Changeling

by Kelly Meding

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After barely escaping a madman's attempt to annihilate all MetaHumans, Kelly Meding's supernatural crime fighters have banded together to take back the streets of war-ravaged Los Angeles.

Dahlia "Ember" Perkins still feels like an outsider among her new Meta friends, despite everything she's been through since coming into her miraculous ability to absorb heat and extinguish fires. But when the police need help investigating human skins discarded like slipcovers on the street, the Metas' youngest team member quickly finds her place. Evidence points to a murderer the likes of which they have never encountered but who inexplicably seems to be gunning for Dahlia-and who may be neither human nor Meta. After a bullet meant for her nearly kills one of her teammates, Dahlia uncovers a connection to the crimes buried deep in her past. As the danger escalates and her personal life falls apart, Dahlia soon learns there's no such thing as a "normal" relationship when you're a superhero. . . .

• ISBN10: 1451620934
• ISBN13: 9781451620931
• Publish Date: 26 June 2012
• Publish Status: Out of Stock
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Imprint: Pocket Books
• Format: Paperback (US Mass Market)
• Pages: 373
• Language: English

Reviews

[Angie]

Changeling has one of the most bizarrely awesome endings I have ever read! I mean, the whole book was quite great, but I never would have expected that ending. Maybe a variation on it, but I really never expect authors to stick it out with something like that. Woah. Anyway. Dahlia aka Ember is the newest member of the Meta team, but she's not exactly accepted. Then she's shot at, but Trance takes the bullet, and empty bodies (as in just in tact skin) start showing up. Someone seems to be out for the Metas, but who and why?

Changeling had me hooked from the beginning. I love these kind of villains, where their abilities are just disturbing and you don't know what they've got planned. What kind of Meta leaves their victims completely drained of everything, but with their skins perfectly whole? It's just so freaking strange! And the answer is even stranger. There are quite a few info-dumps to explain what the Changelings are, where they came from, and what they're doing, but I was fascinated!

But let's talk about that ending. Changeling has lots of twists, turns, and reveals. Characters are lying and hiding stuff, and you can never even be sure that someone is who you think they are! Of course, there has to be a big show down with the evil mastermind, and I did expect Dahlia to be the victor. However, I did not expect her to gain her victory in this manner and then....well, I can't give that way. All of the clues are there, but I'd expect the author to fix it, but she doesn't! That is certainly something special! Although I cannot even imagine what Dahlia must be going though, because this is not at all normal or comfortable.

Changeling was really great! It was exciting and nonstop action, and everything just kept me hooked and flipping pages! Obvious I'm completely wowed by that ending, because. The plot definitely came to a close, but Dahlia's situation doesn't seem to be resolved. I suspect we'll be seeing more of her in the background of the following books. At least I hope so!

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