The first book in the Camelot Code series, The Once and Future Geek , mixed time travel between the medieval world of King Arthur and our own, and it is a very entertaining book. The second book in the series, Geeks and Holy Grail (Hyperion, October 2019), is also entertaining (though not quite as funny; King Arthur as a modern day high school student is hard to beat....). When Morgana, sworn enemy of King Arthur, attacks the druids of Avalon, Nimue, the youngest of them, takes the Holy Grail and runs with it. King Arthur is dying, and only the Grail can save him. Desperate to keep it from falling into Morgana's hands, she stumbles into Merlin's Crystal Cave. But instead of Merlin there to help her (he's on vacation in Los Vegas, in our time), there's only his very inexperienced apprentice, Emrys. His attempt to hide the grail works, in a sense--as a small, flatulent dragon, it sure doesn't look much like a grail. But it isn't much use to Arthur as a...
by Jessica Brody
This is the second book in the Unremembered trilogy, although I have not read the first one. I still felt like I knew what was going on, though, and Unforgotten stands pretty well on its own. It started out strongly, with Seraphina and Zen living in 1609. Due to a technological advancement in the nearish future, both Seraphina and Zen have a gene that allows them to travel through time. Seraphina was created by a company called Diotech, so she has enhanced physical abilities. In the previous book, she had escaped from Diotech, and they now desperately want her back, so she is careful not leave any trace of her identity that Diotech would be able to use to find her.
The time travel aspect was done well, although I wish some parts of it had been explored a little more. I also liked the main plot. It was engaging, interesting, and gave you enough information without giving too much away. The climax and resolve, however, were really unsatisfying. It took away from a lot of the rest of the book and I felt cheated at the end.
This is a 2.2. The overall writing style is good, and Seraphina and Zen were likable enough, but it was like eating a good sandwich and most of the way through discovering that there’s a worm poking out (the book was not bad enough for you to have bitten the worm - just see it). The whole experience is ruined because of that little worm, and the worm signifies the end of the experience.
The time travel aspect was done well, although I wish some parts of it had been explored a little more. I also liked the main plot. It was engaging, interesting, and gave you enough information without giving too much away. The climax and resolve, however, were really unsatisfying. It took away from a lot of the rest of the book and I felt cheated at the end.
This is a 2.2. The overall writing style is good, and Seraphina and Zen were likable enough, but it was like eating a good sandwich and most of the way through discovering that there’s a worm poking out (the book was not bad enough for you to have bitten the worm - just see it). The whole experience is ruined because of that little worm, and the worm signifies the end of the experience.
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