Book Review: Deny All Charges
Deny All Charges
by Eoin Colfer
Blurb: The second Fowl Twins adventure starts with a bang – literally.
Artemis's little brothers Myles and Beckett borrow the Fowl jet without permission, and it ends up as a fireball over Florida. The twins plus their fairy minder, the pixie-elf hybrid Lazuli Heitz, are lucky to escape with their lives.
The Fowl parents and fairy police force decide that enough is enough and the twins are placed under house arrest. But Myles has questions, like: who was tracking the Fowl jet? Why would someone want to blow them out of the sky? These questions must infuriate someone, because Myles is abducted and spirited away from his twin.
Now Beckett and Lazuli must collaborate to find Myles and rescue him – not easy when it was Myles who was the brains of the operation. Their chase will take them across continents, deep underground, and into subaquatic super villain lairs. They will be shot at, covered in spit, and at the receiving end of some quite nasty dwarf sarcasm. But will Beckett be able to come up with a genius plan without a genius on hand…?
Cover Review: Like the first book, this cover features both boys and stands out nicely with it's orange color. It gives a hint at the adventures inside without spoiling anything. (And then they had to go and change the covers to something way less cool.)
Plot: From the opening with the Fowl Twins in a jet, to the ending where Miles brings down a building, there is a lot of page-turning action. It's nicely interspersed with moments to catch your breath and witty dialog that always makes me chuckle. It didn't deal with the main villain of the series, much like Artemis Fowl, but we did have a cool secondary villain, a dwarf woman named Gvelt.
Characters: Miles and Beckett continued to be their amazing selves in this book, but also experienced some growth as they managed to do some of what their twin is good at. I love that they're twins as well.
The Fowl parents had some page time this time too. It was nice to actually have them doing a bit of something for once. I liked Gvelt as a villain, and it's cool to see a dwarf woman, which is less common in media. The other great character was her second in command, whose name I can't remember because it was very similar to Gvelt. So much drama with them.
World: Settings for this one included more of the Fowl island, Dublin, a very cool dwarf tunnel. I love the mix of fairy worlds and human ones.
Rating: 5 stars
Have you read this book? Which is your favorite twin (mine is Beckett)? Tell me in the comments.
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