Luke Hollands
June 3rd, 2013
Sparkling Books Ltd.
150 pages
Amazon/Book Depository/B&N
MURDER. SPIES. EXPLOSIONS. REVENGE.
Peregrine Harker is about to learn you're never too young to die.
London 1908: A secret society stalks the murky streets, a deadly assassin lurks in the shadows and a series of unexplained deaths are linked by a mystery symbol…
When boy-detective Peregrine Harker stumbles across a gruesome murder he sparks a chain of events that drag him on a rip-roaring journey through a world of spluttering gas lamps, thick fog, deadly secrets and dastardly villains.
Every step of Peregrine’s white-knuckle adventure brings him closer to the vile heart of a terrifying mystery – the true story behind the Brotherhood of the Black Death.
This book was a lot of fun. It follows a young journalist through his attempt to uncover a smuggling ring. As with most books of this nature, he gets himself into a heap of trouble in the process.
The first two thirds of the book were exciting, until it reached the point where pontification was the standard and everyone spent several pages discussing their treacherous plans and discoveries. I've always been more inclined towards books that show me, rather than tell me in long speeches. When it became the norm to have some sort of character speech every chapter instead of any action, I quickly lost interest.
The other problem I had with it was that the characters all talk as though they are at least ten years older than they are. I don't know if its just a sign of the time, or if that's how young people spoke back then, but it seemed forever out of character. When the twenty year old is talking like a puffed up old baron and the fifteen year old protagonist is talking like a young chap in his prime, I honestly didn't know what to do with myself.
Still, it was a solid adventure with plenty of twists and turns.
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