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A review by shippychaos
Hidden Truths by Jae
5.0
4.5 stars, brilliant second full-length book about the Hamilton family (readers *could* skip the first book and the short stories, but Hidden Truths is much enhanced by the backstory of the previous installments in the series)
Overall, this series is expertly crafted. It’s not fantasy/sci-fi, but Jae puts just as much care and research into shaping the world these characters live in (or travel through)—just the best. period. Every character has dimension, even some of the secondary characters: Bernice/Jacob, Phin, Tess/Frankie. The wordsmithing is as I’ve come to expect from Jae — superb. I love everything about this series and never want it to end.
.5 stars off because the ending felt abrupt. the epilogue was sweet, but the big reveal to Nattie at the end felt weirdly anticlimactic, and then... the end? there are two short follow-ups in the series that hopefully offer more resolution to Luke/Nora and Amy/Rika storylines (maybe Tess/Frankie too
Overall, this series is expertly crafted. It’s not fantasy/sci-fi, but Jae puts just as much care and research into shaping the world these characters live in (or travel through)—just the best. period. Every character has dimension, even some of the secondary characters: Bernice/Jacob, Phin, Tess/Frankie. The wordsmithing is as I’ve come to expect from Jae — superb. I love everything about this series and never want it to end.
.5 stars off because the ending felt abrupt. the epilogue was sweet, but the big reveal to Nattie at the end felt weirdly anticlimactic, and then... the end? there are two short follow-ups in the series that hopefully offer more resolution to Luke/Nora and Amy/Rika storylines (maybe Tess/Frankie too