Elska Bee reviewed The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
Review of 'The Summoning' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
This was a very meh read. It was a nice quick fix at the time, but it doesn't have enough of anything to make it truly compelling.
The characters were fine but not great and writing was also fine. My biggest problems were how contrived some plot elements felt and how cartoonish the villains were.
The best part was that it didn't hold back on creep factor for a younger skewing YA.
But... It also has one of my most hated tropes: "you're not actually mentally ill, you have powers and taking your meds is weakening you"
This is SUCH a dangerous trope and I really hate seeing it.
SPOILERS: They also have the character institutionalised and the people running the group home are