a traumatic childhood but then, later, make it unrealistic, unbelievable. I...more

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