A review by merlin_reads
Touching Darkness, by Scott Westerfeld
3.0
This book was a little better than the first for me. Now that it seems like most of the explanations are out of the way, we were able to really dive into the meat of the story and learn new things.
With the arrival of Jessica in Bixby, the Midnighters now pretty much have a full set. Especially once they figured out what Jessica's power was. Armed with this knowledge and the knowledge that the darklings are terrified of Jessica, it almost seems like the Midnighters can get their blue time back for themselves. That is until Jessica and Jonathan spy someone taking pictures outside of her window at exactly midnight. Someone else seems to know their secret, and that person is not a midnighter. This leads to more mysteries and unravels a past that was hidden up until now.
I liked getting to know more about each of the characters here. We got to take time and delve into each of their brains. While I still don't really like Melissa, I do feel like she has the worst end of the powers and therefore, I do feel sorry for her. But her attitude still needs adjusting. My favorite is still Jonathan. I just love the way he views everything - like a kid at Christmas. He's more into the fun aspect and living life to the fullest, not so much lore and hidden destinies. And I feel like as kids with powers, this was believable.
This ended on a pretty big whammy and I'm going to jump right into the final book just to see what happens. Again, this was an interesting world from Westerfeld and I applaud the originality.
With the arrival of Jessica in Bixby, the Midnighters now pretty much have a full set. Especially once they figured out what Jessica's power was. Armed with this knowledge and the knowledge that the darklings are terrified of Jessica, it almost seems like the Midnighters can get their blue time back for themselves. That is until Jessica and Jonathan spy someone taking pictures outside of her window at exactly midnight. Someone else seems to know their secret, and that person is not a midnighter. This leads to more mysteries and unravels a past that was hidden up until now.
I liked getting to know more about each of the characters here. We got to take time and delve into each of their brains. While I still don't really like Melissa, I do feel like she has the worst end of the powers and therefore, I do feel sorry for her. But her attitude still needs adjusting. My favorite is still Jonathan. I just love the way he views everything - like a kid at Christmas. He's more into the fun aspect and living life to the fullest, not so much lore and hidden destinies. And I feel like as kids with powers, this was believable.
This ended on a pretty big whammy and I'm going to jump right into the final book just to see what happens. Again, this was an interesting world from Westerfeld and I applaud the originality.