Electric

Static #2

by Tawny Stokes

They killed the demons that took their souls, but they couldn’t banish the evil within…

Salem Vale and Trevor Wickham try to return to their normal lives after they defeat Malice, but when you’ve been entranced by a demonic rock band and changed into cambions, things get complicated. Salem and Trevor can’t get close to anyone—even each other—without wanting to feast on their souls.

Then a girl from school turns up dead in the same dumpster Salem woke up in the night she was changed…

The girl was obviously a victim of a cambion feeding, but Salem and Trevor already killed all the soul-sucking demons on Earth. Or so they thought. This time, they may be facing an even deadlier foe.

Merlin is back, and he’ll stop at nothing to get revenge…

He sets traps for them in the shadow-ways, plays on their darkest fears, and uses the love of their friends against them. And someone they trust is feeding him secrets. If they don’t figure out who, it could spell their deaths.

Only one thing can defeat their enemy…

Salem is shown the way to defeat Merlin, but will she find the strength to do it? The demon-lust is growing within her, and she can barely control herself. Before long, she may end up killing someone she loves and become a monster worse than the one she wants to destroy.

Will Salem be found worthy to vanquish Merlin? Or will she and Trevor succumb to darkness forever?

101 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2013

About the author

Tawny Stokes has always been a writer. From an early age, she’d spin tales of serial killers in love, vampires taking over the world, and sometimes about fluffy bunnies turned bunnicidal maniacs. An honour student in high school, with a penchant for math and English, you’d never know it by the foot high blue Mohawk and Doc Martens, which often got her into trouble. No longer a Mohawk wearer, Tawny still enjoys old school punk rock, trance, zombie movies, teen horror films, and fluffy bunnies. She lives in Canada with her fantastical daughter, two cats, and spends most of her time creating new stories for teens.

You can visit her at http://www.tawnystokes.com or follow her on twitter @TawnyStokes

Tawny also writes adult fiction under the name Vivi Anna.

Reviews

[Sara Freitag · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! Was so excited to hear this was out as I am a huge fan if book 1, Static. I was not disappointed at all! I loved the end! It wasn't something I was expecting! Thank you Tawny Stokes for writing a great book!

[Jenna Howard · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a fan of Static, I was doubly excited about the conclusion in Electric. Yes, it's short, but Tawny Stokes packs a lot into the 100 pages.

Salem's teenage angst isn't like her fellow students. (Minor spoiler alert:) In the previous book she was turned into a cambion. Being a teenager is bad enough but try being a demon. A real one. In Electric, I was able to revisit the cool characters from Static: Salem and Trevor, her wicked cool mom and her bestie who's pretty cool with her BFF being a demon. History feels like it's rewriting herself with a teenage girl's dead body being found in a pretty familiar dumpster and naturally Salem freaks out. But in typical Sale fashion there's no wringing her hands and whining...she's far too kick ass for this.

This was a great finale. I just wished it had been a wee bit longer because I love this series so much.

[Emmy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great

I thought this book was great because it was pretty fast paced and easy to understand. I didn't think it could get much better than static but it did

[H · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just okay.

This was a good conclusion to the book with no cliffhanger. I thought the first book to be better and therefore the 3 stars.