The Reckoning by Kelley Armstrong

This is the final book in Kelley Armstrong's first YA trilogy. It picked up right where the action of the last one left off. Fast-paced, yet detailed, with characters that are so well-drawn not one word feels off. There's no doubt that Kelley is one of, if not the best, fantasy/sci-fi/horror writers out there. I enjoyed the book so much that I stayed up late desperate to find out what happened.

Chloe Saunders and her friends are still on the run from the evil Lyle House, a school for "special" kids, which turned out to be more of a laboratory for creating super-powered supernaturals rather than a safe haven for troubled teens.

The final book deals with the Chloe-Simon-Derek triangle and creates a "Bella/Edward" couple out of Chloe and Derek, that I'm sure hundreds of teen girls will love (I loved it!). The difference is that Chloe and Derek are equals and their relationship is actually realistic and (thank god) HEALTHY.

It's a testament to the book that the only thing I didn't like was the ending. I was left wanting more...this can't be the end of Chloe, Derek, Simon and Tori. The journey, in a lot of ways, seemed to just be beginning. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, Kelley said that her next YA book "The Gathering" is going to be about two teens who are in the same world as Chloe's...knowing how Kelley does things I'm crossing my fingers that these teens are going to run into Chloe and the gang and we'll get to find out what they've been up to.

Was it worth the read?

Yes. Make sure you read the entire trilogy in order and then read all of Kelley's other Otherworld books!