Edenborn by Nick Sagan

ISBN# 0451462130

Ratings on scale of 1-10, 1 being the bottom of the barrel, 10the cream of the crop. (Also a WTF? rating Nuff said)

Plot;  5

Hook; 5

Characters; 5

Climax;  7

Soul;  4

Illustrations;  8

Reader Level;  PG-13

After reading Idlewild, I had such high hopes for the follow-up book.  I've seen the publisher mention that the books in this "trilogy" are stand alone.  My response, Hell no.  If I would of just picked up this book without reading Idlewild, there would be little compassion or interest for the characters. 

Nick Sagan did great in Idlewild using first person point of view, he offered glimpses from the main character and built up the suspense.  In Edenborn, he uses first person in a Dracula sorta way.  He has multiple characters giving their views of the events, just like good ole Bram did in Dracula.  Unfortunately, Nick Sagan bit off more than he could chew on this one.  There are a couple of good solid characters, Haiji, Pandora, heck even Malachi, but the rest are just footnotes.  They lack the depth and believability that was shown in the first novel.  One character, Deuce, seems to change from child, to hippie, to angry youth, and finally to anarchist all within a hundred pages.

To sum it up, it was like reading meandering time line of events that were more pebbles than milestones.  I hope Everfree makes up for this sag in the series.