Possession

Daughters of the Moon #8

by Lynne Ewing

Serena hasn't been herself lately. She has been having sudden lapses of memory and acting like a completely different person -- one she doesn't like very much. To add to her confusion, she knows that someone has been following her. It all started the night an elderly woman helped her. Now Serena is beginning to wonder, who was that woman? And what has she done to Serena?

Genres: Young Adult, Fantasy, Mythology, Paranormal, Supernatural, Urban Fantasy, Romance

275 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 2002

About the author

Lynne Ewing is an American author and a screen writer.

She always had to move around a lot when she was growing up because her father was in the Marine Corps. She has two sisters. Lynne graduated from high school in Lima, Peru after attending seven other schools. While she was in Peru, she learned to speak Spanish. She attended the University of California at Santa Barbara. When she was 30 years old, she began writing for newspapers, documentaries, magazines, and did screen writing. She also counsels troubled teens. Her first books were Drive-By and Party Girl. Drive-By took six years to write, and Party Girl has been made into a movie called Living the Life. She has written the completed Daughters of the Moon and Sons of the Dark series. She lives in Los Angeles and Washington D.C.. Ms. Ewing has two children, Jonathan, a molecular biologist, and Amber, an international lawyer. She has also traveled to Japan, China, Russia, Europe, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand. She has begun a new series called Sisters of Isis.

Reviews

[Jess · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a Serena stan what can I say?

[Jenny Clark · Rating 4 out of 5]

The series is starting to take a darker turn here, with a little less emphasis on the dressing for battle and more on the battle itself. Also, the girls are actually starting to get hurt.
The writing was a little simplified at times, and the plot is similar to Moon Demon, with one of the girls being possessed. I do enjoy the relationships in the books, between the girls themselves and with thier parents, siblings, boyfriends and such.

[Annika · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's okay.

[HorrorBook HellHound · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was enjoyable. Glad to have Stanton back! The ending felt a little rushed again, but I will be continuing with this series.

[Juana "Darkness" Duran · Rating 4 out of 5]

Serena is not an ordinary girl, she is a Daughter of the Moon along with her friends Tianna, Vanessa, Catty, Jimena. Together they are trying to save the world from an ancient evil called the Atrox. Serena is feeling a little trapped and has a lot of anger in her because of Stanton her boyfriend. She feels that Stanton betrayed her by going back to the Atrox willingly. One day Serena is walking to the bus stop to get home when she bumps into an old lady. That old lady then gives her some nasty tasting water that is acctually a potion so they can switch bodies. So it starts Serena starts having bad headaches and dizziness until she completley blacks out and finds herself in strange places. At a foam party at Planet Bang a local night club Serena hits on her friends boyfriends. But when they don't respond the way she wants them to she uses her powers to push back any thoughts of their girlfriends. Thankfuly Jimena her besfriend stops her from making a fool out of herself and doesn't tell the others what she is doing. One day Serena goes to sleep and when she wakes up she doesn't wake up in her bed she wakes up walking on the street near where Jimena lives. So she walks quickly to Jimena's house and breaks down in front of her. Jimena is concerned for her friend so they both go find their friends. After that they try to find some answers but come up with nothing. So from there they ask Catty's mom to help them find answers. The girls reach their peak and tell Serena to as Stanton for help but stubburon as always she disagrees. When they find out what Catty's mother had to say they kind of just loose it and they go home after Jimena says that she will give them a ride home. Outside is where they find Stanton and Serena confronts some of the pain and anger she has towards him. Serena trys so hard to not love him that in the end Stanton has to force her to see inside him for the truth and that is when Lambert a follower disloyal to the Atrox is freed. Serena can't let the followers take Stanton so she hatches a plan but unfortunatley she has to do it alone because her friends are scared to face Lambert again. Serena succeeds in freeing Stanton only to realize that he is being possessed by Lambert and wants to give her immortal life as a follower. Naturally she refuses to do anything he says untill Lambert threatens her with the life of her friends. So she goes with him and then realizes that she is not only a Daughter of the Moon but she is part of the darkness too. And using her powers she takes back Stanton's soul after her attack on him and defeats Lambert and foils Aura's plan to take over bodies. In the end Serena has to make a choice: Become a gardian spirit, loose her memories of everything or become a dark goddess like Hecate. But for now she makes the choice of being with Stanton.

[Delia · Rating 4 out of 5]

This has been my favorite book out of the series so far! I read this series many, many moons ago (pun intended) when I was a kid and it was actually the series that got me into reading and fantasy. I decided to reread the series since I hadn't read it in nearly 20 years - even though the books are meant for a younger audience, I have still been greatly enjoying my reread of the series. I love Serena and Stanton's relationship and the friendship dynamic between the main characters. As I said, this has been my favorite of the books, I adore Serena and the plot for this book felt like it tied in with the main story rather than just throwing an obstacle in the way of the character.

[Natalie Fagan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun! I read this book when I was in High School and the tales told in them are fun for that age group and slightly younger. In this book, we follow a young girl who is losing track of time. As the title suggests, she is being possessed by an ancient being. We follow Serena, a daughter of the Moon, on a magical journey to set things back to order. These books are fun. While you read the books, you become a popular young woman, who juggles social parties, romance, friends, school, and powers. It was a wonderful escape when reading these books all those years ago.

[Sheleene · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book starts of with a BANG and then it calms down. I like her choice in the guy she loves. The book has an captivating way of bring you in.
I thought it was extreamly good twist for Serena to be posest. It also helps you understand a whole bunch more about book 10 and maggies character and her love life with Hector, and you have to read both to understand it all but it is all meshed together and it mackes a whole lot more sence in the end. See for yourself and you'll understand.

[Emily · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was getting tired of all the retelling of past events in the beginning and the reexplaining of everything, but once it got into it the book was really great. The last few chapters were exciting and heartbreaking. Every time Stanton was killed/lost forever I wanted to cry, but then everything turned out okay...well he is alive. I can't wait to find out what happens next.

[Jhosciany · Rating 5 out of 5]

is so awesome and serena should stay with stanton he is so cute and he needs to chose between her and the atrox

[N.L. Riviezzo · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting twist on a Greek Myth involving the world derived from Greek Mythology as a whole. This new myth tied in nicely with the pre-existing storyline and conflicts.

[Mosley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Serena is by far my favorite daughter in this series. Stanton and her have that twisted romance you just cant help but love. This volume is in my top 3 for the series and I highly recommend it.

[Jazz Walker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Body snatchers 2.0!

[Melba · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quick read with femine power.

[Bri · Rating 5 out of 5]

I remember finding this book at a Myrtle beach bookstore when I was in middle school. After I read book 8, I searched every public library for the rest of the series and about a year or two later, I finally finished the series.

I think I’ve read this book well over 10 times. Every page has my adolescent scribbling on it and the spine is literally about to fall off. I’ve decided to re read the series to see if it really was as awesome as my middle school brain thought. I was seriously obsessed.

So far, I’m not disappointed! I think Lynne Ewing is an excellent story teller. I love reading the prologues of her books. It’s always a story within a story. Every chapter leaves you wanting to turn the page and read one more. There’s just something about her writing, it’s descriptive and action packed all at the same time!

About the book:

Book 8 is about Serena Killingsworth.

This is the second book in the series that follows Serena (the first is book 2, Into the Cold Fire). The title, Possession pretty much sums up what book 8 is about. Serena starts experiencing black outs after a chance run in with an old lady. She starts acting out of character, and she can’t shake the feeling that she is being followed by someone or something. With the help of the other Daughters, she has to figure out what has happened to her and if she can stop it before it’s too late.

[Christi B · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is the equivalent of a mythological music video. It has beautiful imagery and some substance (but definitely not too much), but, even though it's just fluff, the nostalgia is so real and my 30s-year-old self loves it just as much as the 12 year old me that wanted desperately to be a badass goddess of the moon. It's absolutely terrible and I freaking love it so much.

Possession carries forward Ewing's transition to the more complex writing style that she premiered in DotM 7. I'll be honest...as a Serena/Stanton shipper since I was a teenager, Possession made my heart so happy. Plus the spirit jump element of the storyline was really intriguing to me. Was the plot concluded too quickly within this story with no long-term effects? Absolutely. Was it still inconsistent writing that wavered between compound sentences and jarringly short feeling statements? You betcha. Did I love it just the same? Hells, yeah.

[Michelle Seckinger · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love revisiting series as an adult and Daughters of the Moon was one of my favorite as a preteen.

When I read it the first time, I remember I didn’t like Possession as much for the same reason that I like it better as an adult, there is more depth and it’s “darker”. Rather than being about the partying and dressing up, this book delves more into good and evil, choices, and free will.

But above all, I love the girls’ loyalty to each other and themselves. I love the trust they place in each other and that they follow their instincts.

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really like where the story is progressing! I'm wondering if it's just because I've gotten older, but it kind of feels like the writing has gotten much more blunt with the development of the characters and story. no more fun detail, just here's what happens next. It makes it very fast paced so I can get through it quickly and it doesn't lull anywhere, but idk, I find charm in the mundane and drawn out, more show than tell. I know from other reviews that this is common and happens even more in the last number of books, but, regardless, I'm still looking forward to reading them. :)

[Sarah Dunmire · Rating 4 out of 5]

Serena is my favorite of the goddesses, so good to have another one with her as the main character. So glad Stanton is back, yay! And they can be together because he’s the Prince of Night, yay! The storyline of Aura taking possession as a wind spirit of Serena was kind of strange and wanting to get Lambert back, but it got better as it went along. Serena now has a bond with Hekate, the dark goddess.

[Rune · Rating 5 out of 5]

Serena starts having lapses of memory and can't remember thee things she has done lately, she doesn't like how the new her is treating her friends Tianna, Catty, Vanessa and Jimena. to them she is completely unrecognizable. if this book weren't fiction I would say she has DID or a type of amnesia where you completely disassociate.

[Jourdyn Glaman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Serena is one of my favorite daughters to read about. But I was getting so annoyed by the cliche "oh no, this couldn't be happening to you" from her friends. Reading these books reminds me a lot of watching Charmed or Buffy...very cliche yet still somehow entertaining.

[Heather Palmer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this whole series in elementary school (around 25 years ago 🤣). I loved everything about this series and it's the series that got me into reading fantasy.

One of the best escapes I had in my childhood.

[Gina · Rating 4 out of 5]

The only thing that really confused me about this book in the series is whether or not Serena's face has changed as a result.

[Valerie Crump · Rating 3 out of 5]

I love this series, but most of this book was excruciating. The last 50 pages are why I'm not giving it 1 star. So disappointed.

[Allie · Rating 5 out of 5]

excellent

[Savanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this series so much

[Carla · Rating 4 out of 5]

Serena's books are always the best!

[Catherine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This one actually had intrigue

[Jade Brooks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a nostalgic read from my younger days. I was absolutely obsessed with this series and would love to re-read it one day.

[Amanda Schell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This entire series swept me off my feet from beginning to end!