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After the first few chapters I was about to give up. The internal monologue/narration from our tween heroine Charlotte was just so unrelievedly sour, cute, ironic, self-centered, world weary and phoney that I wasn't sure I could take much more. Along with all of that, the cutesy asides from the author, and the overall forced feeling of the writing was already getting wearing.

But then, something wonderful happens. At page 37 Charlotte's cousin Zee shows up, the plot starts filling in, Charlotte calms down, the author butts out, and the book takes off. Charlotte stops being a whiney know-it-all sadsack. The author stops adding a rim shot to every funny line. The plot stops wandering. Interesting secondary characters appear. Some very clever and subtle deadpan humor seeps into the narrative. The book becomes interesting, funny and entertaining.

The book is sort of Percy Jackson-lite. The Greek god angles are all clearly explained. The humor is broader. The adventure is less complicated. The characters are less developed. The villains are more sketchy. There's less ambiguity about what's going on. The whole work is just more accessible for a younger reader.

So, if you want to try a "Greek god" fantasy and your reader may be a little young for Percy, it seems to me that this would be a really good bet.


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The Shadow Thieves The Cronus Chronicles Anne Ursu Eric Fortune Books Reviews

First I checked it out from the library, then i bought it and i still love it. . . Can't wait to read the next
It ws a gift for our granddaughter. I had given her the 2nd and 3rd ones and she wanted this one. I am sure she liked it.
There are very few books I've started and not finished, and this was one of them. I gave it two stars because I did make it halfway, and because I am an adult who was previewing it for her preteens. The age group for which it is written may enjoy it, but if they have read the Percy Jackson series, or the Gregor the Overlander series, I don't see how this could be of much interest.
You must first know that I am a Great-Grandmother reading this with her 11 year old Great-Granddaughter. She recommended it. That said, I think it is a well written book that not only gives a good plot with a lot of action but it also defines the main characters very well.

Charlotte is shy and does not feel she fits in with others in her school. When she wants to get out of something, she lies - very convincingly. Zee is her cousin from across the pond. He is proper, of mixed heritage and does not feel he fits in with others in his new school.

Zee comes to America to live with Charlotte's family under mysterious circumstances. They both envy but like each other. The adventure starts when children in Charlotte's town get sick just like those in Zee's hometown. They are forced to work together to solve the mystery and save the children. As they work together thery learn a lot about themselves and how others see them versus how they see themselves.

It was a fast, enjoyable read.
My 12 year old son had to read this book for his English class and he said that he really enjoyed reading it.
Exactly what i ordered. Perfect.
OK, I'm not a kid. In fact, I am a 65-year-old grandmother.

That said, I am also looking for a summer read for the various DGC's who stop by for a chapter or two most afternoons. You know, front porch, fan breeze, iced tea and soft drinks, sometimes a store-bought cookie or two. Or even a homemade something-or-other, if the older DGC's want to make one, then eat it.

This is it. They'll LOVE it!

I like the idea that the story can stand by itself--no cliff-hangers here. Especially since we're going to have to wait a year for the next volume, then another year for the third one. (Harry Potter, anyone?)

Then, the humor will definitely appeal to my pre- and early-teen DGC's--it did to me! Having worked many years in bureaucracies (as we all do, these days) Hades was very familiar, and more apt than most kids are likely to realize!

The writing is good. There's enough suspense to prickle the neck, but not so much as to give nightmares to the littlest ones. (I wouldn't give Neal Gaimon's CORALINE to a really sensitive child, for instance, and I hae me doots about several others . . . .) On the other hand, have you SEEN what cartoons are like on TV these days? Sheesh.

I suspect that many conservative Christians will have great trouble with the premise of the book--that the Greek version of the afterlife is the 'real' one, but remember, this is fiction!

I think kids ALWAYS understand the difference, if one explains.
After the first few chapters I was about to give up. The internal monologue/narration from our tween heroine Charlotte was just so unrelievedly sour, cute, ironic, self-centered, world weary and phoney that I wasn't sure I could take much more. Along with all of that, the cutesy asides from the author, and the overall forced feeling of the writing was already getting wearing.

But then, something wonderful happens. At page 37 Charlotte's cousin Zee shows up, the plot starts filling in, Charlotte calms down, the author butts out, and the book takes off. Charlotte stops being a whiney know-it-all sadsack. The author stops adding a rim shot to every funny line. The plot stops wandering. Interesting secondary characters appear. Some very clever and subtle deadpan humor seeps into the narrative. The book becomes interesting, funny and entertaining.

The book is sort of Percy Jackson-lite. The Greek god angles are all clearly explained. The humor is broader. The adventure is less complicated. The characters are less developed. The villains are more sketchy. There's less ambiguity about what's going on. The whole work is just more accessible for a younger reader.

So, if you want to try a "Greek god" fantasy and your reader may be a little young for Percy, it seems to me that this would be a really good bet.