Awake at Dawn

Awake at Dawn (2011) C. C. Hunter

This is the sequel to Born at Midnight.

Kylie Galen is a supernatural. She doesn’t want to be, and she really doesn’t like the way she doesn’t know what she is and how being a “Ghost Whisperer” sets her apart from the other kids at camp. But she’s adjusting, and she’s slowly discovering her powers.

Kylie also doesn’t know what to do with the boys in her life. She’s had a connection with Lucas since they first met when she was five. But Lucas seems to be with Fredericka, and Derek is interested in her, and he’s cute and nice…

The camp–soon hoping to be a boarding school–is still threatened by a group of rogue supernaturals who don’t like the idea of raising kids to follow the law instead of just taking what they want.

I’m enjoying following Kylie and seeing her reactions to the changes in her life, and especially like how she is dealing with her parent’s separation–not that she’s doing a good job of dealing with it at the start of the story, but I think it is a very realistic description, and she is working through it.

There is smooching, and Kylie harbors thoughts of sex, but there is no sex. And amusingly, Kylie’s mother bombards her with sex education pamphlets, which I thought was kinda awesome. And some of the other characters admit to having sex, but nothing on the page.

All in all, another good book. There is of course plenty left unresolved, but nothing horrible and nothing that irked me. I could comfortable stop reading the series here–but I have no interest in doing so.
Rating: 7.5/10

Published by St. Martin’s Griffin

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