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Nov. 2nd, 2011 05:25 pmI am still behind on booklogging and have many more dignified things to write up, but instead I am going to tell you how I just zoomed through Kelly Armstrong's Darkest Powers trilogy in like two days, because apparently when I have lots of schoolwork all my brain wants to deal with is PSYCHIC KIDS! ON THE RUN! BOTH OF THOSE THINGS ARE TECHNICALLY SPOILERS BUT REALLY NOBODY SHOULD BE SURPRISED!
The Summoning is the first book in a series and it starts out with Our Protagonist Chloe getting surprised by some ghosts and then sent to a mysterious home for kids with mental illnesses. SPOILER THAT IS NOT AT ALL SHOCKING: this is one of those books where 'mental illness' is sinister conspiracy code for 'magic powers' and taking meds invariably means The Man is drugging you. Just once I would like a book about psychic kids and magic powers where some of them also perhaps take meds, and that's okay! This, alas, is not that book.
OUR CAST
CHLOE: She talks to dead people! Sometimes in the zombie kind of way!
RAE: She really likes fire!
LIZ: Thinks she has a poltergeist!
TORI: Our designated Mean Girl With Character Development!
DEREK: He's super strong! And super cranky!
SIMON: Actually he's quite friendly and pleasant! WHAT IS HE DOING HERE.
VARIOUS AND SUNDRY ADULTS: Generally either evil or tragically misguided, but treacherous either way!
So the first book is all about uncovering PSYCHIC POWERS and DARK SECRETS, and then there's a part where everyone's on the run from sinister conspiracies and cabals; there's a love triangle that manages to be endearing rather than annoying due to everyone managing not to act like an asshole and often saying things like "WE'RE ON THE RUN, NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE IDIOTS OVER ROMANCE," non-white kids are existent (Rae and Simon) but generally do not get enough to do, Chloe endears herself to me many times over by taking good advice from the movies she loves, and in general I ate the whole thing up like candy.
In the belated spirit of Halloween, anybody want to rec me some other brain-candy YA books?
The Summoning is the first book in a series and it starts out with Our Protagonist Chloe getting surprised by some ghosts and then sent to a mysterious home for kids with mental illnesses. SPOILER THAT IS NOT AT ALL SHOCKING: this is one of those books where 'mental illness' is sinister conspiracy code for 'magic powers' and taking meds invariably means The Man is drugging you. Just once I would like a book about psychic kids and magic powers where some of them also perhaps take meds, and that's okay! This, alas, is not that book.
OUR CAST
CHLOE: She talks to dead people! Sometimes in the zombie kind of way!
RAE: She really likes fire!
LIZ: Thinks she has a poltergeist!
TORI: Our designated Mean Girl With Character Development!
DEREK: He's super strong! And super cranky!
SIMON: Actually he's quite friendly and pleasant! WHAT IS HE DOING HERE.
VARIOUS AND SUNDRY ADULTS: Generally either evil or tragically misguided, but treacherous either way!
So the first book is all about uncovering PSYCHIC POWERS and DARK SECRETS, and then there's a part where everyone's on the run from sinister conspiracies and cabals; there's a love triangle that manages to be endearing rather than annoying due to everyone managing not to act like an asshole and often saying things like "WE'RE ON THE RUN, NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE IDIOTS OVER ROMANCE," non-white kids are existent (Rae and Simon) but generally do not get enough to do, Chloe endears herself to me many times over by taking good advice from the movies she loves, and in general I ate the whole thing up like candy.
In the belated spirit of Halloween, anybody want to rec me some other brain-candy YA books?
