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The Expeditioners And The Secret Of King Triton's Lair (2014)

by S.S. Taylor(Favorite Author)

3.96 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1940450209 (ISBN13: 9781940450209)

languge

English

genre

Fantasy

publisher

McSweeney's McMullens

series

The Expeditioners

review 1: Synopsis- After their escapades in Drowned Man’s Canyon in the first book, Kit, Zander, M.K. West (and Sukey) are back in another adventure! When Kit’s supposedly dead father gives him clues that lead to an island in the North Carribean, Kit finds the perfect excuse to go there – via an expedition request! After the Drowned Man’s Canyon fiasco, the Wests joined the Academy for the Exploratory Sciences (a school for expeditioners). The Academy has a yearly program that allows the students to make a request to go on an expedition of their choice. But when their rival at the Academy, Lazlo Nackley, steals their idea, he is one of the ones to get chosen, and becomes head of the operation. It all starts to go downhill when Lazlo’s evil, controlling father comes along ... moreas a chaperone (the nice teacher that is supervising them can’t come because he is seasick and wouldn’t have been able to help). The Wests (and Sukey) know that they have a hard journey coming on, but there is much more they aren’t expecting.What I liked- This was a marvelous sequel to the first book. It has all of the steampunk-y, futuristic-ness that I came to love in the first book. It explains some more about how the world got into its “current” state, with all of the dystopian-ness of it. The new adventure that the West’s go through was cool and exciting, and they really make use of their surrounding events perfectly. I think that they go to the Bermuda Triangle (although it is called something different, in this world-frame), and visit a mysterious island in it. The setting is a fascinating place, and plays an important part in the series. The characters get stuck on a deserted island, full of unknown animals, and the island isn’t charted as existing. Like the first book, the book jacket is reversible, and has a blueprint-y feel to them, as it shows a machine from the book. This is a great adventure story that a lot of kids will like. I really like this series, and I can’t wait for the next one to come out!*NOTE* I got a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review
review 2: I received this book through the Goodreads Giveaway program.I received a beautiful hardback book with a color map on the inside of the cover, as well as a great many illustrations throughout the book. A good job was done in the editing and I was not distracted with annoying errors. I rate the quality of the book itself as high, perhaps a 5.The storyline is interesting and full of potential. The idea of a school teaching explorers and the students going out on expeditions is great. I found the characters were two-dimensional. I didn't realize that Kit was a male until many chapters into the book. The main characters need feelings, thoughts, descriptions, and backgrounds. I found my interest waning because the pace was too slow for me. I feel that it is written for kids 9-12, but I don't know of too many that age that have much patience or long attention spans.I have read a great many books and reserve 4-star books for very interesting, and 5-star for excellent all around. I would rate the book at 3.8, but don't have the ability to do that less

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