The Urban Boys - Libroj.org

Poŝlibro, 302 paĝoj

Eldonita je 2-a de septembro 2015 de Two Petals Publishing.

ISBN:: 978-0-9894747-5-7

(1 recenzo)

A suspenseful incident in a forbidden preserve heightens the senses of five friends. Sight, sound, touch, taste, and smell become super-gifts that forever change the world. But furious battles confront the boys as they try to understand their sensory super powers in a race to save mankind. With light beings and mysterious strangers complicating their plight, will the boys be able to defeat the evil Druth before it’s too late? Get prepared for the twisting and grinding of this award-winning, action-adventure story — an edge-of-your-seat narrative for young and mature readers alike.

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Stephanie Jane recenzis The Urban Boys de K.N. Smith

YA fantasy adventure

3 steloj

Discovery of the Five Senses is the first novel in K N Smith's new young adult Urban Boys series. It's a compelling fantasy-adventure in which five school friends find themselves developing interlinked superpowers after a night visit to a local woodland that they had been warned against entering. Initially I wasn't sure how well Smith's writing style suited the story, but her prose grew on me as the tale progressed. I liked how the importance of being a reliable friend was such a strong theme throughout the book, although I did feel poor Josie deserved better, and the depictions of the various parent-child relationships were plausible and authentic.

Discovery of the Five Senses did take a while to get going, mostly, I think, because of how many characters we needed to meet. Short chapters made the early stages feel a little choppy, but once we got going that same brevity …

Discovery of the Five Senses is the first novel in K N Smith's new young adult Urban Boys series. It's a compelling fantasy-adventure in which five school friends find themselves developing interlinked superpowers after a night visit to a local woodland that they had been warned against entering. Initially I wasn't sure how well Smith's writing style suited the story, but her prose grew on me as the tale progressed. I liked how the importance of being a reliable friend was such a strong theme throughout the book, although I did feel poor Josie deserved better, and the depictions of the various parent-child relationships were plausible and authentic.

Discovery of the Five Senses did take a while to get going, mostly, I think, because of how many characters we needed to meet. Short chapters made the early stages feel a little choppy, but once we got going that same brevity really added to the feelings of pace and excitement. I appreciated how Smith intertwined ordinary teenage concerns and problems with the added pressures of the five boys' new superhero lives. The contrasts between the two central towns, pristine Danville Heights and dystopian Sandry Lake, provided clear illustrations of the potential future should the boys fail. I would recommend the novel to fans of young adult fantasy adventure stories, particularly those who, like me, enjoyed John Darryl Winston's IA series.