Review: Smooth writing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2013
Someone is planning to take over the world. It's not much of a spoiler - Senator Angine is behind this plot.Lissa, a recently orphaned young girl, gets rescued in a fantastic manner. Hikari, a daughter of a US Senator, overhears a secret and sinister conversation her father has with Senator Angine. Connor, a teenage TV star, get's an invitation from a Senator Angine and an offer he cannot refuse. Well, he technically can, but it's not really worth losing his life when a simple "Yes" can let him keep it.These are the three main characters and point of view protagonists of this book. Granted, these are not your "everyday heroes" everyone seems to be writing about nowadays. All three have latent superpowers, all three have unusual backgrounds, and all three have problems to solve.More importantly, their behavior is believable. When put in different situations, they act as one would expect young men and women to act. For example, how would a young man react when his ex-girlfriend whom he still likes asks him to do something? What would you say be a chance of success if a group of overconfident teenagers tried to do something extremely dangerous and ill-advised that required both planning and tactical skills they did not possess? If you leave a young man and a young woman for a long time with no company but themselves, what do you think would happen?There are twists to these answers, don't worry. Nothing is "obvious" or "simple" here. However, the point I am trying to make that the story flows easily and naturally once you get the sense of the characters. This makes for a very smooth reading and a delightful one as well. Recommended.