The Awakening is the second book in Kelley Armstrong’s Darkest Powers Trilogy. After their failed escape attempt, Rae and Chloe are, once again, at the mercy of the Lyle House’s staff. Derek and Simon managed to escape, which means the adults must rely on Chloe to find them. After failing to fool the kids with fake diagnoses, the Lyle House’s staff introduces themselves as a small part of the Edison Group. The Edison Group claims to try and make life better for supernaturals like Chloe and Simon using science, but Chloe soon learns about their darker intentions. Kids like Chloe and Derek were experimented on in order to increase their powers, and those who fail to control their enhanced abilities, wind up dead. Chloe soon breaks out of the Edison Group and is once again on the run.
The sweet and shy Chloe we’ve known is growing up. Many of her experiences break her down, but also build up her confidence. While she is not ruthless, she has gotten better at handling dangerous situations. Sadly, her control of her enhanced necromancer powers has not increased. Now that she is away from the Lyle House, she is seeing even more ghosts, but some of these new ghosts have more hostile intentions. She has little control of her ability to raise the dead. There is still plenty of room for her to grow in the following installment.
The Awakening is much more exciting than its predecessor. The plot is always moving and points of action are frequent in this book. No longer isolated in the Lyle House, the characters must face the dangers of living on the street. The writing in this book is much more fun and sarcastic when compared to the previous book. Chloe still treats her life like a movie which puts an interesting third person perspective on a book written in first person. While some of the characters develop, others stay the same with flat and 2-Dimensional personalities. In all, I give this 357 page book 4 stars.
The sweet and shy Chloe we’ve known is growing up. Many of her experiences break her down, but also build up her confidence. While she is not ruthless, she has gotten better at handling dangerous situations. Sadly, her control of her enhanced necromancer powers has not increased. Now that she is away from the Lyle House, she is seeing even more ghosts, but some of these new ghosts have more hostile intentions. She has little control of her ability to raise the dead. There is still plenty of room for her to grow in the following installment.
The Awakening is much more exciting than its predecessor. The plot is always moving and points of action are frequent in this book. No longer isolated in the Lyle House, the characters must face the dangers of living on the street. The writing in this book is much more fun and sarcastic when compared to the previous book. Chloe still treats her life like a movie which puts an interesting third person perspective on a book written in first person. While some of the characters develop, others stay the same with flat and 2-Dimensional personalities. In all, I give this 357 page book 4 stars.