Summoning the Night has a much more suspenseful mystery than Kindling the Moon. While I correctly guessed the culprit early on, that didn’t take away from suspenseful unfolding of the mystery whatsoever. How long would it be before it went off? A month? A year? A decade? If I started experimenting with the Moonchild ability, I was worried some sort of insanity clock would start ticking inside me. What good could come of using it? Too much magick could make even the gentlest of magicians go nutso, and I had crazy genes working against me. My ability was unnaturally created by two homicidal maniacs masquerading as parents. Oh, and those Moonchild abilities Cady discovered in Kindling? She’s wrestling with that, too,Ĭall me a chicken, I don’t give a damn. Cady and Lon are called upon by the club’s creeptastic leader to help solve the serial kidnappings-all while Jupe’s demon powers begin to manifest themselves. However, things are unsettled in their northern California town of La Sirena as Halloween approaches and the children of members of the Hellfire Club-the hedonistic demon secret society of which Lon’s a member-begin disappearing, much like they had decades before. They’re starting to look a bit like a family. Cady is feeling her way through her new relationship with Lon and growing closer to Jupe, Lon’s endearing teenage son. Summoning the Night picks up shortly after Kindling the Moon concludes.
(Note: the rest of this review contains mild, but inevitable, spoilers for the previous book in this series, Kindling the Moon. I’m thrilled to say all my worries were needless-Summoning the Night exceeded all of my expectations and firmly cemented the Arcadia Bell series as one of my favorites.
What if it doesn’t live up to the first in the series? What if it’s a one-hit wonder?
Whenever I love the first entrant into a series as much as I did Kindling the Moon, reading the sequel is rather stress-inducing. Her protagonist Arcadia Bell’s world of magic, good humor, family and community are what I’ve dubbed, “Urban fantasy with heart.” Jenn Bennett’s debut, Kindling the Moon, was one of my favorite urban fantasy releases of 2011.
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