The Reckoning is the third and final book in the Darkest Powers trilogy, and concludes Chloe's, Derek's, Simon's and Tori's escape from the Edison group.

Some quick back story: Chloe and the group and genetic experiments on "supernaturals". Labeled "trouble children", they're put into a group home called the Lyle House. Chloe soon realizes that she isn't crazy; she can see ghosts. And the people holding her there are observing her, trying to figure out if she should be "terminated" or not. Upon discovering this, she escapes with Derek (a werewolf), Simon (a sorcerer) and Tori (a witch.) They are on the run for most of the first two books. In the third book, The Reckoning, they find a safe place with a friend of Simon and Derek's father. However, they soon discover that perhaps their safe-house isn't as safe and they had hoped.

While I really liked this book, and the whole series, the book ended with a lot of loose ends. Many questions were not really answered. Why does Chloe's necklace change colors? Will she be able to communicate with her mom? What happened with the Pack? Will Liz be able to find peace and perhaps move on? Will Chloe's dad find out that she is safe? They series ended leaving room for a lot of development, which we might see in Kelley Armstrong's next young adult series, starting with The Gathering.

Some parts of the book got a bit confusing, too. After a while, I forgot who was with who, who was on whose side, and which group was which group. The Edison Group is the group who conducted the experiments, but there were teams within the Edison Group that quit and tried to help the supernaturals, and then there were members within that group who were back-stabbing everyone. After a while, it got muddled together. The end of the book was very quick-paced, too...and seemed to come out of nowhere. Chloe uses her demon friend she made in the first book to help her escape the Edison Group compound, so that kind of came as a surprise.

I liked the tentative romance between Derek and Chloe. I was rooting for them from the start--I really like Derek as a character. He's loyal (woof) and will do anything to protect Chloe and his brother. Chloe's character also develops enormously over the series. She goes from a meek, stuttering, shy girl...to a girl who can defend herself and make her own decisions. She didn't start out as it, but she ended as a strong young woman who will potentially fit well with Derek.

All in all, the book was good. I enjoyed this young adult series. It started out a bit slow for me, but once I go into the first book, it was addictive!