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The Summoning was an Addicted to YA BoTM for January 2015. Not fabulous, but fairly entertaining. A girl who can see ghosts ends up in a group home for other children with issues, though some mysterious element seems to link them all together. This book is the beginning of a trilogy, so the majority is a set up for all the real issues that must be explored more in future books. I'll likely read The Awakening when I get a chance.
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I know this is YA lit, but must every single adult in the book be either evil, and idiot or incompetent? Ignoring that and the abrupt cut-off, it was a good book. I know it's part of a series, but even series books deserve to have their own proper endings not just an abrupt stop to the words.
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This book was an easy read. It had some interesting concepts and was a fairly nice page turner. I wasn't fond of the abrupt ending in the middle of a major issue, but it wasn't a horrible ending.
It was a nice escape for a few hours to read it. Nothing too deep or requiring serious thought. ...more
It was a nice escape for a few hours to read it. Nothing too deep or requiring serious thought. ...more
Chloe Saunders sees ghosts, but no one believes her and she is put into a "special" home with other teens who have been told they have mental/emotional issues that make them dangerous to others. However, over time, they discover their issues are really secret super powers. I think the idea is really fun, but the story took forever to get anywhere. It bothered me that the characters powers and feeling like they were going crazy were so closely linked. It made me really frustrated, and I wanted to
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Denise
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