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Okay do this book was slightly less weird than the other two books, but was still very bizarre. The plot was better in this one and I could follow what was going on

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The change: London Orbital and the two books in this trilogy are an alright set of books, which I enjoyed to read, even though these books are aimed at the YA market.

I have to admit, that while these books are a very, very, unique escape, I'm having less and less desire to read them as I go through the series. It's just so much, that I am starting to feel as if it is too much. I kept putting it down, picking it back up. Not really caring if I had forgotten what happened when I last read. It's all so ridiculous it almost didn't matter.

I received this book from NetGalley and the publisher, in return for an honest review. This review is based entirely on my own thoughts and feelings.

Overall rating : 2*
Writing skill : 2*
Plot: 3*
Characters: 1*
Weird unnecessariness: 1*

Okay so this one was slightly less weird than the other two, but still a bit bizarre. The characters were so much less described in this one and there wasn't the back story as much as in the previous books. But the plot was better, and I could follow what was happening. Maybe after the other 2 I just got used to how things jumped around a bit. It was still unbelievable and I have decided I should not read sci-fi any more, it is not for me.

This series is so well written. The best thing about it is the writing. With vivid imagery and strong characters, what's not to love? I loved the Paris setting!

I requested all three of these books at once because I found the concept intriguing. However, unfortunately the books did not gel with me. I have seen positive reviews of this series so it appears that this may gel with other readers.

This time we're in Paris, with Loic, who was previously homeless and has taken on guardianship of a young boy called Adrien. After The Change, everyone's homeless now. When Adrien is captured by the painted men, the Impressionists, he has to decide whether to mount a daring and suicidal rescue or to continue hiding in the catacombs of Paris.

I like how these books introduce you to various cultural or historical features of an area. As it's Paris, there are monsters in the Louvre, an attack Eiffel Tower, self-aware statues and murderous lady guillotine. It didn't quite have the same comedy value as the previous book (I found the kids somewhat annoying) but enjoyed the variety of monstrous characters that relate to French history and culture.

L0ved that this was set in London. An interesting series with lots of monsters and horrors. Loved the monsters perspective! Can imagine it being a big hit in the YA crowd. Reminded me a bit of mazerunner!

Book Review
Title: Paris: A City of Fools (The Change #3)
Author: Guy Adams
Genre: YA/Action/Survival
Rating: ****
Review: After reading London: Orbital and The Queen of Coney Island I was beginning to realize that this series seems to be a companion series which is a bit disappointing as the previous two installments were left unresolved. Paris: City of Fools revolves around Loïc and his friend Adrien who has been kidnapped.
We learn that Adrien is a ten-year-old boy that Loïc rescued after the Change and they live with many other survivors in the catacombs of Paris. We see how life in the catacombs is pretty good for the people living down there as they forage from the city and also grow fungi and other foods under the ground with the living dead. In addition to the creatures roaming the city, the group has to cope with the Impressionists which are creatures made of living paint that kill and kidnap people. In the latest raid while Loïc was doing a food run Adrien is one of the children that is taken by the Impressionists.
As the group managed to catch one of the Impressionist Loïc decides to question it for Adrien’s location. In order to get to Adrien, he releases the creature who takes Loïc to the place where they take the people they kidnap. During the journey to the Louvre, where the Impressionists live, Loïc manages to communicate with the creature and learns that they don’t eat the humans as they are too large, but he eventually sees for himself what happened to them. Loïc is reunited with Adrien but now they are trapped with the Impressionists and Loïc knows that the Impressionists are planning to trade the humans, but he doesn’t know who they are traded with or what they want in return.
After spending the night in the museum the humans are dragged away to be traded. Adrien, Gabi, and Loïc manage to escape in the chaos they caused but now the challenge is getting back into the catacombs without being caught again. In the end, City of Fools does reclaim some of the horrors that drew me in during London: Orbital but not on the same scale. While I would recommend this series for its world building and characters, however, if you are a fan of gore, I’d recommend book 1 but stop there.

Did not read; in context, I read the first book, started the second book, and didn't bother with the third book.

Not really for me in the end. I was confused which is a shame as I generally do like these types of books.

'Paris: A City of Fools (The Change #3)' continues the series by Guy Adams about a world gone strange. I really liked this entry and I think the series is ramping up nicely.

After The Change, humans did what they could to survive. In Paris, that means hiding in the tunnels and foraging when they can. When Loic's friend Adrien gets taken by the Impressionists, Loic does what any friend would do and gives himself over to them. The Impressionists are living paint from art, and they are making their own museum collection. Along with living paint, there are killer marionettes, beings with blades for mouths and needles for fingers. It's a weird, new world out there.

So far, the stories only have The Change in common. In all three books so far, the weirdness has manifested differently. As far as a resolution to what's going on, these are more survival stories that take place in these odd places, but I like the series and I'll happily keep reading.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Solaris Books, Rebellion, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

I just could NOT get into this, it didn't grab me at all and I kept losing my place in the story.

The 3rd in the series and we are whisked off to Paris. Loic is a homeless man living in the sewers. Since rescuing Adrian a young boy, he has someone else to look after and at times he fears the responsibility. There is a strong bond with everyone who lives in the sewer and they all watch out for each other. As well as trying to feed everyone living there, they also must protect themselves from the Impressionist, a very colourful liquid monster. It was not till Adrian was kidnapped do we find out more about these monsters. However, they were not the only weird creatures roaming around Paris, Loic also comes across an eccentric opera singer and her partner. The sadistic owner at the Grand Guignol had an audience to entertain and plenty of people wandering around to become unwilling victims. Written from Loic POV, you could sense his loneliness and despair with the world. Some of the scenes were darker than the first 2 books and I felt that with this book the style of writing change. Whilst there were quite a few minor characters, the author just glanced over them and whilst Loic story was interesting there was not the backstories that the other 2 books had

This was not quite what I expected but intruguing none the less.

After reading The Change: London Orbital I was looking forward to reading this book to see how it developed. Containing a different set of characters, that was fine, I looked forward to a different viewpoint to The Change however, I was disappointed, I felt the story didn’t develop and the story weaker than the previous book. A shame.

(3.5 out of 5)
This book was my favourite of the series so far. The characters, the setting, the plot. It all seemed to come together in this book. I felt more strongly towards these characters and their relationships than I have in previous The Change books.

This book definitely upped the creep factor. The story is told straight from the main character’s point of view, I’m not sure if that helped to up the feeling of darkness and horror, but I definitely found it more enjoyable this way.

As with both the previous The Change books, the shortness of this book is something of an issue for me. They’re not advertised as short stories or novellas so I’d anticipated something longer and if I had paid for them I perhaps would have felt somewhat cheated.

My slight other issue is that these books left way more questions than they answered. Obviously a large part of that is to encourage readers to carry on reading and get the answers so I’m largely reserving judgement on that until I read the final books, but I do find a book works better if some questions are answered as more are posed, otherwise you’re left with a mountain of answers to provide in the final part of a book or series and it can appear rushed or just there for the sake of answering a question rather than woven into the series. So I am wondering how these books will finish and if that will be the case. I hope not!

This story was action packed, yet nothing got resolved and none of the questions I had since the first book were answered. So overall a great dystopian YA, but there’s definite room for a more detailed and expanded plot.

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