The Secretives

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The Secretives
Lena L. Whiteside
Print Length: 388 pages
  • Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
  • Publication Date: May 30, 2014
  • Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B00KODDB5O

Description
Charles Castro is a man who was born with a gift of super human strength, and is the founder and leader of a secret group called the Alliance, an unidentified potent group of highly trained experts who work undisclosed in their efforts to help fight and protect humanity. When Charles goes missing, in the efforts to finding him, his group of secret men, stumble upon a thirty-year old secret that reveals the truth about their leaders’ dead son, Dillon, who supposedly died at birth but is now discovered to be very much alive. Now Dillon, who also secretly possesses the same gift of super human strength, must be found to fulfill his fathers’ role before the ultimate threat of why he was taken away from his father years ago prevails again. Dillon must join a world he never knew existed having lived a life inadvertently in hiding. He must now embark on dark hidden truths, his fathers’ covert Alliance, and a sinister archenemy out to get him. Will Dillon’s resentment and anger be the downfall of a legacy meant for him to lead one day or will he stand up for the ultimate and yet biggest challenge he will ever face, saving his father’s legacy and finally finding his father, if he is still alive.



My Thoughts


I struggle at times when reading books labeled Y.A.  so much so that I often shy away from reading them.

The age bracket for a typical young adult book is 12-18 and while the genre is targeted to teenagers, half of YA readers are adults. Typically in these reads, we see a teenager who faces significant difficulties and overcomes them, or doesn’t, all the while resonating with readers.

We see from this book's description there is a superhero and we quickly learn of a clash of cultures as this book begins with an American boy going to the aid of a Japanese girl and he becomes bullied and beaten by Japanese boys. Thrown into the mix, we learn of Hiroshi’s medicine shop and the plot moves on from there.

What I read was action packed and offered frank examinations. It was also quirky with a hint of humor like when mentioning a gold leopard Speedo. I appreciated the concept of classified information and transformation and did something I seldom do, I jumped around a bit in this read. 

My copy could use some editing and while I was perplexed by the writing style, I liked the scene staging at the end of the book as readers find out why the book started out the way it did and it also ties in the title.

I received a copy of this book from the author for an honest review.