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Fantasy. Young Adult Fiction. Young Adult Literature. LGBTQIA+ (Fiction.) HTML: A Neon Darkness, the second Bright Sessions novel from creator Lauren Shippen, asks: "What if the X-Men, instead of becoming superheroes, decided to spend some time in therapy?" (Vox) Robert Gorham always gets what he wants. But the power of persuasion is as potent a blessing as it is a curse. Robert is alone until a group of strangers who can do impossible things�??produce flames without flint, conduct electricity with their hands, and see visions of the past�??welcome him. They call themselves Unusuals and they give Robert a new name too: DAMIEN. Finally, finally he belongs. As long as he can keep his power under control. But control is a sacrifice he might not be willing to make. A Macmillan Audio production from Tor Teen… (more)
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I'd definitely recommend listening to the podcast before going into this book so you know more about who Damien is in the "present" and then go into this as it's his origin story. In the podcast (as far as I got) he's very much a villain character and this was interesting in that we see before, he was just a kid from a corn field in Nebraska. However, you also see that he displays zero maturity or growth in the years between this and the Bright Sessions which makes me think of him as a really boring villain and I'm usually one to root for the bad guy or underdog.