Chloe Saunders is a normal teenager, well normal as normal can get,
who goes to an art school. One day at school she's exiting the
bathroom someone calls out to her. She does not know this man and
just walks away. He shows up in front of her, with his face
disfigured. Chloe runs into a class room, where the teachers catch
her and hold her down. She doesn't understand what's going
on.
When she wakes up, she's in the hospital. Her aunt informs her that
she will not be able to go to back to her normal school, she has to
go to the Lyle House., a "special" home for troubled teens. When
she arrives there she meets the other teens Tori, Rae, Simon,
Derek, Liz and Peter. She learns that these teen have problems.
While she's there they tell her that she's schizophrenic.
As she's dealing with this new "label" on her she tries to get
accustom to the house. She has chores to do and homework. One night
while she's doing laundry in the basement she hears a voice, though
it's distorted. She think she's going crazy, that it's a part of
her condition. Dealing with her problems, she see's more of what
the other teens are like, what their conditions are.
One night Liz asks for Chloe's help. She thinks that she has a
poltergeist that's following her, she wants Chloe to tell it to
stop, that she has everything under control. Though before Chloe
can things start being thrown around, crashing to the floor, hair
gel thrown over the place. Liz is taken away to the hospital,
though will she ever be seen again?
Peter leaves with his parents, leaving Derek, Simon, Rae, Tori and
Chloe at the house. Through the whole time Derek is bothering
Chloe, though she doesn't know why. Is it because he knows more
about her "condition" then she does?
This is the first book in the Darkest Powers series. This story was
creepy to say the least. It had me from the first page wanting to
know what happens next. Kelley Armstrong really does have a sense
of wonder and can captivate the audience. The characters come
alive, everything they go through comes out like it could be you. I
give this book a four.