Under Their Skin Book 1 Review

 

This book was a part of my Middle Grade March challenge, and it fits the prompt of a book featuring siblings.

Well, if you've been on my page long enough, you know how much I love the majority of Margaret Peterson Haddix's books! This was another great one. 

Under Their Skin is about twin fraternal siblings Nick and Eryn, whose mother gets remarried to a guy named Michael. They all move into a new big house to live in. For some reason, Nick and Eryn are not allowed to meet their new stepsiblings. Whenever the twins are out meeting their dad, their stepsiblings Ava and Jackson come to their new house. 

Of course, Nick and Eryn get all curious as to why they are forbidden to meet them, so during a snow day when they can't go to school and their mom and stepdad are out of the house, they devise a sneaky plan to go meet them. When they do, they get the shock of their lives of what secrets they're hiding. 

I can't get too into details because it will go into spoiler territory, but let me just say Nick and Eryn's lives aren't the same after that, and the human species is in danger. 

I gave this book 5 stars. This was a great start to Middle Grade March! I should also add that this book is actually the first book of a duology. Sometime later this year I will read the second book, In Over Their Heads.