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A review by jacqueshol
Beneath the Dark Ice by Greig Beck
3.0
I read the prequel (0.5) to this series a while back, and while it was okay, it didn't grab me. After putting off reading the series for some time, I decided to give Beneath the Dark Ice (1.0) a try. It was a fun read, but it tended to drag on a bit in the final 20% of the book. It felt like scenes were repeating themselves, and I felt the book could have been a bit shorter.
Sure, all the cliches are there - the bad doctor scientist, the damsels in distress, the hero that makes Superman look like a wimp, and many characters introduced for the sole purpose of dying, etc. Apologies if the latter is a minor spoiler, but no one reads these books expecting the main characters to die. But still, it provided entertainment, and I will give Dark Rising (book 2 in the series) a chance. Reviewing the ratings for the other books in the series, it does seem that each book rates better than the previous one. It is worth noticing that Beneath the Dark Ice was written in 2009, and Greig Beck's writing has come a long way since then. I believe that Beneath the Dark Ice was his first book published as indicated at https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/greig-beck/. I am therefore confident the series will improve.
Sure, all the cliches are there - the bad doctor scientist, the damsels in distress, the hero that makes Superman look like a wimp, and many characters introduced for the sole purpose of dying, etc. Apologies if the latter is a minor spoiler, but no one reads these books expecting the main characters to die. But still, it provided entertainment, and I will give Dark Rising (book 2 in the series) a chance. Reviewing the ratings for the other books in the series, it does seem that each book rates better than the previous one. It is worth noticing that Beneath the Dark Ice was written in 2009, and Greig Beck's writing has come a long way since then. I believe that Beneath the Dark Ice was his first book published as indicated at https://www.bookseriesinorder.com/greig-beck/. I am therefore confident the series will improve.