Sparkstone Saga Series by Clare C. Marshall

Burn hot and cold. Read minds. Disappear at will. Dream your own death. Welcome to Sparkstone University, where some students are more gifted than others. When Ingrid learns she's been accepted at the hyper-secretive Sparkstone University, she is sceptical. It's an honour to attend, apparently, and yet barely anyone has ever heard of the place. And everyone seems a little too happy that she's there: especially when she meets Sunni and her group of friends. They seem to already know Ingrid... moreBurn hot and cold. Read minds. Disappear at will. Dream your own death. Welcome to Sparkstone University, where some students are more gifted than others. When Ingrid learns she's been accepted at the hyper-secretive Sparkstone University, she is sceptical. It's an honour to attend, apparently, and yet barely anyone has ever heard of the place. And everyone seems a little too happy that she's there: especially when she meets Sunni and her group of friends. They seem to already know Ingrid. As if she was expected. Expected to save Earth from an imminent alien invasion. Like she has superpowers or something. As if magic and mutations exist. As if aliens are really planning to attack. That just sounds ridiculous. There's no such thing. ...right? Wrong. less

Open the door. Step quickly, step through. Breathe in the darkness, Until you are its master. Ingrid Stanley is in more trouble than she knows. Ingrid's dead friend keeps showing up in her dreams along with mysterious visions that feel all-too real. What's worse is now the Collective knows that Ingrid is supposed to have superpowers. They're waiting to pounce the moment Ingrid and her new superpower-wielding friends make a mistake... moreOpen the door. Step quickly, step through. Breathe in the darkness, Until you are its master. Ingrid Stanley is in more trouble than she knows. Ingrid's dead friend keeps showing up in her dreams along with mysterious visions that feel all-too real. What's worse is now the Collective knows that Ingrid is supposed to have superpowers. They're waiting to pounce the moment Ingrid and her new superpower-wielding friends make a mistake. When her family is threatened by Professor Jadore, Ingrid decides it's time to take matters into her own hands. A little student protest can't go wrong, she thinks. Not when her almost-boyfriend Ethan is fully supporting it. Not when her friends put an innocent student's life in danger to make it successful. Not when a powerful alien is waiting for Ingrid to inadvertently summon him into this world. Everything's going to be fine. Absolutely no one will get hurt this time. ...right? Wrong, and wrong again. less

We burn bright in the twilightAnd choose to be rememberedJust when Ingrid and her friends have their hands full investigating the whereabouts of the missing students at Sparkstone University, Sunni Harris’s mother shows up, demanding to know where her daughter is. Only Ingrid and her friends know Sunni’s true fate, but telling Mrs. Harris the truth could put everyone in danger.Unfortunately that’s the least of their problems... moreWe burn bright in the twilightAnd choose to be rememberedJust when Ingrid and her friends have their hands full investigating the whereabouts of the missing students at Sparkstone University, Sunni Harris’s mother shows up, demanding to know where her daughter is. Only Ingrid and her friends know Sunni’s true fate, but telling Mrs. Harris the truth could put everyone in danger.Unfortunately that’s the least of their problems. An eager student with journalistic inclinations believes she’s found the scoop of a lifetime at Sparkstone. And the proprietor of the new local occult shop believes they’ve found a way to communicate with the dead. Oh, and that mysterious alien that only Ingrid can see? He relays chilling details about future happenings that Ingrid must now prevent.All the while, the Collective are preparing to mount their most dangerous attack yet, with a weapon that cannot be controlled.Playing with the forces of life and death never got anyone in trouble before. Things that are dead stay dead.…right?Not at Sparkstone they don’t. less