Review Time!! Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer

Twelve-year-old Artemis Fowl is a millionaire, a genius—and, above all, a criminal mastermind. But even Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories—they're dangerous! Full of unexpected twists and turns, Artemis Fowl is a riveting, magical adventure.

5 Stars 

Happy New Year everyone! I hope your holidays were merry and Santa brought all the books you wanted! For my first review of the year I am playing a bit of catch up. Right now I am in the middle of rereading the Artemis Fowl series. It is a middle grade series with a snarky prick of a main character. I have got to say that Artemis Fowl was one of my very first book boyfriends growing up. This is a series I grew up with and have been thoroughly enjoying reading over. As the first book in a series I feel like this is a good way to introduce the series. Artemis Fowl has lost his father to the Russian Mafia and now feel like it is his job to maintain the Fowl criminal fortune. Good thing Artemis is a genius. In order to do so he enlist the umm..help from some fairy gold. 

I won't spoil it, but somehow our genius criminal mastermind finds out about the existence of fairy People. There is nothing fairies are known for more than their gold. With the help of his faithful bodyguard Butler, Artemis determines to con the fairies our of their gold. 

The Good

• Great characters: Artemis Fowl, Butler, Holly, Foaly the centaur, and Commander Root are all favorite characters for me. They are witty and easily distinguishable characters. 
• The plot is very fast paced and enjoyable. The mixing of technology and magic is super interesting plus I love me a good fairy book.
• Artemis Fowl is one of those characters that you just fall for in a book. You can't help but root for the little dude, even if he is a crook. His presence really kept me turning the pages!

The Cons

• This is very young and boyish. I know, I know we shouldn't assign genders to books but seriously…it's aimed at little boys. 
•  Juliet is the only character I really don't like in this book. She is a "typical stupid teenage girl" type and I did not appreciate her. Without spoiling anything I will say that her character get's better so not a good reason to give up on the series.

Happy Reading!