The Darkness Within: The Complete Series

(Not only) for fans of the Mages of New York series.

This is a spin-off series, so if you liked Mages of New York, and especially Aspen and Lucien, chances are good you will enjoy this tale of their respective offspring as much as I did.

Especially in the first instalment of the series, Skylar reminds me so much of her mother Aspen, it's sometimes not even funny - except when it is. Asher seems to follow in his father's flashy footsteps into overachieverdom, but - unlike his dad - he isn't larger than life. Yet. ;)
Rounding out our new team of heroes are Mia, Skylar's best friend and understated bada$$, and Colson, who has become one of my favorite characters in this series, not only because he is a good guy, loyal, and kind, but frankly the smartest of the bunch under fire.

Add to that a mysterious, magical villain who is on a vendetta against Skylar's family, and - as seems to be par for the course for Fletcher's series - by the end of the series, the world as we know it is in ruins (again).

I would also like to mention that I truly appreciate (not only in this series, but in all of Sean Fletcher's books I've read so far) that not everything is clear-cut, there's no obvious black and white, and I occasionally find myself sympathizing with the alleged villain.