Review: A Fun Romp
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2014
I enjoyed this fun adventure. The author gives us a great feel for a time past--a more innocent, carefree time when kids spent their time exploring instead of playing video games.This book was classified as Young Adult, but it's fitting for middle grade too--in fact, to me it read more like a middle grade book. Parts were a little hard to believe, but so what--this is an adventure with a cave, some greasy, evil bad guys, young love, bullies, and a long-lost treasure that everybody's trying to find.The characters are well-done, although I would've liked to see more of Bug's younger brothers--they played so predominantly in the first couple of chapters, then all but disappeared. A lot of the characters have some good, quirky traits--like Bug's older brother Tom who's fixated on digging a hole through most of the book (Tom seems a little simple but knows a lot more than he lets on.)There's a couple of slow spots, but mostly, this is a fun romp with a satisfying ending, and a couple of good twists along the way.Nikki BennettNik's Picks Book Reviews[...](The author provided me a free copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.)