The Vexed Generation
Ratings26
Average rating4.2
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Ratings26
Average rating4.2
Mattie and Brewster are normal, typical 16-year-old twins who live with their normal, boring parents: Martin and Gwen Banks. Normal and boring, that is, until the day their father's best friend shows up at their house - dressed in what appears to be a bathrobe. The next thing Mattie and Brewster know, their parents are frozen like human statues in their living room, the guy in the bathrobe has vanished, and they need to find answers - fast. The twins set off on a quest to discover the truth of their parents' lives. Along the way they find secrets, lies, magic, time travel, strange new friends, stranger new enemies, and a really weird dirigible (which, they're told repeatedly, is not a blimp). It is a twisted and bizarre trail that, they hope, will lead them to the man they blame for their parents' peril: Phillip.
Series
6 primary booksMagic 2.0 is a 6-book series with 6 primary works first released in 2013 with contributions by Scott Meyer.
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Probably the weakest in the series so far, but still fun. I wish they had been a little more creative with the kids' personalities instead of making them carbon copies of Gwen and Martin. Even switching the genders to make Bruceter the “smart” one would've been nice.
Even 6 books I'm surprised by how much I laughed out loud while reading the latest in the Magic 2.0 series. Every book in this series has been pure fun. Somehow by introducing a handful of new characters all at once, the series gets new energy while also helping to bridge some of the odd time gaps created. Like all of the others in the series, this is a standalone book, but is best read in order. I only hope Meyer keeps writing these because I love reading them.
Executive Summary: A much better entry than its predecessor. The new characters really breathed life into a series that for me seemed to be running out of ideas.
Audiobook: Luke Daniels does his usual fantastic job. This series is currently an audible exclusive, but even if it wasn't I'd do this one in audio anyways. He does a variety of voices and really adds that extra something to the book.
Full Review
I really have enjoyed this series. Some more than others. I find most of the main characters kind of obnoxious but I find the humor pretty solid and the world building fantastic. The time travel element has never been my favorite part and I feel like the last book really took that to an extreme.
Thankfully this book used it far less and instead focused on largely new characters. There is Gilbert and Sid who have show up with cameos a few times in the series, but have had very little “screen time”. I found them probably the most likable of the magicians in the series so far.
And instead of the main focus being Martin, Gwen and Phillip instead its Martin and Gwen's kids: Mattie and Brewster. They are typical teenagers and much like the other characters in the series can be frustrating at time. However it's a new kind of frustration and that plus Gilbert and Sid.
I think this book works as kind of a soft reboot and I'll be curious to see what he has in store for the next book.
