BW Media Spotlight

Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter (or possibly multiple chapter for this one) of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.

Last time we checked in with our “friends” at Op-Center, and not only are we doing the evil twin story way too early, but they’re taking the competent member of the team out of the loop. Too bad he’s also the one in charge.

Speaking of too early, I was expecting this, but not this soon. After the first novel I knew we’d have chapters so short that they had to be read with other chapters. We have reached that at chapter four, lasting two pages, while chapter five is five. Chapter six is also five pages, but we’ll barely count that as a chapter. That’s the problem when every chapter is a scene and there isn’t much to go over in a scene. Again, I really hope some of you authors out there go over your thought process when it comes to choosing chapter breaks in your novel. I make comics, so it’s not currently an issue with me, though one story idea I have would make a better novel series than a comic. I just wonder if I’m being too harsh or if these books really do have a hard time getting chapter breaks right.

Our longer chapter is in Russia, while the short one is in Brighton Beach. I’m not sure which Brighton Beach because I don’t read the chapters before writing the intros. It keeps things authentic when I have questions going in. All I know is we won’t be seeing the regular cast, and that’s usually a good thing according to the last book. With that, let’s dive in and see what’s going on. Continue reading →