The First Escape Book Review

"The First Escape"

by:  G.P. Taylor
Juvenile Fiction

About the Book:

"From the best-selling author of Shadowmancer comes an enthralling new series of illustra-novellas. The First Escape is the first book in the Dopple Ganger Chronicles, a six-book series following three children—Sadie and Saskia Dopple and Erik Morrissey Ganger. Sadie and Saskia are mischievous identical twins living at an orphanage, where Erik is their only friend. They are separated when Saskia is adopted by Muzz Elliott, a wealthy woman searching for her long-lost family treasure. While Saskia stumbles into the center of a crime only she can stop, Sadie and Erik embark on a quest to find her. This book is in an exciting new format called an “illustra-novella,” in which the story is told alternately in graphic novel format and plain text with occasional illustrations."

                                                  

About the Author:

"A motorcyclist and former rock band roadie turned Anglican minister, Graham Peter (G. P.) Taylor has been hailed as "hotter than Potter" and "the new C. S. Lewis" in the United Kingdom. His first novel, Shadowmancer, reached #1 on the New York Times Best Sellers List in 2004 and has been translated into 48 languages. His other novels include Wormwood (another New York Times best seller which was nominated for a Quill Book Award), The Shadowmancer Returns: The Curse of Salamander Street, Tersias the Oracle, and Mariah Mundi. Taylor currently resides in North Yorkshire with his wife and three children."

My Review:

I love the format for this book, Illustranovellas is what it is called and it is so cool!  What I really love is that because it has graphic novel format mixed in, it makes for a quick read and you don't even know it.  This is the first book in the series about a set of Twins with unusual eyes and their mysterious adventures.  It does get a little bit scary but it is a great story overall with plenty of action.  We can't wait to read the second book in the series that is ready to be released.  Since the topic and the characters were right up her alley and the book is geared towards her age group, I let Victoria (11) review this book with me and here is what she had to say:
Victoria's Review:
It was creative how every other page would be a cartoon-like thing.  At first it was hard to remember which was Sadie and which was Saskia, but by the middle of the book I pretty much had it.  I liked it alot and it has alot of really creative names.  There wasn't any "Steve" or "Joe" junk.  I thought the end was different too.  It was all action which I really liked and I can't wait to read the second book.

You can find out about all the books in the Doppleganger Chronicles HERE and get more info on future books in the series. 

*I received a complimentary copy of The First Escape via Tyndale House Publishers for purposes of this review however all opinions are my own and Victoria's.