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Seckry Sequence #2
The Trinity Awakening
Get ready to join Seckry and friends once again in this sequel to the best selling City of the Falling Sky!
416 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 1, 2013
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August 4, 2016
After finishing the first book, I knew I had to read the second book also. The first book was just amazing.
When I started reading this book, I had a feeling that the pace was a little bit slower than how the first book went. But before I knew it, there was so much going on. I couldn't take my eyes off the book. I ended up staying up a whole night to finish the book. I couldn't put the book down. Now, I am just patiently waiting for the third book. I can't wait to read the third book of the series.
This book was amazing. I loved it so much. I highly recommend this book.
When I started reading this book, I had a feeling that the pace was a little bit slower than how the first book went. But before I knew it, there was so much going on. I couldn't take my eyes off the book. I ended up staying up a whole night to finish the book. I couldn't put the book down. Now, I am just patiently waiting for the third book. I can't wait to read the third book of the series.
This book was amazing. I loved it so much. I highly recommend this book.
August 26, 2014
Simply mesmerized
As soon as you begin to read you feel enthralled, there is so much detail you feel like your seckry, and instead of just having the main part of the book be all of the book, there is added details like friction, the creator contest or what not and just so much amazing details that ties together this book and makes it what it is, amazing. I recommend this book to anyone with a pulse and that can read.
As soon as you begin to read you feel enthralled, there is so much detail you feel like your seckry, and instead of just having the main part of the book be all of the book, there is added details like friction, the creator contest or what not and just so much amazing details that ties together this book and makes it what it is, amazing. I recommend this book to anyone with a pulse and that can read.
July 25, 2014
This just kept getting awesome. It ended so abruptly though, making you wish you could binge read. However, Joseph Evans has given us a 2015 timeline for book 3. So, like Orange Is the New Black, we wait.....
August 28, 2016
Like its predecessor, ‘The Trinity Awakening’ is crammed with intrigue, entwining subplots and imaginative twists to make it a hugely enjoyable read, exploring the world of Seckry Sevenstars in a slightly darker, more complex manner.
‘The Trinity Awakening’ (TTA) is the second book in Joseph Evans’ ‘The Seckry Sequence’ trilogy, picking up where ‘City of the Falling Sky’ (CotFS) left off, and following the adventures of young Seckry over the course of another school year. Where the core plot of the first novel revolved around the Endrin Corporation and the crazy experiments taking place there, this one focusses more heavily on Seckry’s desire to track down his missing father, even if the secrets of his disappearance put him in danger. Along with his best friend and love interest (Eiya), his favourite teacher (Mr Vance), and the whole gang from CotFS, our protagonist must face the creepy resurrection of a former Endrin scientist, endure nasty new schoolmates, and brave wintery mountains to uncover the horrific origins of his father.
In my review of ‘City of the Falling Sky’, I was both full of praise for author Evans’ natural storytelling talents, and critical of the countless (admittedly often trivial) errors that appear throughout. I think it’s fair to say that this novel contains more of the same. Evans is undeniably skilled when it comes to inventive subplots, using an array of minor story arcs to construct very real and relatable characters (particularly with the recurring theme of having boyfriends/girlfriends and the pitfalls of young relationships), and having these subplots merge with one another in a way that even J. K. Rowling would be proud of. I also thoroughly enjoyed the characterisations; they are considered and consistent, each with a specific role for the mood or plot progression. Evans obviously knows his creations inside out, and a particular knack of his lies in introductions of new characters, offering vivid descriptions. On top of that, the development of Tenk’s relationship and the disturbing revelations about who Eiya is are expertly crafted.
Unlike CotFS, ‘The Trinity Awakening’ takes a while to get going. There was no real pace or excitement to the tale until Seckry’s discovery of the underground classroom. After that, the story just explodes into life, and it was hard to put down the book again for several chapters. In addition, something that shone through in the darker elements of the book was how Evans has been influenced by certain 90s videogames. I think it’s terrific and right up my street, and felt at home with the comparisons of Pawl and Lux’s origins with Sephiroth from ‘Final Fantasy VII’, or how the organic evolution of Kevan Kayne mirrored William Birkin from ‘Resident Evil 2’ for example. Another positive to this book is that Seckry et al actually leave Skyfall for a while. This change of scenery is a welcome device for keeping the story fresh, and introduced some of the more interesting surprises. I highlighted in my review of CotFS that many of the twists could be spotted a mile away, and that the end chapters were a bit of an anti-climax. However, I will hold my hands up here and admit that Evans produced several “wow” moments in TTA…all the way to the final pages (the “echo” reveal was a personal favourite). He deserves plenty of applause for this.
All that said, there is still the ongoing problem of regular typos, punctuation and grammatical mistakes, and overall poor editing. I’m all too familiar with how difficult it can be as a writer to catch these errors, especially with limited resources, and I feel a bit more forgiving of it this time around. With no disrespect to Evans, I was expecting it, so my enjoyment of the book was far less affected than before. I would always urge readers to support indie authors to help them improve their product.
As for generic criticisms, I do have a few, and I hope that Evans has a chance to address these in future. I suppose one of the biggest ones early in TTA is that he seems to place too much assumption on the reader having a firm understanding of CotFS. There is very little in the way of re-establishing characters (such as Lux), items (such as the xinary), locations (such as Estergate) or events (such as how the Innoya were saved), and their role in the story. I only read CotFS about 18 months ago, and even I felt a bit lost on certain topics during the opening chapters. I fear anyone who had waited longer for the sequel or who had not read CotFS at all would quickly be turned off by this. In addition, as awesome as some of the subplots were, I think the order of the chapters could be rearranged; their purpose should be to offer a short relief from the main story arc, but in this case they seem to form an entirely separate section of the book. For example, the Friction segment comes at a time when the main plot has already been temporarily abandoned, and doesn’t pick up again for several chapters despite some serious unanswered questions.
There were also parts of the book where I felt that the dialogue could have been stronger. An example of this would actually be the opening conversation between Kayne and Darklight; the author clearly wanted to use the dialogue to touch on relative information from CotFS and set up the plot of TTA, but it felt too rushed and unnatural. There were a number of plot holes or inconsistencies too: Friction was a large part of the first novel, but isn’t properly included in TTA until almost page 200; Seckry seems perfectly stable and unperturbed for someone who recently found out he accidentally saved the planet and started a religion; the first-ever working teleportation device is to be invented in a classroom, even though time travel already occurred in CotFS; an entire adult audience happily overlooks the fact that Seckry was effectively drugged against his will; the mountain section ended all too conveniently; the subplot about Tenk’s brother and nan are a bit overkill; and there’s no mention of the fortune Seckry acquired last year. However, none of these are major issues, and didn’t detract too badly from my enjoyment.
To conclude, ‘The Trinity Awakening’ is a fantastic sequel to ‘City of the Falling Sky’, and is exactly what fans would want to see from Joseph Evans. The story is darker, the twists are exceptional, and the depth of subplots is to be commended. A few issues aside, Evans is an accomplished storyteller, and deserves to see this trilogy picked up by a traditional publisher. I look forward to the final instalment, ‘Fate of the Fractured’, but understand that without the support he needs, the author might have to keep us waiting a while.
‘The Trinity Awakening’ (TTA) is the second book in Joseph Evans’ ‘The Seckry Sequence’ trilogy, picking up where ‘City of the Falling Sky’ (CotFS) left off, and following the adventures of young Seckry over the course of another school year. Where the core plot of the first novel revolved around the Endrin Corporation and the crazy experiments taking place there, this one focusses more heavily on Seckry’s desire to track down his missing father, even if the secrets of his disappearance put him in danger. Along with his best friend and love interest (Eiya), his favourite teacher (Mr Vance), and the whole gang from CotFS, our protagonist must face the creepy resurrection of a former Endrin scientist, endure nasty new schoolmates, and brave wintery mountains to uncover the horrific origins of his father.
In my review of ‘City of the Falling Sky’, I was both full of praise for author Evans’ natural storytelling talents, and critical of the countless (admittedly often trivial) errors that appear throughout. I think it’s fair to say that this novel contains more of the same. Evans is undeniably skilled when it comes to inventive subplots, using an array of minor story arcs to construct very real and relatable characters (particularly with the recurring theme of having boyfriends/girlfriends and the pitfalls of young relationships), and having these subplots merge with one another in a way that even J. K. Rowling would be proud of. I also thoroughly enjoyed the characterisations; they are considered and consistent, each with a specific role for the mood or plot progression. Evans obviously knows his creations inside out, and a particular knack of his lies in introductions of new characters, offering vivid descriptions. On top of that, the development of Tenk’s relationship and the disturbing revelations about who Eiya is are expertly crafted.
Unlike CotFS, ‘The Trinity Awakening’ takes a while to get going. There was no real pace or excitement to the tale until Seckry’s discovery of the underground classroom. After that, the story just explodes into life, and it was hard to put down the book again for several chapters. In addition, something that shone through in the darker elements of the book was how Evans has been influenced by certain 90s videogames. I think it’s terrific and right up my street, and felt at home with the comparisons of Pawl and Lux’s origins with Sephiroth from ‘Final Fantasy VII’, or how the organic evolution of Kevan Kayne mirrored William Birkin from ‘Resident Evil 2’ for example. Another positive to this book is that Seckry et al actually leave Skyfall for a while. This change of scenery is a welcome device for keeping the story fresh, and introduced some of the more interesting surprises. I highlighted in my review of CotFS that many of the twists could be spotted a mile away, and that the end chapters were a bit of an anti-climax. However, I will hold my hands up here and admit that Evans produced several “wow” moments in TTA…all the way to the final pages (the “echo” reveal was a personal favourite). He deserves plenty of applause for this.
All that said, there is still the ongoing problem of regular typos, punctuation and grammatical mistakes, and overall poor editing. I’m all too familiar with how difficult it can be as a writer to catch these errors, especially with limited resources, and I feel a bit more forgiving of it this time around. With no disrespect to Evans, I was expecting it, so my enjoyment of the book was far less affected than before. I would always urge readers to support indie authors to help them improve their product.
As for generic criticisms, I do have a few, and I hope that Evans has a chance to address these in future. I suppose one of the biggest ones early in TTA is that he seems to place too much assumption on the reader having a firm understanding of CotFS. There is very little in the way of re-establishing characters (such as Lux), items (such as the xinary), locations (such as Estergate) or events (such as how the Innoya were saved), and their role in the story. I only read CotFS about 18 months ago, and even I felt a bit lost on certain topics during the opening chapters. I fear anyone who had waited longer for the sequel or who had not read CotFS at all would quickly be turned off by this. In addition, as awesome as some of the subplots were, I think the order of the chapters could be rearranged; their purpose should be to offer a short relief from the main story arc, but in this case they seem to form an entirely separate section of the book. For example, the Friction segment comes at a time when the main plot has already been temporarily abandoned, and doesn’t pick up again for several chapters despite some serious unanswered questions.
There were also parts of the book where I felt that the dialogue could have been stronger. An example of this would actually be the opening conversation between Kayne and Darklight; the author clearly wanted to use the dialogue to touch on relative information from CotFS and set up the plot of TTA, but it felt too rushed and unnatural. There were a number of plot holes or inconsistencies too: Friction was a large part of the first novel, but isn’t properly included in TTA until almost page 200; Seckry seems perfectly stable and unperturbed for someone who recently found out he accidentally saved the planet and started a religion; the first-ever working teleportation device is to be invented in a classroom, even though time travel already occurred in CotFS; an entire adult audience happily overlooks the fact that Seckry was effectively drugged against his will; the mountain section ended all too conveniently; the subplot about Tenk’s brother and nan are a bit overkill; and there’s no mention of the fortune Seckry acquired last year. However, none of these are major issues, and didn’t detract too badly from my enjoyment.
To conclude, ‘The Trinity Awakening’ is a fantastic sequel to ‘City of the Falling Sky’, and is exactly what fans would want to see from Joseph Evans. The story is darker, the twists are exceptional, and the depth of subplots is to be commended. A few issues aside, Evans is an accomplished storyteller, and deserves to see this trilogy picked up by a traditional publisher. I look forward to the final instalment, ‘Fate of the Fractured’, but understand that without the support he needs, the author might have to keep us waiting a while.
August 19, 2017
This being the 2nd book in the "Seckry Sequence" series, has EXCEEDED my expectations and has made the 1st book feel left out.
So many more twists that are way more surprising, and every single plot ties together at the end. Very well written, and it includes very good humour, which I just had to show my friends!
Seckry Sevenstars is starting his 2nd year at Estergate Institute, with all his friends by his side.
Although I noticed one of the main characters, Tippian, played a much larger role in this book than the last one... as did Kimmy in the first one.
Eiya's existence is severely questioned, with a man named Kevan Kayne claiming Eiya wasn't who everyone was expecting her to be.
Tippian Frost, more commonly known as the joke, "Tippitha Frost" (his female alter ego), prepares for a future event called the "Anderson Wellworth Young Inventor Award" creating a humourous, yet helpful, tool, named the Voice Master.
Seckry is starting to be torn apart emotionally, with all of the drama being caused.
If you haven't already read the first book, I recommend doing so, as I quite believe this could be the new Harry Potter.
It has romance, fantasy, and comedy, and they all fit together so well!
If you have already read the first book, read the second aswell! All of the questions you may have been asking are answered in this amazing novel!
So many more twists that are way more surprising, and every single plot ties together at the end. Very well written, and it includes very good humour, which I just had to show my friends!
Seckry Sevenstars is starting his 2nd year at Estergate Institute, with all his friends by his side.
Although I noticed one of the main characters, Tippian, played a much larger role in this book than the last one... as did Kimmy in the first one.
Eiya's existence is severely questioned, with a man named Kevan Kayne claiming Eiya wasn't who everyone was expecting her to be.
Tippian Frost, more commonly known as the joke, "Tippitha Frost" (his female alter ego), prepares for a future event called the "Anderson Wellworth Young Inventor Award" creating a humourous, yet helpful, tool, named the Voice Master.
Seckry is starting to be torn apart emotionally, with all of the drama being caused.
If you haven't already read the first book, I recommend doing so, as I quite believe this could be the new Harry Potter.
It has romance, fantasy, and comedy, and they all fit together so well!
If you have already read the first book, read the second aswell! All of the questions you may have been asking are answered in this amazing novel!
July 24, 2018
I couldn't believe that ending!
I loved this book! It might've even been better than the first one. I won't spoil anything, but the twist near the end was something I was not expecting. I really hope there will be a 3rd book. I'm excited to read if Seckry ever finds Lux or his dad!
I loved this book! It might've even been better than the first one. I won't spoil anything, but the twist near the end was something I was not expecting. I really hope there will be a 3rd book. I'm excited to read if Seckry ever finds Lux or his dad!
January 3, 2026
This book isn't bad, but there were a lot of repetitive moments from the last book. i was really confused on the villain and the motives. They just sort of popped up at the last moments. It's still written pretty well for a children's story, but weird spacing and format issues in the book were noticable. Audio book reader really got into it which was enjoyable.
July 3, 2019
If I could give it more than five stars, I would. It was filled with action romance and plot twists. I would 10000000 percent recommend this book to anyone.
February 7, 2021
I liked it very much. Less then the first one but still i cannot wait for the next book... which propably will not come out :(
March 4, 2021
Major Major upgrade from the last book. The plot was amazing and the story got so much more complex. Evans did an amazing Job!
November 27, 2021
even tho the second books in some series r bad this is actually good ,,,, thank u joseph
September 16, 2024
Even better than the first!
This book will leave you on the edge of your seat! I don’t want to give it away but the next book is going to be mind blowing!
This book will leave you on the edge of your seat! I don’t want to give it away but the next book is going to be mind blowing!
March 2, 2025
Bit slower then the first book but important to learn things about the characters and build a suspenseful story for a 3rd book which I am excited for
March 17, 2025
amazing
second book just as good as the first but I don’t guess any of this one and I loved it just annoyed I have to wait till August to read the third book
second book just as good as the first but I don’t guess any of this one and I loved it just annoyed I have to wait till August to read the third book
April 3, 2025
From the Episode app to loving Vance. Absolutely love this.
August 16, 2024
I really enjoyed the second book of this series and rated it higher than the first! It was quite a lot darker than the first book which I actually liked and thought it added extra depth as the characters were getting older it felt like there challenges were also growing! I still loved the friction game elements and wish this was included more in the book (please mr Evan’s 😂) the book ending has really been set up perfectly for book 3 and I look forward to reading that when it comes out!
September 20, 2019
I thought after reading the first book I didn’t think I could enjoy the second one as much as the first but I think it was just as good if not better! This book was very intense and I appreciated it :) the plot twist at the end!! (If you haven’t read it yet I won’t spoil it but definitely check it out!) It makes me sad that it’s been so many years since book 2 was out and book 3 isn’t out yet but since the genre and POV aren’t very popular I understand that he wouldn’t be making money from it, which I don’t want. I really hope that with enough support he can make it possible to write and publish book 3!
October 28, 2013
3.5 stars rounded up to 4
I read Joseph Evans’ first book, City of the Falling Sky, last summer, and I really liked it. It was before I started my blog, so I only wrote a very short review on Goodreads, but I gave it 4 stars. Most of the conflict in City of the Falling Sky was resolved within that book, but it ended with a bit of an opening for a future book. Once I found out that The Trinity Awakening was being released, I knew that I’d have to read it.
The Trinity Awakening picks up on Seckry’s 16th birthday, a couple of months after the events at the end of City of the Falling Sky. A couple of days later, school starts up again, which presents new challenges, with a new city-wide exchange program being put into effect. There are new classes and new (painful) interactions with the worst teacher, Cut Throat Cutson.
I felt like The Trinity Awakening started off a bit slower than City of the Falling Sky. Actually, that may not be accurate. The pacing at the beginning was probably very similar. However, since The Trinity Awakening was a sequel and not a series premiere, I feel like it came across as slower. There was no longer the need for world-building, so Seckry’s everyday life in school, hanging out with his friends, and training for the Friction Mega Meltdown weren’t as exciting as they were the first time around.
During a detention with Cutson, Seckry comes across a hidden room. While checking it out later with Vance, he makes a few more discoveries regarding his father. When I first read Seckry’s revelation, I was rolling my eyes, feeling like this book was about to take a nosedive into Crazytown. However, it ended up not being as cheesy as I feared, and I actually really enjoyed the story line.
Even though I feel like it drew away from the pacing of the story and didn’t really help in unraveling any mysteries, I really liked the Mega Meltdown scene. I still think that Friction is a really cool video game that I would love to play at some point, so I liked reading about it. It’s similar to the quidditch scenes in Harry Potter. I liked that it was only the one game that was focused on, though, because I feel like much more than that this second book in the series would have just been too much.
After the Mega Meltdown, I felt like the pace really picked up. Things were starting to come together, and mysteries were being unraveled at a much faster pace. I will say that my favorite thing about Joseph Evans’ writing is that he manages to incorporate things into his stories that at first, you either don’t pay them much attention or wonder what the point of them is, but he manages to tie things that seem completely unrelated together in ways that you just don’t see coming. A lot of the main action and revelations at the end of the story really came as a shock to me.
While I felt like it took me a bit longer to get into than I would have liked, I really enjoyed The Trinity Awakening. I felt like the revelations were bigger, and the twists were more surprising. It definitely ended up being a great follow up to City of the Falling Sky, and I look forward to reading more from Joseph Evans!
This review was originally posted on my blog: http://mommysreadingbreak.wordpress.c...
I read Joseph Evans’ first book, City of the Falling Sky, last summer, and I really liked it. It was before I started my blog, so I only wrote a very short review on Goodreads, but I gave it 4 stars. Most of the conflict in City of the Falling Sky was resolved within that book, but it ended with a bit of an opening for a future book. Once I found out that The Trinity Awakening was being released, I knew that I’d have to read it.
The Trinity Awakening picks up on Seckry’s 16th birthday, a couple of months after the events at the end of City of the Falling Sky. A couple of days later, school starts up again, which presents new challenges, with a new city-wide exchange program being put into effect. There are new classes and new (painful) interactions with the worst teacher, Cut Throat Cutson.
I felt like The Trinity Awakening started off a bit slower than City of the Falling Sky. Actually, that may not be accurate. The pacing at the beginning was probably very similar. However, since The Trinity Awakening was a sequel and not a series premiere, I feel like it came across as slower. There was no longer the need for world-building, so Seckry’s everyday life in school, hanging out with his friends, and training for the Friction Mega Meltdown weren’t as exciting as they were the first time around.
During a detention with Cutson, Seckry comes across a hidden room. While checking it out later with Vance, he makes a few more discoveries regarding his father. When I first read Seckry’s revelation, I was rolling my eyes, feeling like this book was about to take a nosedive into Crazytown. However, it ended up not being as cheesy as I feared, and I actually really enjoyed the story line.
Even though I feel like it drew away from the pacing of the story and didn’t really help in unraveling any mysteries, I really liked the Mega Meltdown scene. I still think that Friction is a really cool video game that I would love to play at some point, so I liked reading about it. It’s similar to the quidditch scenes in Harry Potter. I liked that it was only the one game that was focused on, though, because I feel like much more than that this second book in the series would have just been too much.
After the Mega Meltdown, I felt like the pace really picked up. Things were starting to come together, and mysteries were being unraveled at a much faster pace. I will say that my favorite thing about Joseph Evans’ writing is that he manages to incorporate things into his stories that at first, you either don’t pay them much attention or wonder what the point of them is, but he manages to tie things that seem completely unrelated together in ways that you just don’t see coming. A lot of the main action and revelations at the end of the story really came as a shock to me.
While I felt like it took me a bit longer to get into than I would have liked, I really enjoyed The Trinity Awakening. I felt like the revelations were bigger, and the twists were more surprising. It definitely ended up being a great follow up to City of the Falling Sky, and I look forward to reading more from Joseph Evans!
This review was originally posted on my blog: http://mommysreadingbreak.wordpress.c...
August 20, 2014
The Trinity Awakening picks up shortly after the conclusion of City of the Falling Sky on the date of Seckry's sixteenth birthday. That, however, isn't before Evans opens the novel with an explosive prologue which really sets the tone for the book. He wastes no time in boring the reader with a predictable build-up and instead grips and engrosses you from the get go, intertwining twists even the smartest of nickpickers wouldn't see coming. The start of the book also brings a good reintroduction of key characters and visitation of past events, meaning, unlike many series that have a substantial wait between releases, you don't need to read up on a detailed synopsis to refresh your mind of the world.
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June 10, 2014
The seckry sequence books are an amazing series, and the Trinity Awakening was an amazing book to read. The Trinity Awakening, like the first book, has a phenomenal mix of a next gen action packed video game, Friction,(which we all want made, hint hint) and an epic plot to keep it down to earth. One thing i like to do with books is try to guess the ending, or who betrays who. Honestly, i could not guess the outcome of the Trinity with all of its complicated twists and turns. Nevertheless, these twists and turns make for a fabulous reading experience. The trinity sequence is good for all ages. in my opinion, it is one of the most wonderful times i have ever had while reading a book.
December 28, 2014
Amazing and extrodinary
Very emotional. But very amazing. It makes me want to read more and more I have connected to all the characters and very thing I hope the third book comes soon for kindle fire because I am a secramaniac#
Very emotional. But very amazing. It makes me want to read more and more I have connected to all the characters and very thing I hope the third book comes soon for kindle fire because I am a secramaniac#
March 26, 2016
I really, I really love this book.
What a way to start 2014 reading this terrific book!
It would not disappoint you people!
What a way to start 2014 reading this terrific book!
It would not disappoint you people!
January 8, 2016
I really enjoy reading Joseph Evans writing. Enough gripping suspense to have you not wanting to put it down and the characters are real to life. Looking forward to the next book in this series.
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