Wow, cults are
thing you know. Five year old self had no idea.
Born at midnight in London, on the stroke of the new
millennium, Adam is the target of a cult that believes boys born on this date
must die before the end of their thirteenth year. Twelve boys have been killed
so far. Coron, the crazy cult leader, will stop at nothing to bring in his new
kingdom. And now he is planning a bombing spectacular across London to
celebrate the sacrifice of his final victim: Adam.
This book has so
many issues. The believable factor went out the window half way through the
book. It meant to deal with this real thing of cults but all the main
characters, protagonist and antagonist get out situations in ways that make no
sense. Bodily harm is threaten a lot in this book but no one gets majorly hurt (until convenient).
I mean Adam has the best luck in the world, besides having a cult after him.
Coron does as well.
My real issue
with this book that it has the adults and police that only exist in horror films
within it. They’re idiots that don’t question anything, even stuff that clearly
dodgy. In this modern world you don’t get away with just stating things, you
need evidence. Except if you make bomb threat. Plot is just filled with too
many holes to float. Yes, cults are scary and have power but a cult with this
much power would have a very hard time staying secret. These things get out;
they also do crimes in very public places. This is meant to be Young Adults
but it falls more into the Middle Grade age range of well 13 and younger. It’s
too immature for teenagers, mainly due to these plot holes.
I didn’t get
very attached to the characters. They just have their roles in the stories.
The writing
style was alright. It’s written in third person and point of view jumps from
character to character a lot which I liked.
Overall, I gave
this book 3 out of stars for over stimulated ears. It was alright, light read. It
was enjoyable once I ignore my issues with it.
I got this off
Netgalley for a review. It’s published by Macmillan Children's Books and out
now.
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