The Reckoning

By Kelley Armstrong
(HarperCollins, Hardcover, 9780061662836, 320pp.)

Publication Date: April 2010

Categories: Horror & Ghost Stories

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Kelley Armstrong is the New York Times bestselling author of the Women of the Otherworld series and the first book in the Darkest Powers series, The Summoning, about which Kirkus Reviews said in a starred review: "Terrifying ghosts, smatterings of gore, and diverse teen voices will prompt young adults to pick up the next in this series."

Kelley has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls, much to her teachers' dismay. All efforts to make her produce "normal" stories failed. Today, she continues to spin tales of ghosts and demons and werewolves, while safely locked away in her basement writing-dungeon.

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For THE SUMMONING: "Action, danger, supernatural secrets, and a hint of romance--Armstrong's world is one in which trusting the wrong person can have dire consequences. You'll be desperate for a sequel."
-Melissa Marr

For THE SUMMONING"Suspenseful, well-written and engaging."
-Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA)

For THE SUMMONING: "Terrifying ghosts, smatterings of gore and diverse teen voices will prompt young adults to pick up the next in this series."
-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

For THE AWAKENING: "Armstrong's vermiculate plot will exhilarate even readers new to the series...Teens grappling with their own transformations and alienating individuality will certainly follow these characters to the book's final pages and into the next volume."
-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

For THE AWAKENING: "Chloe and her fellow supernatural teens struggle to find someone who will help them combat the group that's trying to take them hostage, and there's never a slow moment in their journey or a false line in Armstrong's writing."
-Charlaine Harris

For THE AWAKENING: "Kelley Armstrong has created a gritty, realistic world both teen and adult readers will enjoy. Edge-of-the-seat reading, with plenty of surprises. I want the next installment now!"
-Kim Harrison