Review: Bloody Brilliant
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 25, 2013
I tore through this book at a breakneck pace this past week. I couldn't stop reading this, and I'm glad I took the time out. I'm a fellow superhero author, and here the author does everything right.The book follows the rollicking adventures of a pair of twins, super-powered twins, who power each other up as they take more and more physical punishment. It's written in a 3rd person limited, shifting point of view, shifting from the carefree, sexy, sarcastic Nikki to the logical, careful, closed-down Michael, and the author stays consistent with his voice and tone the whole way through.I sought out Children of Genesis thinking it might be the same sort of book I'd written (I'm a fellow superhero writer) but was pleased and surprised to see the book taking awesome twists and turns, that the ideas behind the book were well fleshed out, the backstory was intricately worked out, and that it followed a sort of movie in my head. The book has plenty of cinematic aspects, and might, without too much Hollywood muddling, make a fantastic movie/mini-series.I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone interested in action, superheroes, sci-fi, urban fantasy, or just solidly crafted writing. CAVEAT: for some reason I was led to believe (or I imagined) that this was a young adult book. Parents beware! There's a lot of swearing, blood, seriously brutal violence, and references to sex here. Your 11-15 year old might find it a bit much. Then again I wouldn't keep my own kids away from it.I found a scant handful of spelling/punctuation errors, but the writing was so good I couldn't stop to note them down...no stars lost.Thank you for this, Toby. I love a great independent piece like this.