Deny All Charges by Eoin Colfer – Book Review

This is the second book in the Fowl Twins series and I just love being back in this world.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

Synopsis from Goodreads:

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…? 

The nostalgia of my childhood from reading Artemis Fowl books and then getting to see how the twins are similar and yet so different from Artemis. I love the dynamic between Myles and Beckett and how they are so different from each other but know each other so well. I love their relationship so much. They each have different strengths and they work so seamlessly together and know that each have different strengths.

The fact that Myles is the brains and Beckett is the brawn and yet in this book they were forced to swap roles made us see each of them in a new light and I loved seeing this other side of them. It increased the stakes and I was truly worried about them at some points in the story.

Eoin Colfer is great at making us second guess ourselves and what we think is happening in the story. We may think we know what’s going to happen but then it takes us completely by surprise. I just loved that so much. How no one is truly a trustworthy narrator and who are truly the “bad guys.”

These books are full of morally grey characters including Myles who’s motivations we can never truly trust and it is often Beckett who keeps him toeing the line to completely go full criminal mastermind. I really loved that about Myles that while he has ulterior motives he still has a moral compass which makes him ensure the safety of others at times putting himself in danger to save the others.

This story is action packed and full of snarky, sarcastic characters which will have you laughing out loud. I love the writing style and sassy characters especially when you see two young boys sassing adults and even fairies because they always underestimate the twins.

This book is fast paced, a great story and wonderfully interesting characters that will leave you wanting more, long after you finish the book.

The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer – ARC Review

I won this ARC at YALC this summer and I literally died of excitement because the Artemis Fowl series is one of my favourite childhood books and I am so happy that I was able to get an ARC!

Reading this book was such a nostalgic experience and I have absolutely missed being in this world and Artemis’ siblings are every bit as sassy and sarcastic as he was and wow I just loved this book!

Rating: 5/5

Synopsis from Goodreads:

Criminal genius runs in the family…

Myles and Beckett are eleven-year-old twins, but the two boys are wildly different. Beckett is blonde, messy and sulks whenever he has to wear clothes. Myles is fanatically neat, he has an IQ of 170, and he wears a fresh suit every day like his older brother, Artemis Fowl.

Perhaps you have heard of the Fowl family and their adventures?

This Fowl adventure is filled with the most unusual of individuals: an immortal duke, a miniature troll, a nunterrogator and a Police Specialist that’s 42% elf. And of course, the Fowl twins – one a certified genius with a criminal leaning, and the other possessing an unusual talent that has not been fully explored… yet!

Here begins the second documented cycle of Fowl Adventures.

Well, this book had me hooked right from the beginning, I ended up reading it in 2 evenings because I just could not put it down! If you read the Artemis Fowl series you will be familiar with this world and what type of crazy mayhem to expect and this book certainly takes you on a wild ride.

Eoin’s writing is sassy and sarcastic and I really love his writing style, it sucks you into the story and keeps you reading. I especially think that young kids and teens will love this type of writing style as it will immerse them into the story because it is fun and make them laugh, this book is hilarious! It has a sarcastic humour which is totally my type of thing.

It was also a great introduction to Myles and Beckett who are twins but very different from each other. Myles is like Artemis was when we first met him, and Beckett is very different but also pretty much a mystery. So while we can imagine what Myles might do and behave, it was more difficult to try to figure out what Beckett would do. It was interesting to slowly learn more about Beckett and realise he may actually be pretty smart, more than what Myles gives him credit for. I really loved them both and the faerie we meet in this that is obviously meant to be what Holly was for Artemis.

Fowl and fairy, fairy and Fowl, friends forever

This book left me feeling so nostalgic for Artemis and missing his adventures with Holly and Butler especially as we get small glimpses of who he is now and while he isn’t actually there the scenes made feel really proud of him.

This story is action packed, with great characters and full of sarcastic, witty humour. It’s inventive and I really can’t wait for the next book! I hope we get to see some Holly, Butler and Artemis scenes in this series too!