THE GULLWING ODYSSEY by Antonio
Simon, Jr.
Mistaken
for an emissary he is not, Marco Gullwing embarks on an adventure that changes
his life. But all he wants to do is
deliver his message/parcel. He runs
across various characters in his travels that want to change him into something
he is not, even hisself. This is a fanciful
tale of self-discovery.
The
story is full of wonderful, colorful, crazy characters and locations. Antonio did a great job bringing each
character to life and letting them follow their own paths. Other than Marco, my other favorite characters
were Barclay, Dria and Alexis. I loved
the repartee between Marco and Barclay and the growing romantic relationship
between Dria and Marco.
This
story is full of tongue-in-cheek and play-on words. Some of it so subtle I would stop and think,
Did the author just do that? And yup, he
did. I laughed out loud in quite a few
places. Two scenes that really stick
with me are the innocent, little hummingbird that suddenly dive-bombs Marco and
starts drilling into his nose to get to his brain. Makes me shudder and wipe my nose. Yuck!
And the non-violent battle at the palace. Very ingenious. I chuckled a lot over that.
But
for all the fun I had with this story, there were parts I didn’t like. He has a problem with redundancy. The same actions and words repeated over and
over. Palms up, face furrowed flattening
the brow. And as wacky as this story is,
the cover could have been more dramatic.
Also, for being a published vs indie title, there were too many
proofreading errors.
I
highly recommend this book for a light fanciful read and I give it my 4
feathers.
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