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The Secret Benefits of Invisibility by C.W. Allen
5.0
“Turns out invisibility might just have its benefits.”
[b:The Secret Benefits of Invisibility|60716812|The Secret Benefits of Invisibility (The Falinnheim Chronicles #2)|C.W. Allen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1648743363l/60716812._SY75_.jpg|95723535] by [a:C.W. Allen|2983485|C.W. Allen|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1625937624p2/2983485.jpg], is the second book in The Falinnheim Chronicles series. I’ve never read the first book, so I jumped straight into this world with no backstory leading me here. Although I hadn’t read the first book, I was able to get through this one with little to know questions. Anything that came up was answered within the story. So, it’s a great standalone novel as well.
It’s a story centered on two siblings living in a new home in secret. After the land was taken over by the dictator 16 years ago, the remaining people had to go into hiding and the rest established a resistance, which was in the bunker. Soon after the siblings arrive, the bunker is raided and the kids along with a few adults are able to escape. Tuesday, Zed, and their friends have to step up to help save everyone in their dystopian-like bunker, who’s been captured by the dictator’s people. They use the one thing none of the adults have, their invisibility to adults.
Upon diving into the first chapter of this story, it was not at all what I expected. I was thinking this was going to be a cool imaginative exploration into a world of being invisible, like a Harry with the Invisibility Cloak type. But nope, it was much deeper, exciting, filled with action/adventure, and shall I say, better!
I really loved that this took place in a different world, but the main children were from our world and had to adjust without letting people find out. It was cool seeing the kids have to switch roles with the adults and become the heroes. It can inspire the child readers to become more self empowered and have a higher sense of autonomy with an “I can do it too” attitude. Additionally, I love Zed’s summary of observations. It essentially sums up the chapter while enhancing the character details. Let’s not forget the grandmother-grandchildren side story that was woven throughout. It was so meaningful!
There was only thing that could have made this even better. Since it’s a sequel, maybe having a short prologue giving a quick overview of how they got there, for anyone who happens to read this book first could take it to the next level.
I really enjoyed this novel and I’m sure kids 9/10+ would too! This would be great for anyone who loves a good combination of Star Wars (the political issue), Superman (living in another world), and Divergent (the somewhat dystopian world with factions).
*This was an honest review for a complimentary copy of The Secret Benefits of Invisibility from C. W. Allen via BookSirens
[b:The Secret Benefits of Invisibility|60716812|The Secret Benefits of Invisibility (The Falinnheim Chronicles #2)|C.W. Allen|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1648743363l/60716812._SY75_.jpg|95723535] by [a:C.W. Allen|2983485|C.W. Allen|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1625937624p2/2983485.jpg], is the second book in The Falinnheim Chronicles series. I’ve never read the first book, so I jumped straight into this world with no backstory leading me here. Although I hadn’t read the first book, I was able to get through this one with little to know questions. Anything that came up was answered within the story. So, it’s a great standalone novel as well.
It’s a story centered on two siblings living in a new home in secret. After the land was taken over by the dictator 16 years ago, the remaining people had to go into hiding and the rest established a resistance, which was in the bunker. Soon after the siblings arrive, the bunker is raided and the kids along with a few adults are able to escape. Tuesday, Zed, and their friends have to step up to help save everyone in their dystopian-like bunker, who’s been captured by the dictator’s people. They use the one thing none of the adults have, their invisibility to adults.
Upon diving into the first chapter of this story, it was not at all what I expected. I was thinking this was going to be a cool imaginative exploration into a world of being invisible, like a Harry with the Invisibility Cloak type. But nope, it was much deeper, exciting, filled with action/adventure, and shall I say, better!
I really loved that this took place in a different world, but the main children were from our world and had to adjust without letting people find out. It was cool seeing the kids have to switch roles with the adults and become the heroes. It can inspire the child readers to become more self empowered and have a higher sense of autonomy with an “I can do it too” attitude. Additionally, I love Zed’s summary of observations. It essentially sums up the chapter while enhancing the character details. Let’s not forget the grandmother-grandchildren side story that was woven throughout. It was so meaningful!
There was only thing that could have made this even better. Since it’s a sequel, maybe having a short prologue giving a quick overview of how they got there, for anyone who happens to read this book first could take it to the next level.
I really enjoyed this novel and I’m sure kids 9/10+ would too! This would be great for anyone who loves a good combination of Star Wars (the political issue), Superman (living in another world), and Divergent (the somewhat dystopian world with factions).
*This was an honest review for a complimentary copy of The Secret Benefits of Invisibility from C. W. Allen via BookSirens