Review: Uneasy Mix
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 13, 2013
The concept of The Moon Stealers and the Quest for the Silver Bough intrigued me--parallel stories that will eventually (or so I assume) come together later in the series. One story is science fiction/horror, aliens invading earth and MI6 investigating. It reminded me of The X-Files with less competent personnel. The other story is fantasy, children meeting a Knight of the Round Table and searching for an artifact. I didn't find the stories to mesh well and the jumps from one viewpoint to another made both stories disjointed. Separate books coming together in a third may have been easier to follow. None of the characters were developed enough for me to get interested in their fates, although several were promising. I also found Tim Flanagan's writing style to be a bit awkward and sometimes confusing.  Overall, I found the book to be disappointing. I received a complimentary copy of this book in order to review it.