I just finished reading the fifth installment in the Artemis Fowl series today; The Lost Colony. The series is mainly aimed at kids as far as I know, but I still can’t help but to thoroughly enjoy it. I’ve loved every single book in the series so far, they are a very easy read and it’s those type of books where you get pretty engulfed in the action and just want to keep on reading. Like the previous books in the series, it didn’t take me too long to finish this one either.

If you’re not too familiar with these books, Artemis Fowl is a wealthy teenage genius who mixes himself up with the world of fairies, gnomes, trolls and imps in his search for power and gold. It’s a sort of Harry Potter light, but it’s not really fair to compare them, as they deal with very different things and their premises are not the same. Artemis Fowl is a bit more light weight in the language, and also contains a bit more tongue in cheek humour, which is totally delightful.

In book five, Artemis gets involved with the destruction of a (you guessed it) colony, where imps-cum-demons live, only waiting to slay the human population. Luckily he gets helps from the fairy police and his friend-slash-bodyguard as usual. This time he also runs into a worthy opponent wanting to get ahold of one of the demons who are being randomly transported to earth as a result of their colony’s impending destruction.

Enjoyable read, as usual from Artemis Fowl.

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