The Summoning
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- 3,99 €
Publisher Description
Eerie, addictive, and repackaged with a stunning new look, The Summoning is the gripping first book in the supernaturally spooky New York Times-bestselling Darkest Powers trilogy that returns to haunt a new generation of readers.
She sees dead people—and they see her.
Chloe Saunders used to have a pretty normal life. But that changed on the day she met her first ghost. Locked up in Lyle House, a group home for troubled teens, she finds out there’s more to the home’s teen residents than meets the eye.
Will Chloe be able to uncover the dangerous secrets of Lyle House…or will its skeletons come back to haunt her?
Supernatural Love Triangle: Chloe Saunders' heart is torn between two brothers—a charming sorcerer and a brooding werewolf—in this bestselling horror-romance trilogy.Slow Burn: From thrilling moments of forced proximity to tender hurt/comfort scenes, the will-they-or-won't-they tension between Chloe and her love interests could make even a zombie's heart race.Y2K YA Nostalgia: With the love triangle of Twilight, supernatural conspiracy of Stranger Things, and necromancer thrills all its own, the Darkest Powers trilogy is the perfect nostalgic young adult read.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Chloe, the 15-year-old narrator of this opener in the Darkest Powers trilogy, Armstrong's (Women of the Otherworld series) first YA novel, hasn't seen ghosts since she was a little girl until the day she finally gets her period and starts seeing ghosts everywhere. Almost immediately Chloe is sent to a small group home, Lyle House, and diagnosed as schizophrenic. Readers will forgive these familiar and even formulaic plot devices, however, given Armstrong's well-timed revelations of paranormal activity at Lyle House. What is the eminently sane Chloe to make of her new peers, especially the antisocial Derek and his foster brother, who offer their own diagnosis that she is "supernatural" like them? Are they psychotic or scheming to get her in trouble, or could their idea help explain why certain disruptive teens are mysteriously transferred from Lyle, never to be heard from again? Drawing on elements dear to horror lovers (secretly buried corpses, evil doctors, werewolves, telekinesis), Armstrong adds a stylish degree of suspense. The ending, while still a cliffhanger, brings with it a chilling closure. Ages 12 up.
