A review by mxinky
The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld

4.0

I'll admit I'm a fan of Scott Westerfeld. The premise of the book is that for some people, there is an extra hour at midnight. Of course, there are perils associated with being a midnighter. As usual, Westerfeld gets the world of the teens right. They have complex motives and ideas, more like Buffy than The Lightening Thief.

I always like Westerfeld's attention to and treatment of the young female characters.

This series was enjoyable, but being a shorter work overall, it didn't have the lasting impact that the Uglies series had on me. It's much lighter.