Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: The best of the X-Men novels. Review: *Note--contains spoilers.*Eluki Bes Shahar is certainly one of the better writers Marvel has gotten for their novels. Ms. Shahar manages to both do justice to established characters, such as the X-Men and Mr. Sinister, while bringing life to new creations, such as the wonderful "Ohio Mutant Conspiracy." The only flaw I could find was the Wolverine-like woman; it seemed to detract from the rest of the work. Otherwise, highly recommended for Marvel Comics fans.
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: The best of the X-Men novels. Review: *Note--contains spoilers.* Eluki Bes Shahar is certainly one of the better writers Marvel has gotten for their novels. Ms. Shahar manages to both do justice to established characters, such as the X-Men and Mr. Sinister, while bringing life to new creations, such as the wonderful "Ohio Mutant Conspiracy." The only flaw I could find was the Wolverine-like woman; it seemed to detract from the rest of the work. Otherwise, highly recommended for Marvel Comics fans.
Rating: ![4 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-4-0.gif) Summary: Quick paced Review: Great reading. If not for the cover art you would not know the villians id. till near the end.
Rating: ![4 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-4-0.gif) Summary: It was an X-Men book, therefore It was cool Review: I thought Smoke and Mirrors had an interesting plot. The Children OF THe Atom were trying to stop a law that was called the Emergency Intervention Bill from being passed. It wanted complete control over mutants. I think it got confusing when Mr. Sinister explained to the X-Men what his plan really was becausing he was posing as a scientest.
Rating: ![4 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-4-0.gif) Summary: It was an X-Men book, therefore It was cool Review: I thought Smoke and Mirrors had an interesting plot. The Children OF THe Atom were trying to stop a law that was called the Emergency Intervention Bill from being passed. It wanted complete control over mutants. I think it got confusing when Mr. Sinister explained to the X-Men what his plan really was becausing he was posing as a scientest.
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: Loved the book, all but the end Review: I thought Smoke and Mirrors was an excellent book, the characters were well described and the author was able to go into it more than the comics do. It kept me on the edge of my seat and it just left me hanging, I hated the "ending". If you have to have closure in a book, you probably don't want to read it.
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: very excellent book Review: I thought this book was absolutely great. The X-Men in the book were a good choice (one of the few X-Men novels to feature Psylocke) and the new characters were great, which just made the ending all the more worse, though.
Rating: ![4 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-4-0.gif) Summary: good book, well worth it Review: i thought this book was pretty good. it would have been a lot better if the author didn't include the younger mutants. i think it just should have focused on the x-men. i was bored with the younger mutants and i really felt that they never should have been included in this book. but other then that i loved it.
Rating: ![5 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-5-0.gif) Summary: I Loved It!!!!!! Review: I thought this new X-Men book was filled with suspense and action. It was full of plot twists and intriguing facts about the characters. The author's representation of the X-Men was one of the best I have seen in comics so far. This book is a must read for all X-Men fans
Rating: ![4 stars](http://www.reviewfocus.com/images/stars-4-0.gif) Summary: Best comic-based novel I've read... Review: I was pleasantly surprised by this book. I wouldn't ordinarily read a book based on comics characters (I read the comics for that), but I read this (and a number of similar books) during my big X-Men phase when I couldn't get enough of the mutants. This was by far the best. I think this was due to the fact that fighting was de-emphasized, which was a good choice since fighting doesn't translate well to prose. I enjoyed the team's interaction, and I loved the Ohio Mutant Conspiracy (especially rewind). The ending was surprisingly downbeat, but appropriate. Check this out if you like the X-Men, but are leary of the X-Men novels.
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