The Summoning by Kelley ArmstrongDate Released: July 1st 2008
Publisher: HarperTeen
Pages: 390 pages
Format: Paperback
Source: Friend's Shelf
Summary
After years of frequent moves following her mother’s death, Chloe Saunders’s life is finally settling down. She is attending art school, pursuing her dreams of becoming a director, making friends, meeting boys. Her biggest concern is that she’s not developing as fast as her friends are. But when puberty does hit, it brings more than hormone surges. Chloe starts seeing ghosts–everywhere, demanding her attention. After she suffers a breakdown, her devoted aunt Lauren gets her into a highly recommended group home.
At first, Lyle House seems a pretty okay place, except for Chloe’s small problem of fearing she might be facing a lifetime of mental illness. But as she gradually gets to know the other kids at the home–charming Simon and his ominous, unsmiling brother Derek, obnoxious Tori, and Rae, who has a “thing” for fire–Chloe begins to realize that there is something that binds them all together, and it isn’t your usual “problem kid” behaviour. And together they discover that Lyle House is not your usual group home either…
After years of frequent moves following her mother’s death, Chloe Saunders’s life is finally settling down. She is attending art school, pursuing her dreams of becoming a director, making friends, meeting boys. Her biggest concern is that she’s not developing as fast as her friends are. But when puberty does hit, it brings more than hormone surges. Chloe starts seeing ghosts–everywhere, demanding her attention. After she suffers a breakdown, her devoted aunt Lauren gets her into a highly recommended group home.
At first, Lyle House seems a pretty okay place, except for Chloe’s small problem of fearing she might be facing a lifetime of mental illness. But as she gradually gets to know the other kids at the home–charming Simon and his ominous, unsmiling brother Derek, obnoxious Tori, and Rae, who has a “thing” for fire–Chloe begins to realize that there is something that binds them all together, and it isn’t your usual “problem kid” behaviour. And together they discover that Lyle House is not your usual group home either…
My Review:
The story centers around Chloe Saunders, a normal teenager – well, as normal as being a teenager gets – until the day she starts seeing ghost – yeah, that ain’t normal – so a few stuff happens and she ends up in Lyle House, Lyle House being a place for not so normal people. A loony. Yup, people think she’s crazy, but I mean, if you’re seeing people that don’t exist, maybe you are crazy, aren’t you?
As Chloe questions her own sanity, she begins to discover that not everything is nice and sunny at Lyle’s House. Things start to get really off and a new question comes to her, is she really crazy, or do They make her want to believe she is? And who are They? Well, you’ll never guess, once you hop on board this train, you’re up for a juicy ride.
The whole story is very unpredictable and addicting. The things that happen are incredible and chilling and there’s a cliff-hanger ending.
The Summoning is one of my favorite books and series, completely enjoyable and addicting, a must read.
He pivoted, gaze following me as I crossed to the shower and turned on the cold water, so it would drown out our conversation without steaming up the room.Great," he muttered."Now they're going to think we're showering together. Maybe we can just tell them we were washing off the crawl space dirt and trying to conserve water."
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