Hopefully, the next series will have the same narrator please.When Henry Atherton helps Mr. Overall, the series is inventive and left me guessing to what would happen next, which I really love. I am annoyed that the narrators don't listen to the first couple books before they jump into a series and start calling the characters differently. Per=gus to P-eye-gus kept throwing me off. I loved this story! I'm a little sad that when I got to the 3rd & 4th books, it changed narrators because I really love Gerard Doyle! The other author James Daniel Wilson takes about 30 minutes to get used to, especially because he calls Pyrgus differently from Gerard Doyle which can get a bit annoying. Overall, I highly recommend this book because of it's exciting story line, memorable characters, and the frank, realistic way complex situations are handled.īefore I decided to read this series, I was a little intimidated by the name since it had 'wars' involved, however, after reading many of the reviews I realized that I needed to just jump into this story and check it out. You can't like anyone who kills kittens for profit, after all. But I suppose it does set up the villains for the story quite nicely. That the best way for making strong glue, for example, is to throw a kitten into the mix seems a little out there. The characters are well formed, and the character development feels natural, although some aspects of the story seem a little bit silly. Even though these aspects are done to death elsewhere, here the author has managed to include them in a way that's fresh and new and altogether fascinating.

The story cleverly incorporates many aspects of modern and classic mythology, including aliens, demons, and faeries. But that is only a side story, and you're quickly sucked into the main plot involving parallel dimensions, conspiracy, and political intrigue.

The process of coming to grips with difficult situations. The little details in conversations between parents and children that get all tangled up through multiple layers. The assumptions and messiness of the characters' thoughts and emotions. What struck me about the revelation of the lesbian affair was how frank and open everything played out. If you do agree, however, I heartily recommend this book for the honest and tasteful way that it handles the situation.

If you disagree, you may want to reconsider purchasing this book. This is apparently the philosophy that the author holds by. The protagonist muses later on about how adults try to protect children from uncomfortable truths, but that just makes things worse. IT begins with the revelation of a lesbian affair between the protagonist's mother and his father's secretary. The characters are engaging, the plot is fresh, and Mr.

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