While, in this book, we do get to know each character more, it still isn't enough to elevate them to the "realness" of a person. My problem with the first book is that the characters were so flat and one-dimensional, owing perhaps to the sheer number of them and the brevity of the book. The fault can most certainly not be with the author, who manages to fix many of the problems in the first book. It's not that this book is bad it's just chronically okay, just alright and it never rises above that. That's pretty much the start and the end of my list. I'll start with something positive: it was definitely better than the first one in the series. Or maybe I should listen to my own warning!
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Maybe he'll be able to take the series a bit deeper. I'm excited about Book 3 - Blood Ties because Garth Nix is the author and I love him. However, one must remember that these authors are writing in a very specific construct so the books are more an exploration of plot and character, than an expose of author style. Warning: Some YA readers will try out individual titles thanks to the well-loved authors of each book - Brandon Mull, Maggie Stiefvater, and Garth Nix are books 1-3. The decision to make these books thin makes them more accessible (and fun!) to emerging middle-grade readers, and makes it easier for the multi-author approach to work. There's not much character development or world-building. The overly-complex narrative that marred the first half of book one is absent in Hunted and Stiefvater really just follows the characters from one fever-pitched encounter to another. This title is adventurous action from page one. My fifth graders really enjoyed Book 1: Wild Born by Brandon Mull and I think they will like this installment even more. The 39 Clues remains very popular with middle-graders, and Scholastic is hoping to repeat that success with Spirit Animals. Spirit Animals is the third multi-author interactive series from Scholastic (39 Clues and Infinity Ring are the others). It should appeal to fans of the 39 Clues because of the internet game tie-in or fans of the Warriors series because of the animals.įree ARC provided through NetGalley for an honest review It is a great series for middle grade readers or advanced readers that aren't quite middle grades yet. I'm sure if I read them back to back that I might pick up on some things that would show that to me, but I doubt that most young readers would notice. Reading this installment, I pretty much forgot that it wasn't the same author. I was worried when I learned there were multiple authors. I was excited for the first book because I liked the author a lot.
The fact that this series is written by multiple authors really scared me. I enjoyed it a lot more than the first even.
Once I got into the book a bit more and could keep each of the characters in order, I read it very quickly. I knew that it was a great series for kids, that the action and story would keep the kids reading, but I got a bit bored toward the end. I thoroughly enjoyed the first book in the series, but mostly because of the introduction to each character.
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Thankfully the four are learning how to work together, and work through their differences, as they work to collect the next piece of the puzzle. They have to help collect pieces from all of the most powerful creatures, but another group is trying to do the same thing. 4 children from very different parts of the world happened to be matched with some powerful leader animals that have been missing for a long time. Not everyone is matched with a spirit animal it is a bit of a lucky break to have one. Written by multiple authors, this is an adventure of some kids that have some very strong spirit animals. This is the second installment in the Spirit Animals series.
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