If you want a crossover, you have it. If you want Artemis to be as smart as he is, you just about have it. But Vathara isn't Colfer, and there are times when her take on Artemis is just that jarring degree of off from the books- such as using idioms more suited to Kenshin Himura than Artemis Fowl the Second; or having an emotional confrontation with his father in the presence of an audience. An audience of strangers.
The plot is actually two plots; one of a growing tension between the Fowl family, and one of the villainous plot that has led fairy technology into the hands of the avengers. Only the Avengers plot comes to a satisfactory conclusion, whilst the Fowl drama muddles its way to a lack of conclusion within a structure that does not suit it well.
The Fowl family drama feels forced; and more so on a re-read, leaving the reader with the impression that the author desired such tension, and had to set it with his family, because Artemis Fowl, aged fifteen, would hardly refrain from breaking anyone else who trapped him as they had. While Colfer never gave us enough characterization on his father to call him OOC here, some of his choices and actions in the story leave the reader wondering how he can have survived to the ill-fated voyage from canon.
If you are here for an installment in the Avengers franchise and a fun crime mystery, you will probably be pleased.
FanficRecs Three out of five stars
If you want a crossover, you have it. If you want Artemis to be as smart as he is, you just about have it. But Vathara isn't Colfer, and there are times when her take on Artemis is just that jarring degree of off from the books- such as using idioms more suited to Kenshin Himura than Artemis Fowl the Second; or having an emotional confrontation with his father in the presence of an audience. An audience of strangers.
The plot is actually two plots; one of a growing tension between the Fowl family, and one of the villainous plot that has led fairy technology into the hands of the avengers. Only the Avengers plot comes to a satisfactory conclusion, whilst the Fowl drama muddles its way to a lack of conclusion within a structure that does not suit it well.
The Fowl family drama feels forced; and more so on a re-read, leaving the reader with the impression that the author desired such tension, and had to set it with his family, because Artemis Fowl, aged fifteen, would hardly refrain from breaking anyone else who trapped him as they had. While Colfer never gave us enough characterization on his father to call him OOC here, some of his choices and actions in the story leave the reader wondering how he can have survived to the ill-fated voyage from canon.
If you are here for an installment in the Avengers franchise and a fun crime mystery, you will probably be pleased.