The Unwanteds: Island of Silence By Lisa Mcmann 5/5

Alex stowe is the head magician of the magical world Artimè. Living in the plain and uncreative town of quill he and his brother Aaron were split up after Alex was found to be unwanted due to the fact Alex was creative. Alex had to endure the fact that he was dying but instead was transferred to the unique and creative world of Artimè where he met many of his friends, Lani, Samheed, and Megan. While in Artimè Alex comes up with a new spell it’s name being “heart attack” and it ends up being one of the most powerful spells in Artimè that has major importance in the first novel. In this novel while Alex is learning to be head magician his friends Lani and Samheed are captured while resting on a foreign island with Megan just getting away. Alex must try his best to use his newfound leadership to lead him and the rest of Artimè to the island in order to save his friends.

This book has one of the best storylines I have ever read with countless amounts of plot twists and changes to the story. It includes so much figurative language making you fully immersed in the 2 island’s very different styles. The suspense between the unwanteds and the other island adds many different elements that make you want to keep on reading. The book makes you feel the true emotions Alex is feeling as he tries his best to save his friends whilst also figuring out his new leadership role at the same time. Furthermore, Alex’s brother Aaron’s plot makes you want to continue the series in order to figure out what will happen next with him. The overall storytelling and plot of this story adds so much from the first book and wants the reader to figure out what will happen next with Alex and the rest of Artimè.

My advice for the reader would be to definitely read the book prior to this and this book itself as they are part of a 7 book series but these 2 books have an emphasize on storytelling and immersion that other novels I have read recently haven’t.