We have all seen or know teenagers like Blade, hard, solitary beings who want or need no-one, at least on the surface. It is quite possible that blade is an unreliable narrator, he openly admits to being a liar and gives us the choice to follow him or wig out and let him go his own way. The rest of the book was even better! Terse, exciting prose with a protagonist that broke the fourth wall and addresses the reader throughout the novel, cluing us in to what he is doing and why. In five pages Mr Bowler made me identify with a seven year-old and turned me into a police-hating Blade fan. Yet by the close of the first chapter of Enemies, I had developed such a hatred of the policeman that was grilling a young Blade in the lock up that I was hoping he would get shanked. I am by nature a law-abiding citizen, I have respect for the organs of state and that includes the police force. I love what he does with ordinary words – he puts them together in such a way that they weave a compelling narrative that sucks you in keeps you gripped to the very end. I will just state for the record that I am a massive Tim Bowler fan.
This extraordinary thriller will attract fans who will clamor for the next book.Meet Blade. This makes for a fast, almost breathless read that will tempt readers to scan ahead for answers. The action scenes create heart-pounding suspense as the characters try to hide and run from their enemies. By writing in first-person from Blade’s perspective, Bowler allows Blade to tell readers only what he wants them to know, even speaking to the readers directly as if he knows what they are thinking (which is consistently spot-on). Bowler does a fine job of creating a believable transition in Blade from loner to protector, with its resulting confusion and self-directed anger. The most compelling relationships are between Blade and Becky, a sixteen-year-old gang member who isn’t tough enough to fit in, and Blade and Jaz, a little girl who trusts him completely.
(“Don’t let anyone tell you girl gangs are a softer touch than boy gangs. He is not seeking the brief connection he makes with Mary, an elderly woman who gives him clothes and a warm place to catch his breath after being attacked and stripped by a gang of girls. Bowler leaves his readers with more questions than answers, cleverly pacing the plot with teasers and chapter-ending cliffhangers that keep readers enthralled all the way to the enigmatic and unexpected ending.īlade is a loner, both by choice and by circumstance, but he is forced into a number of relationships. Tim Bowler, author of Frozen Fire, delivers another riveting suspense novel for teens in his newest work, Blade: Playing Dead, the first in a new series.
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