This was everything I hoped and more! More believable than the teen action hero of Alex Rider (Horowitz) and less arrogant than James in the Cherub series (Muchamore), the young James Bond is a likeable character because he develops his courage and tenacity as the story progresses. Yet, he is still recognisable as the Bond … Continue reading
This was a somewhat disappointing start for action and adventure August. The ideas were good but the story line weak. I liked the setting of an academy for young girls to become spies and the overtones of girl power/girls can do anything but the having the main character falling for a “regular guy” was a … Continue reading
I can’t believe it is the first of the month again and time for a new genre – Action and Adventure August. Almost every book I read has some aspects of action and/or adventure but I have decided to restrict my reading this month to books with human/humanlike characters, present day scenarios and not to … Continue reading