Minor Spoliers.
The Summoning is the first book in The Darkest Powers Series. I've
had this book on my plan to read shelf for a really long time. I
saw it at Costco and just picked it up with a couple of other books
to read, and I was really glad I did. The story was everything a
Paranormal book really needs, cute boys, characters with rare
powers, and of course an epic adventure.
Chloe Saunders, pretty, rich, fifteen, and normal. Once she reaches
puberty, everything changes. An incident happens with her and a
teacher, people accusing of her of fighting with him. But she saw
someone, a janitor, except he wasn't really there. He was a ghost.
So Chloe is being sent to Lyle House a special home for unusual
teenage kids. Chloe is used to being the new kid, especially after
her mom died, the only thing she left for Chloe was her red
necklace, said to protect her from 'bogeymen' that she saw when she
was little. Once Chloe arrives at Lyle House she meets Liz, Tori,
Rae, Derek and Simon. Her roomate was Liz, her problem was that she
could lift things up with her mind. And she was sent away to a
different home instead. A better place for her, but Chloe began to
spot her at night, wondering if it were hallucinations or not. We
get introduced to Tori, her real name is Victoria. And she's the
kinda of girl with rich stuck up parents, as well as a concieted
queen like attitude. Chloe runs into some problems with her, but
she still has Rae to depend on.
The administration gives the students pills to help them recover
from their problems. So they know that she can see ghosts. But it
was supposed to be a secret, until Tori shouts it out infront of
everyone at Lunch because of her eavsdropping. So Derek, Simon and
Rae are the only students who know her secret. Chloe got along with
Simon, as with Derek, well he kind of creeped her out. Simon and
Derek are foster brothers since they were five. Derek was sent to
live with Simon and his dad, so they were practically best friends.
Once Chole gets comfortable with both of the boys, they decide to
plan an escape from Lyle House. To find their Dad, who can help
with them with the tense situation they were in. Rae joins along,
but someone rats them out. They think it was Tori. But well...Let's
just say the people they thought they knew aren't really the people
they expected.