Eoin Colfer's "Artemis Fowl" books have burst upon the books for boys scene in the last few years. The feature the boy criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl, and his impressive bodyguard Butler - guarding and guiding him as he plots his amazing stratagems. There are dastardly schemes, and high tech resources - and it that was all then it would just be like so many of the boys' adventure books out there. What makes the Artemis Fowl books different is the addition of fairies. Now fairies aren't necessarily what you would expect in a boy like this, but Colfer has developed fairies with attitude. There are elves, pixies, goblins, dwarves and others, all ...  Read the complete review

Artemis fowl has always been one of my favourite books which i've followed and read. The story line so far has been packed with excitement and nearly unbeleivable lines of events. Adding in a time travel has nearly just pushed the series into the realm of unbeleivable. The book as a whole was enjoyable to read and very interesting. At times you would stop and just wonder what the person who wrote it was like, the genious in some of the story lines. One thing to note, to really enjoy the story line to it's potential, you really must have read the previous 5 books. Starting at the end would spoil it! Artemis Fowl is a young genious who finds out about a ...  Read the complete review

I have always been a huge fan of the Artemis Fowl book series so unsurprisingly when i heard a 6th book was being published I immediately placed a pre-order and read it as soon as i could get my hands on it. The Artemis fowl series centres around the young genius Artemis Fowl, his faithful companion Butler and his adventures with the People. The first book is when Artemis discovers the people and first comes into contact with them. He kidnaps an LEP (Lower Elements Police) officer, Captain Holly Short and thus begins the battle for fairy gold. The second adventure Artemis and the people share is a rescue mission to the Arctic and the ...  Read the complete review