From the cover:
"Criminal genius runs in the family...
Myles and Beckett are eleven-year-old twins, but the two boys are wildly different. Beckett is blonde, messy and sulks whenever he has to wear clothes. Myles is fanatically neat, he has an IQ of 170, and he wears a fresh suit every day like his older brother, Artemis Fowl.
Perhaps you have heard of the Fowl family and their adventures?
This Fowl adventure is filled with the most unusual of individuals: an immortal duke, a miniature troll, a nunterrogator and a Police Specialist that's 42% elf. And of course, the Fowl twins - one a certified genius with a criminal leaning, and the other possessing an unusual talent that has not been fully explored... yet!
Here begins the second documented cycle of Fowl Adventures."
Aw yes, I missed that Artemis Fowl voice, and it is back! I was trying to figure out how to summarize the book, and I guess the tl;dr version is this: "Myles and Beckett, along with a toy troll and a Pixel, are kidnapped by a nun while being stalked by a 150-year-old man obsessed with living forever, then spend the rest of the book trying to get home." It sounds simplistic, but I promise...it's fantastic. There are references to the future sprinkled throughout that I enjoyed (and look forward to hopefully reading more about in future books!), and my one big wish is that there was like 25% more Beckett. Beckett is my favorite. Myles, a close second, is even more snarky than his older brother, and I am here for it. The only character I was iffy about was Jeronima, mostly because her Spanglish was weird and sometimes...not Spanish? Granted, I am by no means fluent, but I'm pretty sure there was some French and Italian mixed in there, which was odd. Other than that, though, it's a great adventure and a fun read!
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