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Not what I was expecting but pleasantly surprised by what it turned out to be!
Chloe Saunders seems to be a normal teen. Wishing for all the normal things teens want. When suddenly she starts seeing ghosts... and they want to talk to her. Now she's a troubled teen and is being forced into a group home with some other troubled teens. Once she gets there though she realizes that maybe she's not so troubled after all and there happens to be more teens with what seems to be special abilities.
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Chloe Saunders seems to be a normal teen. Wishing for all the normal things teens want. When suddenly she starts seeing ghosts... and they want to talk to her. Now she's a troubled teen and is being forced into a group home with some other troubled teens. Once she gets there though she realizes that maybe she's not so troubled after all and there happens to be more teens with what seems to be special abilities.
I thou ...more
Crap! This book ends with a cliffhanger. Unfortunately, it's not enough to make me rush out and read the next installment (although I own the complete trilogy).
The Summoning is the story of Chloe whose 'normal' life turned tupsy-turvy when she started seeing ghosts. Diagnosed as crazy she was sent to Lyle House, where she met other kids with supernatural powers.
Told in first person, the story started out slow for me. I've always found Armstrong's prose to be fluid, so it was no hardship for me ...more
The Summoning is the story of Chloe whose 'normal' life turned tupsy-turvy when she started seeing ghosts. Diagnosed as crazy she was sent to Lyle House, where she met other kids with supernatural powers.
Told in first person, the story started out slow for me. I've always found Armstrong's prose to be fluid, so it was no hardship for me ...more
The first title in her Dark Powers YA series, which is set in her Otherworld universe. The book is centered on a group of teens forced to reside at Lyle House – a care home for troubled youth. Lyle House is a great setting for developing tension as the idea of being placed in a mental institution where you’re the only one who thinks you’re sane, is quite creepy. As the book concludes you realize that it’s basically just been a set-up for the series, but I didn’t feel that while reading it, as it
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Jan 05, 2010
Mahyar
marked it as to-read
I wanna read this one but is it just about ghosts..or there will be romance in it too? LOL
Good YA paranormal. Nice start to a series. The beginning seemed to drag a bit, I couldn't wait to get to Chloe's awareness of what was happening to her. Nice twists and huge cliffhanger ending. I'm really glad I have the next book ready and the other on hold. ...more
WOW Can you say Cliffhanger!!!!
This book was a great read, and I so can't wait to read the next two.
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This book was a great read, and I so can't wait to read the next two.
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Amazing, lots of twists, really enjoyable, with a cliff hanger ended that leaves you wanting more
Jul 20, 2009
Natasha
marked it as to-read
Dec 01, 2009
Awesomevegan (AKA JenReads)
marked it as new-to-me-series
Dec 12, 2009
E.J. Stevens
marked it as to-read
Feb 11, 2010
Meghan
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Mar 20, 2010
Gaijinmama
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Jun 10, 2010
Joyce Mannarino
marked it as to-read
