Power Surge

Paperback, 307 pages

Published Sept. 25, 2018 by NineStar Press.

ISBN:
978-1-949340-92-1
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Review of 'Power Surge' on 'Storygraph'

*I received a free review copy in exchange for an honest review of this book. 

Power Surge blends mundane kinds of trauma, pain, and grief with the heady rush of learning that magic is real and there's more going on than most people know. Erin is sad and brave and wonderful; fighting against darkness and despair.

It fits within the genre of "person who thinks they're ordinary finds out they have powers and also responsibilities", but it feels like it takes seriously the idea that these are otherwise ordinary people who have to deal with some very dark and stressful things, both because they have powers and from things that have nothing to do with their abilities. It has strong themes of unaddressed grief and trauma, and part of the story is how some of those things are examined and addressed.

The narrator is very blunt and matter-of-fact which helps …