by Kelley Armstrong
April 2011
HarperCollins
The world seemed to dip and darken, and I smelled wet earth and thick musk and fresh blood. The wind whipped past, like I was running. Running so fast the ground whizzed beneath me, the wind cut across my skin. Exhilaration filled me.
Dear Kelley Armstrong,
You'll have to forgive me if I come off a little too strong but there's something I've been meaning to tell you . . . I absolutely love your young adult books! Last year I spent two glorious days engrossed in your Darkest Powers trilogy. Two truly magical days in which my child had to fend for himself until my husband got home because I couldn't go a single moment without the story. How pleased I am to be able to tell you that once again my son had no mother while I read the first two books in your new Darkness Rising series.
I am seriously in love with the characters and the premise of this follow up series to Darkest Powers. Maya Delaney has always lived a somewhat carefree life with her adopted family in a small town on Vancouver Island. But strange things are happening; such as the mysterious drowning of Maya's best friend, visions of cougars, her friend's spot-on intuition and premonitions, and a scrappy new bad boy who comes to town and seems particularly interested in her birthmark. Maya is about to discover that her forest, home, and friends all have secrets that they're not sharing.
These books suck you in completely from the very first paragraph. The characters don't waste time being idiotic and uncertain. Instead, as revelations occur and the mystery is pieced together everyone is quick to process and move on. I love this assumption of intelligence and strength! I read so many books where the characters are unwilling to accept that someone has special powers or who feel betrayed by their friends and take off without waiting for an explanation. The dialogue and revelations all feel very natural and the characters never forget the friendship and loyalty they have built from childhood.
I also really appreciate Maya's mistakes with love. Very rarely do authors address the imperfections of falling in love, especially young love. Rather, they choose to emphasize love at first sight, or throw a perfect man at the teen protagonist so there is never anything to forgive or accept. And speaking of love . . . please, please, please let her end up with Daniel!!! *swoon* With a scorching pace, intriguing mystery, and a romance that never gets in the way of the story, Darkness Rising is a series I will be recommending!
Love from one of your biggest fans,
Heather
PS - Please write fast! I needed book three yesterday!
Darkest Powers
The Summoning
The Awakening
The Reckoning
Darkness Rising
The Gathering
The Calling
The Rising (TBR 2013)
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