Soft Targets

Kite Identity #1

by Harry Edge

Luke et Megan ont le même père, mais ils se connaissent à peine : Luke, considéré par leur père comme « une erreur de parcours », vit à New York avec sa mère, tandis que Megan termine le lycée en Écosse. Jack Kite, milliardaire, dirige une prestigieuse entreprise de logiciels informatiques à Londres. Lorsque celui-ci meurt dans un accident d’hélicoptère, Luke, plus proche de son oncle à la tête de la succursale new-yorkaise, rejoint Megan à Londres pour l’enterrement. Bientôt, un groupuscule terroriste écologique revendique l’explosion de l’hélicoptère. Quand Megan, que l’on a tenté d’assassiner, apprend que Luke a été exclu du testament, elle le soupçonne d’être à l’origine du complot contre elle et s’enfuit au Japon. Mais qui en veut réellement à sa vie ?

256 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 1, 2010

About the author

HARRY EDGE lives in the UK. He owns four water pistols and has a past career that he would prefer to keep secret. Therefore, Feiwel and Friends has agreed not to reveal his real identity.

When not writing, he likes to read, watch movies, go to rock concerts, and ride his bicycle.

Reviews

[Claire]

It wasnt bad. A little ...Cliche? Predicatable? Probably more suited to a 12 year old who likes action and doesnt much care about the plot holes. Fun enough read though.

[Lois · Rating 4 out of 5]

I decided to read this because I thought 'Spray' was amazing.

So this was a somewhat generic teen-against-the-world kinda book. I liked that sort of thing, so that was fine by me.

Megan and Luke were alright, no blazing personality from either. I felt there should have been a lot more angst and fear given the situation. When one of them cried it felt completely unrealistic given their earlier reactions. It was also pretty obvious who was culpable and the book did little to disguise that. I found myself wondering how on earth this is the first book in a series, where it's going to go.

But I also discovered that I'd like to find that out. Because I was seriously impressed by a back-to-back double twist, which was followed closely by a second back-to-back double twist, both of which caught me out. Those twists really jumped my rating up, and I will likely search out book 2.

[Chloe · Rating 2 out of 5]

Didn't want to finish this book it was a waste of time, the whole story just goes round and round in circles, megan travelling, someone dies, luke is worried, megan travelling, luke...ect. So boring!!! The only reason i kept reading was to find out who was hunting megan and luke down but even then i gave up and just skipped to the back to find out!! DO NOT READ UNLESS YOU WANT TO WASTE YOUR TIME!!

[Robyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fast paced, possibly a little over the top but I liked the action....resourcefulness of the characters.

[Sam · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was a fairly good book and it was really well written and i like how it is people around are age doing stuff i always dream doing so it seems like i did do it.