A review by marimoose
The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld
3.0
Ugh. Westerfeld's got this knack of piquing my interest at the very end of the story. Much like the Uglies series, this one was remotely interesting as far as the scifi goes, and this one wasn't actually as annoying as far as character viewpoints were (but that's because thankfully, Jessica wasn't the only focus).
Anyway, The Secret Hour is the story of a group of high schoolers who were born at the blue time, an extra hour between midnight and 12:01. Each of the midnighters--a term coined by their resident seer--has a talent: Rex is the knowledgeable seer, Dess is the mathematician (which practically makes her the first line of defense), Melissa is their mindcaster (a mind reader), and Jonathan is their acrobat. Jessica, however, is new to all this midnighter stuff, and nobody can seem to figure out what her talent is and why the creatures of the blue time are after her.
The book ran a little boring in the beginning, and I was more interested in what Melissa, Dess, and Rex were doing as opposed to what Jessica was experiencing with her hormonal rages. But that's usually the case these days, always with the secondary characters and never the main ones. That said, the book picked up at the end, after all the introductions and settings were put into place. I might have to pick up the second book only so that I can read what happens next!
Anyway, The Secret Hour is the story of a group of high schoolers who were born at the blue time, an extra hour between midnight and 12:01. Each of the midnighters--a term coined by their resident seer--has a talent: Rex is the knowledgeable seer, Dess is the mathematician (which practically makes her the first line of defense), Melissa is their mindcaster (a mind reader), and Jonathan is their acrobat. Jessica, however, is new to all this midnighter stuff, and nobody can seem to figure out what her talent is and why the creatures of the blue time are after her.
The book ran a little boring in the beginning, and I was more interested in what Melissa, Dess, and Rex were doing as opposed to what Jessica was experiencing with her hormonal rages. But that's usually the case these days, always with the secondary characters and never the main ones. That said, the book picked up at the end, after all the introductions and settings were put into place. I might have to pick up the second book only so that I can read what happens next!