Kyle

Excellent and somewhat underrated

Revisado: 05-26-13

There have been some negative reviews of books in this series. These reviews are not exactly incorrect, but in my view they are rather missing the point. For what it is, 'Keeping it Real' is quite good. You can look at it in a few different ways (of which I will mention 2). You can look at it as a novel version of something "Tomb Raider"- a fair bit of action and some chewy scifi and fantasy elements to round it out. If you like that sort of thing (and I do, from time to time) then this will suit just fine, although maybe I would stop at book 1 if that's all you want. If you want to look a little deeper the story is something that I personally find very enjoyable; a 'broken' character in the process of being fixed. This is something I haven't seen done much, and if you get hung up on the superficial aspects of the setting- love 'em or hate 'em- you might miss this underlying theme. It brings wonderful texture to the story and some of the most fascinating character development I've seen anywhere. You don't just get to watch interesting characters bounce off each other, you get to see them genuinely grow and change in a believable way while at the same time being upbeat. A lot of books tend to be either two dimensional in characterization or else fall into the trap of angst overdose. This does neither, and it does so charmingly.

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