The newest book by Sam Copeland and this time cosmic twins, an Impossible Quests, new friendships, and much more!

🥰 I loved how this one started and how the portal appeared! I hadn’t expected a portal to just appear and almost suck everything up. The blurb says the boys swapped so I expected maybe more in transportation, but portals are definitely much more fun!
🥰 I loved both girl side characters, Sienna and Lorca. Not such a fan of Irving. XD But I did like the girls and how they kicked some butt. I did feel for Sienna as Axel is quite a character and she has her hands full with getting him to understand things. XD
🥰 I loved Aërth and I loved seeing this place. OK, it was also sad given the White Death that was spreading throughout. But I loved the various names of places (which gave me some Abarat vibes) and I loved seeing our trio travel around. Oh, and I loved that one could level up in certain areas. Not just quests but also speeches? That was fun! The dragon as well! Oh, and the fact that this world has a story book with life stories. And a narrator!
🥰 I am normally NOT a fan of talking animals, but Fetlock? Well he was OK. I even liked him. He was fun, not annoying, and he was very sweet with Alex. They both found each other.
🥰 I loved that we switched back and forth between the boys. I was thinking we may just only get Alex POV, but no, we also get Axel! It was fun to see them both adapt to their new worlds and figure out the quests.
🥰 The impossible quests were so much fun. To see the boys both do their best. Sometimes with encouragement looks at Axel.
🥰 That last part with both boys confronting the end-boss of their quests. Axel who tries to defeat Alex his dad with chess. Alex who tries to defeat Gloam. The revelations that come to light. How the author wrote that was just A-plus. Not just a chapter with Alex doing his thing and then a chapter with Axel. Oh no. The events are connected and we switch between the boys continuously and see how their events connect and affect the other.
🥰 I loved that their emotions were tied throughout the book.
🥰 I loved seeing both the boys grow up, get stronger, get smarter. Alex was always my favourite but I loved seeing him find more bravery, find his voice, find his way. And Axel who I wasn’t always a fan of also had a chance and I loved seeing him grow and discover that while it was great to wear nipple armour and beat ass with his sword, he also had a pretty good brain and that he had other qualities as well.
🥰 The illustrations were a lot of fun! I like the way the characters were drawn.
🥰 I loved that both the boys had a good backstory and it was interesting to see how things connected even there.
🥰 OMG, I cried so much at the ending with the last bit of the quest that Alex had to do.

🤔 In the book the creatures that are around the evil Gloam are called flies. It is a cloud of flies. A swarm of flies. HOWEVER. On both the cover AND the illustrations we clearly see wasps/hornets. That was REALLY confusing to me.
🤔 I am a bit confused how (almost) EVERYONE couldn’t differentiate between Alex/Axel. His OWN grandmother doesn’t even see that Axel is not her grandson. I would understand if they were identical. But we clearly hear that Axel is the one with the big big muscles and the big pumped up body and the awesome hair. And if you look at Alex on the cover and throughout the book you can clearly see a skinny little boy with sad hair.

😡 The villain POV. Those who know me know that I absolutely HATE those POVs. I tried reading one and then just stopped doing that and just read Axel/Alex POVs.
😡 The bullying and how apparently no one did anything about it.

But all in all, despite a few weird things and a POV for a villain, I loved this book and I loved how everything was connected and I cannot wait to read the next book of this one next year!