Complex sentence: Instead of half uncle and niece, it is revealed Chris and Corinne are actually half-brother and sister, and also gives a sympathetic side to Olivia and to Malcolm, previously unseen in the other books.
Split into simpler sentences: Instead of half-uncle and niece, it is revealed Chris and Corinne are actually half-brother and sister. The book also gives a sympathetic side to Olivia and to Malcolm, previously unseen in the other books.