Slow, boring in places.
Please dont let him write another. Great Britain has the worlds greatest authors.
Anthony Horowitz; Alex Rider, Jason Steed, Ravens Gate, Necropolis.
Joe Craig: Jimmy Coates.
Robert Muchamore: Cherub.
All three authors have proved themselves as being the best teen spy writers not only in the country but the world.
Joe Craig who brought us Jimmy Coates is also the couson of James Bond Actor Daniel Crag.
Yet we have comedian Charlie Higson and part time author writing the young adventures of the great fictional character in the world.

By Royal Command is slows. and has James out of character, fleeing the country. The chapters are slow and boring in places.
When the wolrd is reading books by Anthony Horowitz and Stephenie Meyers this is a let down. Take the James Bond name away and you have nothing. I can see why they have not made a film on the series yet made a film about Alex Rider and are going to make a film on the Cherub series.

A Fantastic end to a Brilliant Series
This book was thoroughly enjoyable to read, and after reading all of the previous of the Young Bond series this was no worse than the others. I can't say it was any better as they are simply amazing page turners which have you going for 'just one more chapter'. I read both (young) James Bond and Alex Rider and the two are both superb.
This is worth the pennies, so go and get it NOW! If you haven't read the first 4, do that!

100% great.

A let down. Ok its alright but it out classed
A huge let down. This was Ok, thats all. Boring in a few places, typical in the next. James falls in love this time and acts way out of character compared to the other James Bond books. I am sorry to say the worst of Young James Bond.
Alex Rider author Anthony Horowitz and Jimmy Coates author Joe Craig, Twilight Author Stephene Meyers and Jason Steed author Mark Cooper know how to write about teenagers, love and spys.
Charlie Higson has the ground work done by Ian Flemming yet he does not use it. Please dont let him write another. This sereis should be a number one seller. Its not and never will be, I can see now why they wont make a young Bond movie.
However I give it three stars. Its just after reading Twilight, Jason Steed, The Boys in Stripped Pyjamas, Jimmy Coates and Alex Rider this book is a let down. Its just 'outclassed'
I would still read it if you have read the other boks. Silverfin was good.

A little slow
Not what I thought it would be. very slow, going on and on about facts not required, It seems the author is trying very hard to get a film made of the series, giving details of music ect as someone is killed and lots of non-requored details. The ending was good, but Charlie Higson sems to lack the skill of Ian Flemming or Anthony Horowitz.

A Satisfying end to a surprisingly good series
So we come to a close to the 'young bond' series, which i have to admit was far better than i expected it to be. Praise to Charlie Higson for handling the task emmensly well and for creating a very entertaining series. 'By Royal Command' is the final book in the series and this is the fifth time James Bond, a fourteen year old kid, has managed to get in to some mad far fetched adventure invovlving spies and this time round the prince of whales. So you have to completly abondon any plausability factor and by that i mean it's difficult to beleive that one boy can get mixed up in so many adventures, but still these books are entertaining and if you have read the others the chances are you won't be dissapointed with this. All the right ingrediants are there - the action, the locations, the girls, the allies and of course a larger than life villian, in fact in this story it's difficult to tell who's a friend or an enermy of our hero. There are some nice plot twists, even though the plot does waver in places. Compared to Hurricane Gold there is a lot less action, but there is still ample to keep younger readers fixed. Roan - the love interest is the strongest female friend to appear in the series so far, as her character is given more depth than anyone previously. This makes her the ownly believable thing in the book, but makes for a good love interest for Bond. Considering this is for children i'd have to say Higson over steps the mark on violence throughout the climax. It even made me feel sick let alone a thirteen year old. I wouldn't say that it is the best of the bunch, but it is still a entertaining read and is a satisfying close to a good series. well done Mr Higson.

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