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I am writing this review after reading over 1600 chapters.As a fan of the original Harry Potter series, it evokes a lot of nostalgia in me. Over the years, waiting for the next volumes of books in this series, the number of fan fictions that I have read can be counted in hundreds, not only in English, but also in other languages.Some of these fan fictions were good, some bad, some exellent, some with potential.I saw different approaches of authors, who created their own worlds, and thanks to this series some of them even became professionals. Each of these worlds was unique, unrepeatable and presented a completely different approach and visions of the future of the series. Some strictly follow the canon, others have changed it.When the last part appeared (volume 7), something ended and I thought that from now on only from time to time I would come back to this great series, which left such a huge mark on me, thanks which I discovered what a fantasy genre is, and then the world of the novel both Japanese and Chinese. You can successfully assume that this series has placed me on this track, thanks to which I am here and write this Review.It was until I was browsing new titles in "Novel Updates", in search of the next book, I found this fan fiction - "Harry Potter and the Secret Treasures", and thanks to pure impulse, that I decided to once again returned to the world of Harry Potter.... and again I felt the fire in my heart, which I used to feel in the past, when I absorbed the chapters, one after another like a thirsty person in the desert which was given a glass of water.This book is not without flaws, none is, but if someone begins to judge, before reading the first 200-300 chapters, this person does not know what he really judge.It's not about (a bit) of a slow start here, or that the first two years of Ivan at Hogwarts pass so fast. After these 1, 600 chapters, I think that it was deliberate on the part of the author.The magic of this story depends on descriptions of this world, on incorporate Harry's three friends and the main character, creating "four" friends, and reading a story that beautifully combines facts and scenes from the canon, masterfully adding new events, creating an epic tale that exceed that, what the original series showed us. Thanks to the approach of Chinese authors, the epic motifs are intertwined into a big world, surprising you just at the moment when you think you know what will happen next, preserving the "western" the world of Harry Potter.The magic of this story is also the development of the characters' thoughts and personalities, their interaction, description of each of them, and especially - Hermione, who (for me) exceed her own self from the original series.For me his fan fiction has become what the original series should become. Rewarding a slight disappointment with the last volume of the original seriesI could write for a long time, but I will limit myself to a summary, which in my opinion will be an indicator for someone who decides to give this book a chance, which is why:- if you like the world of Harry Potter- if you like Chinese novelsThis is a title for you and I hope that this fan fiction will be translated to the very end.If the original series made it possible to create this fan fiction, boiling with power, challenges, powerful enemies, and even other worlds, it remains to say... it was worth it.