Welcome back Pencilore fans; today we will be reviewing Eoin Colfer’s majestic novel – The Fowl Twins.

Myles and Beckett are twins with opposing character traits and quite diverse skills. Myles is a certified genius, a master planner and tactician with nerves of steel. Beckett is a gung-ho adventurous hero, with tremendous physical skills (judo, gymnastics etc) and a preference for action, gutfeel, and intuitive response. Like two halves of a whole, together they are an unstoppable team.

The 12-year-old twins borrow the Fowl family jet and embark on a hair-raising flight. These opening chapters, written in trademark Colfer cinematic style, set the pace for the entire book and give the reader all the background we need to understand these two very different, but very loyal, brothers. 

Sure, they may fight each other like how the Japanese fought the Americans at the end of WW2,but consequently, they are brothers and they will stick together until the end.

As for criticism on Colfer’s part, well, at the start he exaggerates a great many things from the fowl universe and the plot does not move on between pages 48 – 102.

Featuring an AI minder, dwarves, fairies, elves, strangling vines, and a toy troll, there is magic and technology, loyalty and betrayal, friendship, and family love, and good versus evil. 

This book is Eoin Colfer’s second foray into the adventures of the Fowl Twins, and it is a rollicking adventure through the magical world he created for Artemis Fowl. Artemis is currently on a mission to Mars. His younger brothers are now the same age he was when we first met him, right back at the very beginning of the Artemis Fowl phenomenon, which entails 8 books, graphic novels, video games, audiobooks and a movie. 

Colfer creates characters that are multi-faceted. There is legacy in fairy history that drives their prejudices and decisions, and it is hard for us Mud People to predict their responses which creates plot twists and unexpected diversions. 

This is why Colfer is such a great writer – if you haven’t already then read EVERY SINGLE Eoin Colfer book – trust me, you’ll enjoy it.

Personally, I would recommend this book to all ages, but especially those who love comedy – if this ook were a movie, then it would be an Oscar for being the funniest movie ever.

I hope you enjoyed this review – Pencilore(: