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The Blurb On The Back:
WANTED: SCARLETT AND BROWNE
Scarlett McCain is a shoot-first-ask-questions-later kind of outlaw. She survives on bank heists, her wits - and never looking back.
That is until she meets Albert Browne, a boy with a dark past and an even darker talent. Thrown together in a lawless future Britain, populated by strange and savage beasts, the two must escape across the wilderness - with deadly enemies close behind.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Jonathan Stroud’s YA post-apocalyptic fantasy thriller (the first in a new series) sets up solid character and world-building against an otherwise straightforward chase plot with enough action and brutal death to hold my attention despite the twists being a little obvious and the antagonists a little two dimensional. That said the unresolved mysteries and hints at a wider arc mean that I will definitely read the sequel.
THE OUTLAWS SCARLETT & BROWNE was released in the United Kingdom on 1st April 2021. Thanks to Walker Books for the review copy of this book.
Scarlett McCain is a shoot-first-ask-questions-later kind of outlaw. She survives on bank heists, her wits - and never looking back.
That is until she meets Albert Browne, a boy with a dark past and an even darker talent. Thrown together in a lawless future Britain, populated by strange and savage beasts, the two must escape across the wilderness - with deadly enemies close behind.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Jonathan Stroud’s YA post-apocalyptic fantasy thriller (the first in a new series) sets up solid character and world-building against an otherwise straightforward chase plot with enough action and brutal death to hold my attention despite the twists being a little obvious and the antagonists a little two dimensional. That said the unresolved mysteries and hints at a wider arc mean that I will definitely read the sequel.
THE OUTLAWS SCARLETT & BROWNE was released in the United Kingdom on 1st April 2021. Thanks to Walker Books for the review copy of this book.
