It might have been a little overwritten in spots, but I think the whole package worked well together.

To keep it honest, I do have to tell you that it jumped around quite a lot and at times I had to pause to figure out what was going on, and who the characters were. I found Red Gods Sing to be an entertaining story. What will happen to Josh, his family, and his friends when all hell breaks loose? That group is now ready to make their big play. A shadow network of what appears to be uber-wealthy families have been controlling humankind from behind the scenes for possibly centuries. No surprise that his love interest is also younger, but theirs is a love that might not work out as they both hope. Josh is a different series of Brobot and his model was designed to appear younger. It moves to the next ‘generation’ of the Brobots, Josh, the ‘son’ of the characters in the previous book. That said, let’s talk about this current book. Hurricanes aside, I would personally stick with recommending reading the first one before this one if you are able to. It probably could, as in essence that is what I did this time because of the not being able to re-read the other one, due to this pesky thing called Hurricane Irma. I read somewhere that this one could be read as a standalone. As I went along, it came back to me, but in pieces, and I’m not sure all of it ever did. I spent a good portion of the beginning of this book trying to remember exactly who the characters were. I had planned on re-reading the first book before starting this one, and I have to say I truly wish I had had the time to do it. Now we have book two in the series, which I’ve been looking forward to. Those of you who read my review of the first book in this series will know that I was captivated by the story of a man…out for a walk, who found legs hanging out of a dumpster…and the story that ensued of the relationship between that man and the robot, or more accurately Brobot, that was attached to the legs. But where will they leave a post-singularity world? (Some of them, at least.)Ī threat is looming, and with it an ultimatum. Josh could be forgiven for being a little forgetful. What’s the one thing you should’ve packed? You’re a robot man living in 2060’s America.

Brobots by Trevor Barton