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The Haven #2

Rebellion

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You don't know it exists, but when you have nowhere else to turn, the Haven will find you ... An adrenaline-fuelled adventure, second in the Haven series, by top thriller writer Simon Lelic.

Our city. Our secret. Our rules.

When pupils start going missing from a prestigious boarding school, Ollie Turner knows it's a job for the Haven.

Below the city streets, the Haven is a sanctuary for kids run by kids.

Ollie and the Haven's investigations team put their lives on the line, going undercover to find the missing children. But little do they realise that a deadly enemy awaits them - one with plans to destroy everything they hold dear.

277 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 22, 2020

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Simon Lelic

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Simon Lelic was born in 1976 and has worked as a journalist in the UK and currently runs his own business in Brighton, England, where he lives with his wife and two sons.

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233 reviews44 followers
October 27, 2020
Ganz ehrlich – ich hatte mich schon gefragt, wie es wohl weiter gehen kann mit dem Haven. Ohne spoilern zu wollen, aber der erste Band war schon in sich geschlossen. Was ich ja prinzipiell mag… aber hier hatte ich so gar keine Idee. Ok, die Kinder müssen sich neu sortieren – aber wer könnte der neue Widersacher sein in der Fortsetzung? Ich wurde überrascht… (Aber zu verraten womit ich überrascht wurde würde nun wirklich spoilern!)
Richtig heimisch sind Ollie und seine Freunde noch nicht im Untergrund geworden – und wollen es auch nicht werden… Aber bevor sie die Frage nach einem neuen Zuhause klären können, gilt es Jacks Bruder aus den Klauen eines Elite-Internats zu befreien – bevor es zu spät ist!
In Forrest Mount verschwinden Schüler. Doch kaum Jemand scheint das zu kümmern! Als die Mails von Errol immer seltsamer werden und schließlich abrupt enden wendet sich seine Schwester Jack an das Einsatzkommando des Haven – Lebensgefahr!
Kann Ollie Errol aus der Anti-Hogwarts-Hölle retten und gleichzeitig eine riesen Verschwörung aufdecken? Lasst Euch überraschen…

Ich mag den Erzählstil des Autors sehr gern. Einerseits zeigt er einfühlsam die inneren Dämonen den Jugendlichen auf, mit denen sie zu kämpfen haben: Auf sich selbst gestellt – nach außen hin stark wirken wollen, aber innerlich schwach und zerrissen. Aber gleichzeitig packt Simon Lelic genügend Brutalität in seine Geschichte um dem jungen Leser zu zeigen – Ich nehme dich ernst! Ein schmaler Grat, auf dem sich der Autor da bewegt – aber er schafft es bravourös, die Balance zu halten! Freundschaft, Action und kriminelle Energien – alles dabei. Sogar ein wenig Romantik ;-)
Ein winziges Detail zum Ende hin fand ich richtig cool – Ollie bekommt ein Exemplar von Oliver Twist geschenkt ;-) Das hat mich fast wieder mit der unnötigen Namens-Kopiererei vom ersten Teil versöhnt…
Kompliment! Mit The Haven – Rebellion ist es Simon Lelic gelungen, aus dem ersten Band heraus zu wachsen und eine eigenständige und unheimlich spannende Thriller-Reihe zu erschaffen! Die Charaktere gehen nun eigene Wege und bilden zusammen mit der ehrwürdigen Kulisse der Elite-Schule so ein einzigartiges Setting in einer nervenaufreibenden Mischung aus rasantem Thriller, cooler Technik und einzigartiger Freundschaft.
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3,265 reviews75 followers
August 4, 2019
Picking up a short time after the events of book 1 Revolution finds our group in disarray. They know they need to do something, but are really unsure how to go about doing what they need.
Ollie is struggling with his own insecurity, and also feeling that people are fighting his authority. However, when it counts Ollie shows his potential.
In this instalment Ollie and the Haven are forced to enter Forest Mount in order to try and establish the whereabouts of Jack’s brother. What they discover is a shocking conspiracy to take over the running of the country.
Except things aren’t quite what they seem. The reality is more shocking than we imagine, bu5 it certainly opens up some interesting potential for the next part.
Huge thanks to NetGalley for allowing me to read this prior to publication.
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932 reviews11 followers
April 15, 2020
The second in Simon Lelic’s THE HAVEN SERIES for readers aged 11+ is another fast-paced action thriller filled with high stakes and jeopardy. However, while Lelic does tackle some of the unbelievable developments from THE HAVEN, plenty more emerge in this book and it still suffers from a lack of character depth that leaves side characters as pretty much interchangeable and the antagonists are cartoonishly drawn such that I’m not sure I’d read on.
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April 17, 2022
É uma história fascinante e tem o desenvolvimento desde a obra anterior incrível.
É uma história que nos faz ficarmos agarrados ao livro por horas.
Contém aventura, um bocado de romance, ação e mistério!👌
Profile Image for Judith Moore.
326 reviews237 followers
June 24, 2019
Probably a 2.5 rounded up to allow for my own bias...
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141 reviews6 followers
October 18, 2019
A good follow up to the first book in the series
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44 reviews
April 20, 2024
Loved that Ollie stepped up in his role, the story was good, really liked the writing style.
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878 reviews32 followers
January 27, 2022
Complete review available: Revolution

This is a strong second book in an incredibly underrated middle-grade series – it’s got everything going for it, such that it baffles me as to why it’s not better known (the series and the book!) Even more action-packed than the last, Lelic creates a strong sense of atmosphere and fills the book with enough suspense and cliffhangers to really keep the reader on their toes. Our protagonist (Ollie)’s character undergoes some great development alongside, too, which offers some realism and relatability to the thrilling adventure.
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