What+the+Kids+Will+Be+Talking+About+in+September

I just finished __The Summoning__ by Kelley Armstrong and went straight into it's sequel, __The Awakening__. I haven't read any of her adult books, but these ones seem to be aimed at capitalizing on the Twilight market. That's not a bad thing, especially since Armstrong is a much better word smith than Meyer. The main character, Chloe, discovers pretty much immediately (and catastrophically) at the onset of puberty that she is a necromancer, and shortly thereafter finds herself locked up with a group of otherly ""special" teens. Unlike Twilight, the author has the good sense to actually reference her influences (Harry Potter, X-Men) rather than pretending that she's being original, which makes me warm up to it a lot more than I would otherwise. If you need a quick beach read, this isn't a bad choice. - Shona