Book review: Midnighters: The Secret Hour by Scott Westerfeld

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OVERALL RATING: 7.5 /10
            STORY: 7/10
            CHARACTERS: 6/10
            THE FEELS: 9.5/ 10
            ENTERTAINMENT: 10/ 10
PLOT: 8/ 10
Nobody is safe in the secret hour. Strange things happen at midnight in the town of Bixby, Oklahoma. Time freezes. Nobody moves. For one secret hour each night, the town belongs to the dark creatures that haunt the shadows. Only a small group of people know about the secret hour — only they are free to move about the midnight time. These people call themselves Midnighters. Each one has a different power that is strongest at midnight: Seer, Mindcaster, Acrobat, Polymath. For years the Midnighters and the dark creatures have shared the secret hour, uneasily avoiding one another. All that changes when the new girl with an unmistakable midnight aura appears at Bixby High School. Jessica Day is not an outsider like the other Midnighters. She acts perfectly normal in every way. But it soon becomes clear that the dark creatures sense a hidden power in Jessica . . . and they’re determined to stop her before she can use it. A story of courage, shadowy perils, and unexpected destiny, the secret hour is the first volume of the mesmerizing Midnighters trilogy by acclaimed author Scott Westerfeld.


This novel is extraordinary. Scott had written such an interesting page turner book in where he takes his readers in somewhere between reality and nightmare. The secret hour is a thrilling, action and outstanding piece of literature for young adults. This book is really worth reading. It will haunt you and the events will stay in all four corners of your head for months or years. The plot is dark and haunting but the story backs it up, making a total recipe of an entertaining young adult novel. There are some problems about character building but it was acceptable. If you love the novel Gone by (I forgot the author) then this book might tickle your interest. 
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