Serpent Tide

This exciting fiction book is full of adventure and fun. K. L. Fogg was a genius when writing this book. She used the theme of family to bring this book together into something you just can't put down.

Wesley Vandergift is "The Billionaire Boy." You can't expect less from the richest kid in school. Wesley has a billionaire mom, a huge house and yard, and 47 servants to serve him every day. Nothing could be better, right? Wrong. Everything is wrong in Wesley's life and has been for almost 12 years. He has no freedom whatsoever. His rich mother, Imogene Vandergift, is way overprotective and will do anything to keep Wesley safe. He can't help but notice that him and his mother are completely different. He wants to be more like Jack Mackey, the star of the TV show, "The Snake Stalker". Jack Mackey lives in Australia and "stalks" all kinds of dangerous animals like alligators and bats, but his real specialty is snakes. However, Wesley does sometimes experiences these adventures when he finds snakes in his own garden with the help of their gardener Abraham.

Amanda is Wesley's best and only friend in school. All of the kids there think he's some snotty rich kid, but really he's just someone really lonely that is constantly called "Wussley" at school without any reason. That's when everything changes. Maggie, the nearby vet, comes to take a look at Wesley's birthday present when it appears sick and both Wesley and Maggie feel that they've seen each other before but just can't place it. Wesley dives into this adventure, not really knowing how deep he's gotten into it. Could this connection be placed as a real live relative? How can he prove it without getting into gigantic trouble with "EvilGene" Imogene? Turns out he's into much more trouble than he thought possible.

The theme of this book is definitely family. Wesley has never felt like he's had a family and this is his one chance to actually get one. Family is very important to a child. They are the people you can look up to and you can depend on them when you need help. Wesley doesn't have that. For the first time in his life, he has an option to be with real family and this book shows the true meaning of family. They stick up for each other, care for each other, and especially love one another.

This book was great. The characters were practically alive in my head and it was so hard to put the book down because it was so exciting and especially the end of the chapters gave you a huge cliffhanger to think about. I'm still thinking about it because K.L. Fogg wrote it so well and it really makes you wanna start reading the second book to see what happens. This has no swearing and is very appropriate and clean so you don't have to worry about that. I'd recommend this book to anyone because it seems that it has a little bit of everything.

To sum it all up, I really liked this book. These kind of books are my favorite. They have the right amount of adventure, comedy and romance. It was the perfect read and I can't wait to read the second book. (This is a trilogy series.) If you need a book, this is the right one because it will satisfy you. All of these other series leave a huge cliffhanger for the next book but this one has a satisfying ending. So, will Wesley be able to reunite with his family? How will Imogene stop him? Who is his real family? You can only find out with this amazing book, Serpent Tide.

Grade: A