Rating (Out of 5): ~4-4.5
Publisher: HarperCollins (Harper)
Spoilers?: Very minor.
Amazon Synopsis:
Now Maya and her friends have been forced to flee from their homes during a forest fire they suspect was deliberately set. Then they're kidnapped, and after a chilling helicopter crash, they find themselves in the Vancouver Island wilderness with nothing but their extraordinary abilities to help them get back home.
In The Calling, the sizzling second book in the Darkness Rising trilogy, New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong pumps up the romance, danger, and suspense that left readers of The Gathering clamoring for more
Review:
This series is
getting really good. I am so excited for the next one, and so upset that I have
to wait, probably, another year. That is way too long!
The first book gave
us little information, and this one didn’t give us too much more. For most of
the book, Maya and her group of friends are traveling around in the woods,
deserted from everyone else, unable to call anyone, not knowing who to trust,
along with their classmates (or whatever) not really believing that someone is
after them.
It was suspenseful,
and even though they were mostly traveling, quite a bit did happen. At first, I
had a hard time figuring out who all of the kids were, what their purpose was,
and what they did in the first book. Probably because we didn’t see too much of
them in the first book, and I didn’t pay them too much mind. I have a somewhat
better grasp now, and hopefully still will by the time the next one comes out.
I am mostly looking
forward to the next one, honestly. I want to find out more about Maya and what
her friends are, and see them using their powers, since we’ve mostly only got
to see Maya use hers, and then just barely. I want them to find their parents,
and see who knows what to do with the project; particularly Maya’s parents,
because they are awesome, and get to see (more of) who her biological parents
are. I’m excited for them to get their friends back.
The biggest thing I
want, though, is for them to find the characters from the first trilogy. Every
time Project Genesis was mentioned, and the experiments from both projects, I
got so excited. And they were mentioned several times, too. Because I know
Armstrong has mentioned them meeting up, and they were heading out to find them
at the end of the book. I want to see Chloe and Derek and all of them again,
and how they react to Maya and her friends (Derek in particular; I bet he’ll
get protective). I want it to happen! Stop teasing me already!
Anyway. I like
Maya, and I really like Daniel (although I don’t really see much romance
between them, and am unsure how I would feel about that, if it were to happen),
and want to get to know Rafe more. I believe that she and Rafe will be
together, and I don’t really mind that, and I see it, but I don’t really get a
lot of, um, tingly feelings or anything from reading about them, possibly
because he wasn’t in a lot of this book. Hopefully there will be more chemistry
(or something) in the next one.
So, that’s pretty
much it. I loved it, and I want the next one, immediately, and so I am bummed
about waiting for it. Although I’m wondering how long the next book is going to
be, and what all is going to happen in it, because I feel like there is a lot
of stuff to get cleared up: the parents thing, getting to the people in charge
of it all, finding Project Genesis, getting their friends back, discovering their
powers. A lot for one book. Still, I'm looking forward to it.
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