Review: Edward Robertson does it again
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 5, 2013
I have to confess I was a little leery when I sat down to read Melt Down. I'd enjoyed Breakers so much I worried that Melt Down couldn't help but disappoint. I need not have worried. Melt Down is every bit as enjoyable as Breakers. Even more, it advances the Breakers series in exciting and unexpected ways. I actually thought this book was going to be retelling the same events over the same period of time but with a different set of characters. It is a different set of characters (mostly!) but while the story starts at the same time, it doesn't end there. And just as with Breakers, some of the twists completely caught me off guard while still being believable.There are three things I especially appreciate about Robertson: His writing is clear, concise and straightforward without being simple; his characters are very complicated, but Robertson keeps them sympathetic and engaging; and he ends almost every chapter with a great little cliffhanger or reveal that keeps you turning the pages. Trust me, that isn't easy.As I said in my review of Breakers, Robertson's work can stand alongside other dystopian classics like The Stand and Footfall. If you're a fan of the genre, you don't want to miss this series.