The Darkest Power Trilogy by Kelley Armstrong

The Darkest Power trilogy by Kelley Armstrong is now complete:   The Summoning, The Awakening, and The Reckoning in this order.      The stories center around Chloe Saunders whose supernatural powers suddenly appear on her 15^th birthday making her think she is losing her mind.    She is whisked away by her doctor aunt Lauren to a “rehabilitation” center for troubled teens.    There she meets others who are either mentally ill or have supernormal powers of their own.    They are led to believe that it is just their imaginations causing these weird happenings to them.   If they cannot be convinced and “rehabilitated” they seem to disappear in a rather permanent fashion.    Chloe meets Derek (who is some type of super-strong changeling) and Simon (his brother who has very weak sorcerer powers), Tori (a very jealous little witch who can throw a mean fireball), and Rachelle and Liz (who disappear).    Chloe learns that her power is that she is a necromancer – she can raise the dead and make them do her will.    The mysterious Edison group seems to want to control them or kill them.   Who are the members of the Edison group?     Is Tori’s mother a member?    What about Derek and Simon’s missing father and his good friend Andrew?      Who can help them?   Who wants to hurt them?   Can they even trust each other?    These are entertaining stories with a lot of action.     The Reckoning seems to leave room for additional tales with the same characters.

— Anniesse