The Awakening by Kelley Armstrong

Synopsis:
Book II in the Darkest Powers trilogy takes us deeper into a world where the supernatural intrudes on the everyday with riveting effect.

If you had met me a few weeks ago, you probably would have described me as an average teenage girl – someone normal. Now my life has changed forever and I’m as far away from normal as it gets. A living science experiment – not only can I see ghosts, but I was genetically altered by a group of people who call themselves The Edison Group. What does that mean? For starters, I’m a teenage necromancer whose powers are out of control: I raise the dead without even trying. Trust me, that is not a power you want to have. Ever.

I’m running for my life with three of my supernatural friends – a charming sorcerer, a cynical werewolf, and a disgruntled witch – and we have to find someone who can help us gain our freedom back before The Edison Group finds us first. Or die trying.

My Review:
I enjoyed this one even more than the first book. We finally learn a little more about the other characters and their past while they continue to stay on the run from the Edison Group. It was a fluid continuation of the first book and I grew more attached to the characters and what happened to them as the story progressed. I thought at first the first two books could have been combined but now I am glad they were split up because it would have felt too overwhelming. I like that while Chloe could be helpless against her enemies considering her lack of fighting experience, she stands up for herself and does not try to play the role of damsel in distress (even if she is).

I love this author’s writing and the way she tells the story and how the characters interact. Although I will say that there were a few times where I was confused about how we got from point A to point B with things suddenly happening in the action scenes. She tells you some things in detail and others are left to your imagination but it’s not significant enough to take away from the overall story. This one was not hard to finish in a day because I had to keep reading to find out what happens next. All I can say is thank goodness the third one already came out because I would be struggling with having to wait to see where the story goes next. Read it!