Review: Best Yet in the CUL8R Series
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 30, 2013
"BION (Believe It or Not)" is the third in Bob Kat's time travel CUL8R series, about a group of four teens who use Thomas Edison's "Telephone to the Dead" to listen to spirits who need help with moving on--and then help them, with the aid of a phone app that allows them to travel back in time. In this adventure, Kelly, Zoey, Austin, and Scott are heading back to 1927, ending up at the Maxwell Circus to save a young man named Jesse, who mysteriously disappeared and broke his sister's heart sometime that year.The four teens soon befriend Jesse and try to solve the mystery of both what will happen to him and how they can save him, along the way getting jobs with the circus and becoming friends with the many colorful characters who live the traveling performer life.The CUL8R series just keeps getting better, and while I enjoyed the first two novels this one is, in my opinion, the best of the three. The descriptions of life in the circus are vivid and make the experience come alive on the page, and as we come to know more about Kelly, Zoey, Austin, and Scott they become increasingly real as well (Zoey gets a strong focus in this book, rounding out her character quite a bit).While adults can certainly enjoy this book, I'd recommend it most to teens who are looking for a fantasy adventure story with likeable characters and inventive plots. From the parenting side, it's a great book because it's clean and the characters are excellent examples of bravery, kindness, and determination, among other qualities.