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A review by bookishkandice
The Accidental Invasion by Gregory Mone
4.0
Thanks to NetGalley for an eARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
This book caught my attention immediately because I have been fascinated with Atlantis since I was a young child. I believe the Disney movies did not help in this fascination, because Atlantis: The Lost Empire is still one of my favorite movies of all time.
Atlantis: The Accidental Invasion by Gregory Mone is written to target a middle-grade audience and I think the author did a wonderful job! The story for Atlantis and the relationship between the people of the land and the people of the sea is quite imaginative. I loved the message the author is sending about not polluting the oceans of Earth and how it can affect other ecosystems beside those on land. The rifts between Atlantis and the land people is quite different from previous versions of the Atlantis story. In this book, we actually get a POV from an Atlantean, which is a first as far as I know. The author has a done a great job imagining the different technological and biological advancements that come to people who live underwater versus their counterparts on land. I loved the dynamic the author brought to the story between the land people and the Atlantean's. The entire cast of characters is great and I love the little snippets of foreshadowing throughout the beginning of the book.
Overall, this was quite an enjoyable read, and I would recommend it to anyone who loves Atlantean stories or fantasy stories.
This book caught my attention immediately because I have been fascinated with Atlantis since I was a young child. I believe the Disney movies did not help in this fascination, because Atlantis: The Lost Empire is still one of my favorite movies of all time.
Atlantis: The Accidental Invasion by Gregory Mone is written to target a middle-grade audience and I think the author did a wonderful job! The story for Atlantis and the relationship between the people of the land and the people of the sea is quite imaginative. I loved the message the author is sending about not polluting the oceans of Earth and how it can affect other ecosystems beside those on land. The rifts between Atlantis and the land people is quite different from previous versions of the Atlantis story. In this book, we actually get a POV from an Atlantean, which is a first as far as I know. The author has a done a great job imagining the different technological and biological advancements that come to people who live underwater versus their counterparts on land. I loved the dynamic the author brought to the story between the land people and the Atlantean's. The entire cast of characters is great and I love the little snippets of foreshadowing throughout the beginning of the book.
Overall, this was quite an enjoyable read, and I would recommend it to anyone who loves Atlantean stories or fantasy stories.