Name: The Unseen
ISBN: 9781732498426

Jacob Devlin

In this action-packed sequel to THE CARVER, darkness hovers over Wonderland, and Enzo DiLegno and his friends must lean on each other and stop the King of Hearts from following through on Avoria's orders: Break them.

The Unseen

Paige Green

Rating: 4.5/5



Genre: YA Fantasy/Fairytale Retelling



Recommended Age: 13+ (some strong language)



Favorite Quote: "'The heart houses the soul, and I see that you, too, are missing something vital in the center.'"



I received an e-book version of this book for free for being a representative of Blaze Publishing. This relationship did not affect my decision in any way. Also, slight spoilers from the previous book. If you've not read the first book in this series you may not want to read this review.



Plunged through the looking glass and into Wonderland, which is a former shell of itself, we've returned back to our heroes: Enzo, Rosana, and now Zack, Peter Pan's son. And just like the previous book we're privy to split POV between multiple characters, so we also get to see the action through Alice, Hansel, and Snow's eyes just to name a few. With the mirror broken you'd think that the world is safe from Avoria's reign... but she is lurking and she will strike when you least expect it. Will all of our favorite fairytale and "real life" characters make it out alive?! You'll just have to read to find that out for yourself, but I will say that the book is definitely a very tense book. The way Jacob Devlin builds the tension and stress in this book is phenomenal and I'm going to need at least one deep tissue massage before I return to normal! Besides the tense feeling of the book, I found the plot to be very well developed and well thought out and I found the writing quality to be amazing. I also found the pacing to be perfect. It wasn't too fast of a read and it wasn't too slow as well. It was just right as Goldilocks would say.



However, I did find the character development to be a little issue for me. There is a HUGE cast of characters in this series and I found that while I received a lot of answers and back-story on many characters, that some were still lacking in being developed. The amount of characters also made it hard for me to remember who the side characters were during some moments of the book. I also think that some of the characters who lost their soul in the first book should have acted a bit more like Snow (who was one of the best developed characters in this book! Bravo to the author because Snow almost NEVER gets development in any platform with the exception being Once Upon a Time), but that's just my opinion. I was looking for signs of these characters having lost a part of themselves, but some of them acted normal. Just my opinion though, because other than that the story is FANTASTIC and I can't wait to read the next book in this series! I also need to read the side series book: The Ivory Queen. This book just came out recently and if you've not bought your copy I'd suggest doing so, especially if you love retellings!

The Unseen

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