Both types are cliché, neither apply to Chloe. It seems as though writers pen two types of heroines, the uber sweet, oh so pretty girl, despairing over her shortcomings as a mortal, who somehow rises to the challenge and smites everyone, becoming the bestest superhuman ever and miraculously saves the day or the oh so snide and cynical girl, jaded by everything and everyone, who has a hard edge, but somehow softens and like her counterpart, rises to the occasion and saves the day. She has shown tremendous growth and has somehow avoided the Mary Sue pitfall. In my mind, that is a testament to good writing, to see a flaw, and not register it or care because the story is just that good.Ĭhloe is equally impressive. While this series may have a red-herring or two, I was so caught up in these characters and their journey that I didn’t even notice them until I had read the last page. To a place meant to be a sanctuary, but is eerily much more similar to a prison, where the do-gooders may pull a Judas, and the menaces make for the best allies. Read it in one setting even and I was glad to see The Reckoning took us back to The Summoning eerie roots. The Darkest Powers’ world is constantly evolving and Armstrong doesn’t waste her time catching readers up to what they should already know, which I have to admit, is part of what I love about her writing. If you haven’t read The Summoning and The Awakening, I would advise you not to read this installment until you have. The Reckoning is the final installment to Kelley Armstrong’s Darkest Powers Trilogy.
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