I received a free copy from NetGalley. The kids have powers, yet never really use said powers. There is a mystery, but there is a lot missing in the beginning and doesn't all tie up at the end. It is the first in a series, but it reads like the middle book of a trilogy.

Review: BOBBY ETHER AND THE JADE ACADEMY


Delightfully fast-paced and suspenseful yet heartwarming, this Series has some resonance of Harry Potter and The Secret Garden, yet remains totally enjoyable on its own. The protagonist, the inimitable Bobby, is YA-age, but adults can revel too.

Book source ~ NetGalley

When Bobby Ether makes a too good to be true, amazing, winning shot at his middle school basketball championship, he knows something weird happened, but has no idea what. A mysterious woman named Cassandra who says she knows his grandfather shows up and tells him he’s a wielder of energy. No, it’s not magic and he’s not Harry Potter. She says she needs to protect him from the even stranger men who show up, so she whisks him away. He eventually ends up in their clutches and they take him to a monastery in Tibet, so he can learn all about energy and his particular skills at it. However, Bobby is having a rough time adjusting and he can’t do diddly. That’s when things get even more interesting.

Bobby is 14, but you’d think he’d know better than to run off with strangers. Yet he does. What a tool. Anyway, it’s hard to tell who the bad guys are in the beginning, but soon it’s pretty clear by the creep and jerk factors. The concept is pretty good, the execution not so bad, but the characters lack depth and then it ends in a cliffhanger. Overall though, it’s not a bad read that had me turning the pages to see what would happen next.

This is a good book for young ones. It has adventure and a good ending. It seems more geared to boys but I believe that the girls will enjoy this book as well
Submit
Helpful
Submit
Not Helpful
|Comment|Report abuse