3.75 ⭐️ A great sequel! In „Mouseheart-Hopper’s Destiny“ by Lisa Fiedler we continue Hoppers journey to save the animals living in the New Yorker underground. This book starts off immediately after the events of book one and manages to keep the fast pace of its predecessor! It’s again mostly written from Hopper‘s point of view but we also get Pip‘s insight and some diary entries from the legendary „La Rocha“. I’m truly amazed by the great characterization and character development in these books. Hopper and his siblings have tremendous story arc‘s and I loved the unique spin on the „chosen one“ trope. The book deals with heavy topics in a way children can comprehend without loosing nuance. Overall I appreciated the exploration of morally grey actions and the question if the ends justify the means. I read the physical book alongside the audiobook and both are wonderful. The physical copy has many beautiful illustrations and the audiobook narration managed to immerse me even more into the story. The story had not as high intrigue as the first book for me which lead to my thoughts partially drifting in the middle part of the book. Nonetheless the ending hooked me again to see what will happen in the third book!