Is this one a “yikes” for everybody?

Maybe they just needed a break from a book every month for five years.

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Marco’s heart exploding, or being exploded, is pretty harrowing, but the helmacrons combined with the trope theme is impossible not to roll my eyes at.

I still like the animorphs themselves within the story and I like Marco’s initiative, but this book is odd and somewhat unsatisfying.

Maybe they needed some breathing room to get ready for the final run.