Godchildren Book

This was a tricky one to rate - had to think hard about what I thought and why. Marcus Brand is a wonderfully evil, manipulative spider at the centre of the web he traps his godchildren in. There are clever twists in the story and it kept my interest to the end. The characters and locations were handled well enough they felt real to me. But I do have a few reservations.

It took me several weeks to read because my life has been so hectic, but I had no trouble remembering who was who and what they were getting up to. I started off with the same feeling I have at the start of a series - I'll give the first episode leeway while I get to know the people. Obviously the godchildren made quite an impression as I quickly felt I was getting to know them well. They also developed throughout the work, as people do over the timespan of this novel. Or did they? Thinking back, was it just that they got older, retaining a child-like awe of their godfather when they were in his presence?

I can't help wondering if anyone would really let Marcus get away with what he did. And if he was really that brilliant with his business obfuscations, why did he allow it to all fall apart at the end? At the very least, if he were to stay in character, he would have long since made arrangements that everything illegal could only be pinned on someone else.

But I did enjoy it tremendously!