Enter the Bluebird Brendan Halpin Books
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"Something was wrong. Julie flew to the ceiling." Julie Rouge is nearly 16 and can't wait to join her mother, the masked crimefighter Red Talon, patrolling the crime-ridden streets of New Edinburgh. Unfortunately, Julie's mom has disappeared, and, while searching for her, Julie is going to discover that the city she calls home is even nastier, more corrupt, and riddled with toxic secrets than she ever knew. With brutality and betrayal around every corner, Julie will need the help of some unlikely friends and strength she never knew she had in order to become the hero she was born to be.
Enter the Bluebird Brendan Halpin Books
Don't let the title fool you.This was a well-told story, but I feel that it is a bit too dark and violent for a story which seems to be aimed at the teen market. Although stacked up against the current dark/urban fantasy trend for YA/Teen readers, it's probably not a lot different from those.
I read the sample and decided to give it a try, but I wish now I'd passed on it. The sample doesn't begin to give the reader more than a small taste of the violence and darkness that follows where it leaves off. The heroine's worst fears are realized and then some.
The violence is fairly graphic at times. There's blood, beatings, broken bones, broken teeth, and dead bodies. The setting of New Edinburgh is ruled by a Syndicate presiding over the trade of a powerful addictive drug. And there's a 16 year old girl dealing with things that a 16 year old girl should never have to deal with. (No spoilers)
The ebook is well-formatted and doesn't have the excess of grammatical and spelling errors that plague a lot of ebooks.
The story gets a bit weak when the teen crush enters the picture and though it finishes well it never fully recovers. Tyler is an embodiment of the jarring disconnect between the preppy world of St. Andrews and the gritty drug slums of Pollock Hills. Julie is way too trusting and naive for someone who's expecting to be ambushed and killed at any moment.
The story ends with an interesting twist and the characters emerge much the wiser (hopefully) with the stage set for a sequel.
But I would never let my 14 year old read this, and think this should have been written and marketed for a more mature audience.
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Enter the Bluebird Brendan Halpin Books Reviews
What's not to love about an action-packed YA superhero book, one with a flawed yet cheer-on-able (I know that's not a real word. But I wanted to use it anyway.) lead character? What if the action hero was a girl? Mind-blowing, I know. Girls are supposed to be the ones getting saved, not doing the saving. Or they're relegated to the role of secondary superhero. But not in this one. The good guys in this story don't need cups in their costumes (at least, not below the belt...).
Okay, I should probably start over. I'm getting sidetracked and quippy because of how much fun this book was, but I should begin at the beginning, as the King of Hearts says, and bring you along with me. Sorry about that.
I was first introduced to author Brendan Halpin when I read A Really Awesome Mess, his collaboration with Trish Cook about a teen rehabilitation center, which was great. So when I had the opportunity to review his latest project, Enter the Bluebird, I jumped at the chance. (Not literally. I have a bad knee from years of dance classes, performances, etc.) My interest was further piqued when I learned that Halpin had run a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund the book's production. He must have had quite a bit of faith in this story in order to put it all on the line like that, right? My question was whether or not he was on track. I mean, you can Kickstart just about anything these days, and some of the ideas are truly terrible.
But not this one. Enter the Bluebird is a truly excellent book. Let's start with the cover, shall we? I mean, look at it. Even if I'd never heard of the author, I can pretty much guarantee that this book would catch my eye and I would snatch it off the shelf for a closer look.
Then there's the story itself. Enter the Bluebird is about Julie Rouge, a teen girl who's been training under her mother, Sonia (superhero Red Talon), and is eager to embark on her own crimefighting career. Sonia works hard to train Julie as rigorously and meticulously as possible, but Julie becomes frustrated with her mother's protectiveness and longs to get out there and kick some butt. Her chance comes all too soon when her mother goes missing and Julie is left to solve the mystery of her mother's disappearance and fight The Syndicate, which is exactly what it sounds like a pack of bad guys who not-so-secretly runs the city.
This book contains everything a superhero book should it's got humor, tons of action, a dystopic city in need of redemption, a heartbreaking backstory, terrifying villains, and a heroine that makes you want to stand up and cheer. Plus, the action scenes are clean and, as such, are some of the best I've ever read. All too often, authors get caught up in description, and the fight scenes suffer for it. "A little less talk, a little more action" is the way I like my literary fisticuffs, and this book truly delivers on the action.
All in all Worth reading, and worth buying for teen guys and girls. I know that the book is almost always better than the movie (with rare exceptions; I'm looking at you, Fight Club), but I'd still like to see this one on the big screen. It's a great book, and it has the potential to be an awesome flick under the right direction.
Note I received a free review copy of this book.
I am a woman of few words so I will just say I picked up this book although it is a genre I don't think I would have usually chosen. I really enjoyed it and I'm glad I gave it a chance!
I came to this book with no expectations (just a friend saying he enjoyed it) and enjoyed the hell out of it. Really well-paced, fun characterization, and compelling villains.
This is my first exposure to YA novels in a number of years and the first superhero(ine) one since childhood. I truly enjoyed the read. Loved the blend of humor along with heartache, the settings were well depicted, and the character development of the lead throughout the book was solid.
Good read for anyone who likes superheroes, a solid plot, or a good double-cross or two!!
I don't read much science fiction, and when I first started the book wasn't so sure it was for me. But I came to enjoy it quickly and was rooting for Julie before long. I'm hoping this could be the start of a series.
ENTER THE BLUEBIRD by Brendan Halpin reminded me in the best way of the old Batman TV show with Adam West and Burt Ward, when superheroes were a little less flashy but had more heart. The book--Kickstarted, how appropriate is that--has that same fun mix of action and earnestness, humor and darkness, camp and thrill. I especially liked Julie's complicated origin story. May The Bluebird fly again!
Don't let the title fool you.
This was a well-told story, but I feel that it is a bit too dark and violent for a story which seems to be aimed at the teen market. Although stacked up against the current dark/urban fantasy trend for YA/Teen readers, it's probably not a lot different from those.
I read the sample and decided to give it a try, but I wish now I'd passed on it. The sample doesn't begin to give the reader more than a small taste of the violence and darkness that follows where it leaves off. The heroine's worst fears are realized and then some.
The violence is fairly graphic at times. There's blood, beatings, broken bones, broken teeth, and dead bodies. The setting of New Edinburgh is ruled by a Syndicate presiding over the trade of a powerful addictive drug. And there's a 16 year old girl dealing with things that a 16 year old girl should never have to deal with. (No spoilers)
The ebook is well-formatted and doesn't have the excess of grammatical and spelling errors that plague a lot of ebooks.
The story gets a bit weak when the teen crush enters the picture and though it finishes well it never fully recovers. Tyler is an embodiment of the jarring disconnect between the preppy world of St. Andrews and the gritty drug slums of Pollock Hills. Julie is way too trusting and naive for someone who's expecting to be ambushed and killed at any moment.
The story ends with an interesting twist and the characters emerge much the wiser (hopefully) with the stage set for a sequel.
But I would never let my 14 year old read this, and think this should have been written and marketed for a more mature audience.
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