I’m about 2/3 through the first book now (Beyond the Relefection’s Edge? I always get his book titles and series titles mixed). I’m not loving it–not sure if it’s just my own bias or because it’s actually not that great. Probably the former. Yeah, very probably. The writing is very casual and modern-sounding, and he spends more time on world-building and the intricacies of sci-fi systems than he does on the characters, which is…not my thing. Other than that, I’m enjoying it. The whole parallel universe thing is cool. Daryl and Clara are great, and most of the characters seem a lot more realistic than the DioM ones. (*cough*NoWalterandBonniehooray!*cough*)

Nathan is amusing…he’s been through gunfights and car chases and encounters with villains aplenty, yet in other areas, like the type of thing any public school kid would consider normal, he’s incredibly sheltered. It’s interesting.

Haha, I noticed that…I figured that there had to be some ulterior motive behind the startling amount of car chases. But then there’s the romance/pseudo-romance, which I know would turn my brothers (at least) off…it’s almost like he’s making sure to include both just to make everyone happy. Unfortunately I have no particular love toward either so it didn’t work here. (which is fine of course)

It certainly beats Alex Rider and the like! The whole music and mirror theme is cool too.

Good to know. I have the second book waiting round to be read after the first…looking forward to it. Oh yeah, book three just came out a few days ago, didn’t it? How is it so far?

I’m almost done with Nightmare’s Edge right now, and am really quite liking it. Not as good as the first two (which I absolutely LOVED) but still quite a bit better than DIOM (in my humble opinion, which is most likely quite a bit different than anybody elses!)

Finished the book. The reasons I disliked it are all because I’m not a big fan of the genre to begin with (modern Christian fiction, sci-fi, etc) so they don’t count.

Jordan said:I actually liked the romance/pseudo-romance. While I’m not a big fan of teen romance, I really thought that Bryan Davis had a nice twist on it.

I mean, in DIOM he had Bonnie trying to bring Billy to Christ, but he’s practically a Christian to begin with. Contrast that to EFTE, where Nathan is trying to reach Kelly, his stepsister (so he can’t get away from her) he knows hasn’t lived all that rightly, all while trying not to overstep the boundaries his father hammered into him from childhood… Now you’ve got me hooked!

Hmm, true. Yes, their relationship (and the mix of brother-sister/romantic-ish tension)is MUCH more interesting than Billy and Bonnie’s. (Though, Kelly’s “past” and Nathan’s angst about it–WHAT past? LOL, I don’t see that much to overcome, as she certainly turned out more innocent than any average public school kid. I suppose it’s meant to say more about Nathan’s upbringing and mindset than Kelly herself, which makes sense.)

Anyhow, it was good, just not my type of book really. Still going to read the second, soonish.