![]() ![]() Words like “hell” and “damn” flow freely in descriptive passages as the tension mounts. Not only is the content of the book much more adult, but so is the form. ![]() It even includes a classic Bondian torture scene (but don’t panic, parents, the torture is more about endurance than person-to-person sadism). This is a tougher, darker, much more violent book than SilverFin. The key difference seems to be that SilverFin was written as a children’s book (that could still be appreciated by adults) while Blood Fever appears to have been written with a more adult readership in mind. I said JAMES BOND novel because this is a book that could have come from the pen of Ian Fleming. Notice I didn’t qualify this by saying “Young Bond” or “continuation” novel. This is NOT the case with Young Bond Book 2: Blood Fever, which takes a confident quantum leap into maturity and gives Bond fans of all ages one of the best James Bond novels yet written. ![]() A risky concept this Young Bond idea, and in SilverFin, author Higson and the 007 copyright holders showed signs of understandable uncertainty. Clearly a book written for a preteen target audience, it too often seemed to mimic a Harry Potter adventure. For this old 007 fan, Charlie Higson’s first Young Bond novel, SilverFin, was a mixed bag. ![]()
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