A Neon Darkness

Lauren Shippen

Sep 2020 · The Bright Sessions Book 2 · Sold by Tor Teen

About this ebook

A Neon Darkness, the second Bright Sessions novel from creator Lauren Shippen, features villain Damien, who can make anyone want what he wants.

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.

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Ratings and reviews

*Spoilers I guess* I really thought this was going to have a happy ending. Even knowing he was never really a good guy, I still believed this book at least would end somewhat positively. I do wish he'd faced more consequences for his actions, but I'm pretty sure that's the point. It's interesting, to relate so deeply to a villain. Something about the way he's destroying his own relationships, not always intentionally - and I love that he's actually an unreliable narrator, falling back on the excuse that he doesn't realise what he's doing (even inside his own head) until he's forced to admit it out loud. And I believed him, sympathized with him, to the point where I was starting to think people were just blaming him for accidentally opening up to him lol. I loved that about his character, that not even as a reader could you tell when he was using it, almost like he was using his power on you. It's a shame there aren't more books yet, but I'm definitely going to binge the podcast now.

About the author

Lauren Shippen, author of The Infinite Noise, is a writer best known for her work in fiction podcasts. She is the creator of the popular audio drama The Bright Sessions, and its spin-offs, The AM Archives and The College Tapes. She co-produced and co-directed the #1 podcast Passenger List, for which she received a BBC Audio Drama Award. She also wrote MARVELS, an audio adaptation of the popular comic. Shippen was named one of Forbes' 2018 30 Under 30 in Media. She grew up in New York, where she spent most of her youth reading and going to Panic! at the Disco shows. She now lives in Los Angeles, where she does the same thing.