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The Hidden (Animorphs #39) by K. A. Applegate (Laura Battyanyi-Wiess)
Traditional or self-published: Traditional
Rating: Okay (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
The most I can say about this one is that it wasn't the worst book of the series. I guess it wasn't even bad? While it explored a new idea, it didn't really work for me well. The idea really should have surprised me, but it didn't at all. (Maybe how it was handled by the author?)
If you read enough werewolf stories, eventually you'll get to ones in reverse: What if a werewolf bites a wolf? Does it become a wereman? That was the idea behind The Hidden.
For plot reasons, the Animorphs had to move that blue box that grants morphing powers. Random animals just happened to make contact with it, and so gained the power to morph. What happens when an animal gains the power to morph into human? You'd think the outcome would be more interesting than this book was.
I'm not sure if the trouble was the author or that Cassie was the narration character (for someone in the middle of a horrible war, she's way too soft-hearted for me). Or maybe it was something else. Whatever the reason, it was not an awful book, but not that good either. Even the dark seriousness seemed one step removed, not immediate or intense at all (which is a problem since the entire length of the book the Animorphs were running away from the enemy).
Traditional or self-published: Traditional
Rating: Okay (Hated-Disliked-Okay-Liked-Loved)
The most I can say about this one is that it wasn't the worst book of the series. I guess it wasn't even bad? While it explored a new idea, it didn't really work for me well. The idea really should have surprised me, but it didn't at all. (Maybe how it was handled by the author?)
If you read enough werewolf stories, eventually you'll get to ones in reverse: What if a werewolf bites a wolf? Does it become a wereman? That was the idea behind The Hidden.
For plot reasons, the Animorphs had to move that blue box that grants morphing powers. Random animals just happened to make contact with it, and so gained the power to morph. What happens when an animal gains the power to morph into human? You'd think the outcome would be more interesting than this book was.
I'm not sure if the trouble was the author or that Cassie was the narration character (for someone in the middle of a horrible war, she's way too soft-hearted for me). Or maybe it was something else. Whatever the reason, it was not an awful book, but not that good either. Even the dark seriousness seemed one step removed, not immediate or intense at all (which is a problem since the entire length of the book the Animorphs were running away from the enemy).
