An eventful summer with Sean, Kelly and the twins is quickly over. Erin is still learning to control the fire within. Kasey-Ray has fallen in love with Sean's friend, Justin, and learns she too has a special power. Her great-grandmother's missing diary mysteriously falls from the shelves one afternoon courtesy of an invisible man. Reading from the diary, Sean and Erin learn not everyone in Galladale is who they seem to be.
School has started and change is in the air. The birthmark that has stained the left side of Erin's face has nearly disappeared. So much so that now classmates are talking to her instead of taunting her. Two new students help end another classmates jealous confrontation with Kasey-Ray. In the course of things, they each reveal their own secret abilities and friendship blossoms.
But what good is a story without some kind of conflict. Urban comes through again in flying colors in the person of Louise Clarke. A new girl in school who claims she can have anyone she wants, Louise sets out to prove it during lunch one day, not caring that the boy she uses to make her point is already in a relationship. Now she has her sights set on the one boy who doesn't want her, determined to take Sean away from Erin.
The final year in school brings surprises and reveals long held, painful secrets. Why does Erin feel she can trust the invisible man when he finally reveals himself? Why does Sean not trust him? How far will Louise go and can Erin stop her?
Once again, Urban doesn't disappoint. She shows a deft hand with her character's strengths and weaknesses. I've read this book twice so far, and am certain I'll be reading it again. Book three, Torment, can't come out for Nook soon enough. I've been on pins and needles.This book is available for Kindle from Amazon, the Nook from Barnes and Noble, and other eReaders from Smashwords.
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