![]() ![]() Hinds adds another magnificent adaptation to his oeuvre ( King Lear, 2009, etc.) with this stunning graphic retelling of Homer’s epic. ![]() ![]() Dark alleys, undead bodies and bountiful blood will cause shivers, while Chloe’s chemistry with both boys will raise readers’ pulses. 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. Bratty Tori and sweet Simon harness their magic in erratic fits and starts. Derek, a brutally earnest werewolf, suffers terribly during his changes. Chloe, the narrating necromancer, shares the agonies of life with scary, uncontrollable powers. Armstrong’s vermiculate plot will exhilarate even readers new to the series, although they will miss the crucial character development found in The Summoning (2008). The second installment of the Darkest Powers series hits the ground running, leaving readers tripping, stumbling and racing to keep up. ![]() A small group of supernatural teens escapes The Edison House, a malevolent scientific organization bent on their destruction, and embarks on a desperate journey to find the one man who might help them. ![]()
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