REUNION OF THE UNTOUCHABLES
THE STUDY TRAIN #1
By: Kurt Frenier
FIRST SENTENCE
“Ethan stared out the window.”
SUMMARY
from goodreads
from goodreads
Five hundred years ago, Master Magician Mikhail Pilkington III created a magical flying train, the Study Train. His vision: to take average teenagers aboard, show them the world, and turn them into leaders.
Ethan is invited on the train, escaping his miserable life in Switzerland, and soon discovers that the train is all but ordinary. It is filled with magic, secrets, people with interesting histories, and much more.
Ethan’s intrigue and hunger for knowledge and power catches the attention of a hidden, ancient alliance called the Untouchables. Soon, Ethan learns all their mysteries, powers, and sorcery. He stands out from the rest of the students and is recognized as the long-awaited leader for the Untouchables.
But his dark side – The Dark Fire Inside – grows and becomes much stronger than anyone thought it would.
Ethan gets sucked into a web of conflicts and feuds while battling his own inner feelings.
Will he go for power, or turn toward good?
REVIEW
The Study Train was a good and a not-so-good book for me.
The good was that I enjoyed reading about Ethan’s transformation once he was on the train. I liked that he had to make choices between good and evil. The overall idea of the story was good – a magical train where teens are trained to be leaders and they uncover ancient secrets.
The not-so-good is that I would have liked it much better if the story was told from Ethan’s point of view rather than third person. I would have felt much more connected to Ethan and his thoughts. I also had a very hard time not comparing the story to Harry Potter, and those are just such huge shoes to fill. I tried, but there were too many similarities for me not to compare them.
Thank you to Kurt Frenier for sending this book for me to review.
RATING
3 Plot
3 Characters
3 Attention Grabbing
2 Girlie Meter
3 Ending
14 TOTAL
3 STARS
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