The Summoning by Kelly Armstrong

A book review by Madeline Soucie

               

Chloe sees dead people... plain and simple. She learned this the hard way at school and now she's locked up at Lyle House, a home for troubled teens. But Chloe soon learns there is more to Lyle House and its residents than meets the eye.

Is Chloe the only one or are there others? And more importantly can Chloe uncover the secrets of Lyle House or will they get the best of her?

     

The Summoning is the first book in the "Darkest Powers" trilogy and combines different elements of the supernatural scene in a new take. If you like modern supernatural stories try this one out and you may -- like me -- end up rereading it from time to time when you just need a good book to read.

Find it in APL TEEN Fiction YA FIC Armstrong, K.

Hemlock by Kathleen Peacock

A book review by  Madeline Soucie

                                

Mac and Amy were best friends until Amy was killed by a werewolf. She was one of multiple attacks in Hemlock. Now Amy haunts Mac in her dreams and the Trackers -- a group that hunts werewolves -- has come to town to find the white werewolf that killed Amy and the others.

        

Lupine Syndrome has spread and become an infectious disease in the last decade. Efforts to fight it aren't going well, despite the fact that the disease is hard to hide, especially the bloodlust.

        

Mac decides that in order to stop her nightmares about Amy she has to find her killer. A highly dangerous task, Mac will recruit her friends Jason and Kyle and will stop at nothing to find the werewolf who did this.

Find it in APL TEEN Fiction YA FIC Peacock, K.

Otherbound by Corinne Duyvis

A book review by Madeline Soucie


Amara is a servant forced to protect a princess while on the run to save their lives. Her purpose is simple -- do whatever it takes to keep the princess safe, even at the cost of her own life. To add to her stress, Amara is always being watched by a boy from another world. 

In comes Nolan. As long as he can remember, Nolan has been getting flashes of a girl from another world. "Hallucinations" or "seizures" everyone says -- if only they knew. Nolan tries hard to cover up his flashes and makes it seem like he's okay, but he hasn't had much luck.

That is, until one day when he learns to control them.  Then Amara is alerted to her mental visitor, and the two of them have to figure out their connection -- and fast. Their lives depend on it.

Corrine Duyvis takes a new spin on dystopian fiction, combining two unlikely worlds.


Find it in APL TEEN New Books YA FIC Duyvis, C.