I received this book from Netgalley/publisher in exchange of an honest review.

When I saw this book on Netgalley… well, I just had to click that request button. Superpowers? Evil/Good organisations? Friendship? Illustrations? Yes! Yes, please!

Noah was such a fun character and I liked him pretty much from the beginning. With The Cling (in which his clothes will get stuck to him), with seeing him master his powers (and find a way to find that thread and pull it towards him), to seeing him decide who to trust and who not, to basketball and I loved that he was sporty as it at times didn’t seem like he was. Plus, I could definitely understand why he was acting up at times, I mean, what would you do if you find out that your uncle may or may not be the villain and that an organisation has been keeping tracks of you and oh yes, hi, you have powers. I would also be like what?. I did like how he grew in the story. Not just with his powers, but also in confidence, finding ways to trust people, and more.

I am still not entirely sold on Haley, in the later parts I liked her more and more, but in the earlier parts? I found her a bit annoying with how she was able to do everything in ease, how she was scheduling not just HER activities but also Noah’s, how she seemed really stuck in her ways of doing things and not being a bit flexible. I didn’t trust her either, just like Noah was not trusting her. Again, later on she did get more on my like list and I loved her helping out Noah.

Rodney, oh boy, that boy was a firecracker. He made me laugh so much with his trumpet and his constant playing. OK, I think if I was in the book universe and heard it myself I may have another opinion, but since the book is silent I can enjoy it. Haha. I really loved how good of a friend he was to Noah and how he was there for him.

Saul was also an interesting character. I was definitely on the fence for a while if he was a good guy or a bad guy. He definitely had that mad scientist/evil vibe, but is he really that or is that just coloured by what we learn of the organisation + what happened when Noah was a baby?

I loved that there are people in this world with powers, I would call them superpowers, that there are peeps who can control gravity in one way or another. I would definitely love to have those as well!

The ending was a ride! WOW. So much action and excitement and I just loved every bit of it.

But the organisation? Well, I could imagine that Noah would just talk to his uncle or rebel a bit or have serious doubts. Given what he learns about things + how they treat his powers, yeah, I would also have rebelled if I was a 10-12 year old kid and felt like I wasn’t taken seriously. I would have liked them to be a bit kinder to Noah. I get that they were doing things for a reason, but I am sure that you could have done things a tad different.

The illustrations were a delight, I love the style and it made me smile.

All in all, I would recommend this fun book to all and I hope that we are getting more books because I really want to see how things continue for Noah, his friends, his powers, and more.