The Invasion

I loved this book! Why didn't I read this as a kid? My favorite thing about this series so far are the designs of the aliens and Tobias. Tobias is my favorite character and the Andalites have such a creative design. I can't wait to read the rest of these books they're pretty well written for kid's books. I feel like they do a good job taking their audiences seriously and even have scenes that could be disturbing for some ages. The characters aren't just like “animal powers sweet!” they all kinda have mental breakdowns and there are many parts that demonstrate psychological trauma very well. Some parts are very 90s which is my only critique. But it gives the series a kind of narm charm. Like the characters talk about video games and make stupid pop culture references a lot. Also, their names are kinda dumb (Jake, Rachel, Cassie etc.). I unfortunately got spoiled about what happens to Tobias :( I'll try to keep out of the animorphs tumblr tag til I'm a little further into the series. I can't wait to get more volumes out of the library!