You see, obviously it has some kind of effect since the Animorphs were unable to morph anything too small while they had alien technology embedded in their heads. That book also brought up a question I’d been wondering about since Jake’s possession by one of the Yeerks way back: how does morphing work with foreign objects in your body? All of which became very relevant much sooner than I’d expected. The 15th book also gave some nice foreshadowing for the 18th, as it first introduced the Leerans and the ongoing invasion of their home world. Makes his character all the more realistic, I suppose. Now he’s fully committed, even if it took a more selfish reason to spark that determination.

I usually like the jokester character archetype, but there was just something about Marco’s initial reluctance to act that I didn’t fancy. I’m starting to warm up to Marco as well because he’s not as one-dimensional as I first thought. Besides, he got what he wished for I love that the Ellimist is a kind of trickster who doesn’t give you what you think you want, but rather what you need.Īfter some more lightly humorous adventures with an alien toilet, Marco got another glimpse of his mother, and actually got to talk to her this time. Honestly, being a hawk suits him much better anyway and adds that extra bit of complication to the Animorphs’ dynamic that’s just fun to watch.

I was elated to see that Tobias get his morphing power back, and even more so that it came with the caveat of him staying in his hawk body. You’d think they’d be scrambling for all the allies they could get. At least the gang found it important enough to help them, even though they had to be prodded into it by the Ellimist. To my pleasure, the Hork-Bajir moral dilemma was finally addressed! It’s a bit strange that they didn’t seem to garner much empathy until after the Animorphs met a couple of free ones. I was a bit afraid that the entire series was going to be spent solely on Earth without the Animorphs taking any part in the greater war against the Yeerks, but now my fears are laid to rest. There’s so much foreshadowing now and the Animorphs even got their first alien-planet experience! I sure hope it won’t be the last one either because as much as I like their little guerrilla war on Earth, it’d make things much more interesting if they got to see more of the galaxy.Īfter reading the main series books 13-18, as well as the second Megamorphs side story, I am very excited to see that the scale of things definitely has the potential of growing.

I think we’re slowly starting to move from singular, mostly unrelated adventures to more main plot progression, which is what I wanted from the very beginning. It keeps getting better, just as I’d hoped.

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