When Wren and Darra meet at age fourteen, they recognize each other instantly, though they’ve never actually met.

Ideal for ages 10-14 (Older readers also enjoy HIDDEN.) Brief Description (contains spoilers) I feel like it needs more love.Get to know her–this girl from back then, those two days on TV. It will take you less than a day to read it, so pick it up. You don’t need a long novel to build a story. So although you get more of Wren’s story in the plot, this little stylization gives you more of Darra that you might have been craving.Īs I was writing this review I actually changed my rating from a 4.5 to a 5 because I was realizing just how brilliant Frost is. After reading the book (and I recommend reading it completely first) you can go back through Darra’s story and the “last words of the long lines, when reading down the right side of the page” tell their own story. In the back of the book is a “notes on form” page that gives light to this stylization. Now about that special writing style Frost created. There isn’t much of a chance of getting them confused. Wren is written in free verse and Darra has a unique writing style that Frost invented for this book, (which I will elaborate on in just a second).Įven if you aren’t one for alternating POV’s (let’s be honest, Divergent might have ruined that for a lot of us), Frost really created a distinction between each character that is undeniable. Beyond voices though, Frost gives each character their own style of writing. The book is told in alternating POV chapters between both girls, and the voices are so different between them. But it’s Frost’s storytelling and stylization that really steals the show. The storyline of a girl being accidentally kidnapped, escaping, and later meeting her kidnapper’s daughter at camp, is quite unique. It’s short, taking just a couple hours to read it, and it’s interesting in a way that goes beyond plot. I must say, Hidden was probably one of my better cheap and random choices.

It’s also one of those books I picked up off my shelf as a palette cleanser, something to get me out of my post-ACOMAF funk. It looked interesting and it was probably less than 2 dollars. Hidden is one of the hundreds of books I have randomly put in my cart when BookOutlet was having a massive sale. We are just pulling them from drafts with a new look. So don’t be alarmed if it says you’ve already liked this post, or it seems like you’ve read it before. As Katie and I hate to see reviews go to waste, we decided to start reposting some of my old reviews, to make sure they are still up for readers to view.

Before Katie and I decided we wanted to blog together, this was Fictional Living, my own personal blog. If you weren’t aware, Lost in Pages hasn’t always been Lost in Pages.

Hidden by helen frost summary