The third book in the series was a bit of a mixture. Not as gruesome as the first and not as funny as the second, but I did enjoy the story and loved the Paris location. The Grand Guignol location reminded me a bit of Interview with a Vampire, and I could picture the scenes playing out in my mind. Overall, I think I would recommend this series, but only to older teens, as I feel some of the imagery is a bit too graphic for younger readers.

This story at first I found slightly different in style from the others at the way it addressed the reader, although it all makes sense once you get to a point and it was something unexpected.

When a ten-year-old boy, Adrien, whom Loic brought it upon himself to take care of is taken by The Impressionists, men made of paint, Loic leaves the safe place of the tunnels to go in search for him. On his journey he comes across wooden nutcracker puppets, an opera singer who can shatter literally anything, skeletons wearing human skins as costumes, just overall craziness.

I love how that in each city these stories portray, what is to be seen post-change is always different, always unexpected and always fun to follow.

Although, with this one you know that Loic's story has ended and it's an ending I was actually satisfied with.

The 3rd in the series and we are whisked off to Paris. Loic is a homeless man living in the sewers. Since rescuing Adrian a young boy, he has someone else to look after and at times he fears the responsibility. There is a strong bond with everyone who lives in the sewer and they all watch out for each other. As well as trying to feed everyone living there, they also must protect themselves from the Impressionist, a very colourful liquid monster. It was not till Adrian was kidnapped do we find out more about these monsters. However, they were not the only weird creatures roaming around Paris, Loic also comes across an eccentric opera singer and her partner. The sadistic owner at the Grand Guignol had an audience to entertain and plenty of people wandering around to become unwilling victims. Written from Loic POV, you could sense his loneliness and despair with the world. Some of the scenes were darker than the first 2 books and I felt that with this book the style of writing change. Whilst there were quite a few minor characters, the author just glanced over them and whilst Loic story was interesting there was not the backstories that the other 2 books had.

This is book 3 of The Change series; like the previous two books, they are set in different locations and with different characters. This book is told from Loic's perspective and we learn how he met Adrien during one of his runs searching for food.

Loic returns from one of his latest food runs after a run in with a rhino affected by The Change, and hears that the tunnels where they live was attacked and some children have been kidnapped. Loic learns that Adrien has been kidnapped after trying to lead the kidnappers away from the other young children that the Impressionists were trying to take with them. We follow Loic on his journey to rescue Adrien and the other characters he bumps into that will end up helping them along their journey.

Overall I really enjoyed this novel and finished it in a few hours. The Paris novel concluded its own mini story within the novel, so I didn't feel left hanging for the continuation of the Paris novel. I would still be interested in seeing how the rest of the series goes and how the events of what caused the change would be explained.

The Change Paris follows Loic as he tries to save Adrian from the Impressionists. With Paris's dark past full of culture there's many threats throughout. The Impressionists come from the Louvre. The guillotine come alive, Madame Loisette. And then there's the theatre known for cruelty, torture and death.  



The Change Paris was written in a different way to the previous two books. The main character is reiterating the story towards the readers and is quite paranoid. He won't give names or directions to places. This put me off straight away as it made it more difficult to read and care about the character. 

This book was also a lot darker than the previous two. It felt less comically weird and more creepy. The living guillotine and the La Tricoteuse were the introduction to this more horror-like vibe. Then comes the theatre that livestreams the death and torture of people. Although it was still very weird. There's not much else I can about this book on it's own. The series seemed to peak with the first book, and I personally think Adams should have focused on one character or a group of characters who are linked together. 

I wasn't invested in the story line or characters as I knew it was a short book and most likely wouldn't have a complete ending. This book had the most resolved ending as Loic was trying to rescue Adrian. But throughout, it just didn't have a plot that made me want to read. I was reading just to finish the book by the end which isn't why I should be reading. Going in I thought that this would be a series and link together. As a whole I didn't enjoy reading the series.

I received The Change: Paris* by Guy Adams as an e-book from the publisher via Netgalley. This is an unbiased and honest review.

Not the usual thing I would read, I did not enjoy the book.

One minute everything was fine and the next… they arrived. Those that saw them died instantly. The unlucky ones survived. Now unimaginable things straight out of nightmares roam the streets of our towns and cities. Nothing is impossible. Nowhere is safe. And no one can escape The Change…

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This is by far the most imaginative book in the series and its clearly also the one that Guy Adams enjoyed writing the most. This is visible through the strange creatures that he created from a bloody thirsty guillotine to beings made of paint. Truly the author has no fear when showing off his creative side through these bizarre characters. Yet, once again, the rest of the world is severely lacking.

Though I can describe the different creatures to you, I cannot tell you what the area itself looks like or what our trio looks like either. In fact, for almost half of the book I had no idea that our main character was male.

Once again, the standard of these books is in desperate need of work because it could be a breathtaking new series. It's witty and hilarious, but lacking in depth in key areas. But with a bit of work, the opportunities for this series are endless.

Any readers that have some knowledge on Phantom of the Opera may find some similarities between that and this book.
Our main character lives in the catacombs under Paris with other survivors of the change.

Paint Men? Impressionists?
OH MY!
This is book three in The Change series. Book two and three are better then the first that is for sure. I liked this book because of how unique is was. The people/creatures the main character Loic goes up against are so interesting. He is fighting to save a kid, Adrien, that he has taken under his wing. He wants to keep him alive and give him as good of a life as he possibly can in the crazy world they live in. I love the plot twist at the end of the book. I really wasn't expecting that. I am so glad I continued on with this series. I can't wait to read the last 3 books in the Novella series.

This series of books has certainly surprised me with its incredibly wacky and original ideas. The Change: Paris takes the age old human trait of collecting art and antiquities and flips it - so the art collects the humans...
A riveting read with memorable characters!

This is part of a six part post apocalyptic novella series and is a very easy, entertaining read. From killer pigeons ti biker gangs to real monsters this was a fast paced dystopian romp with that addictive page turning quality. It's a weird thing to say but this was a great palate cleaser after weightier tomes. Really enjoyed this.

I received a copy from Netgalley to review here is the blurb:

"Loïc’s friend Adrien is gone, kidnapped by the Impressionists, bizarre men made of paint who roam the Parisian catacombs. Now, if Loïc wants to see Adrien again, he must travel to the Louvre and bring him back from the lair of the strange – and deadly – Impressionists.

But the paint-men are not the only threat lurking in Paris, and Loïc must face down the needle-fi ngered Tricoteuse, the blade-mouthed Madame Loisette, and the dark secrets that haunt the footlights of the Grand Guignol…"

If I am honest this was my least favourite of the 3 books I have read so far. It still had a good story line but what I think it lacked was the humour with the first 2 in the series. Loved the idea of the deadly impressionists and the creepy theatre. Still a good read but not so much as books 1 and 2.

This was the third book in The Change series, and I much preferred this book to London and New York.

This novel follows Loic, who lives in the underground tunnels in Paris. I really liked that they lived in the tunnels and it made me think of the Artilleryman in War of the Worlds. I thought that this book was much more ingrained into its location; the chaos caused by the Change is very Parisian in its style; murderous marionettes, Christine Daae, and live paintings in the Louvre.

I really liked how this novel actually closes the story, unlike London and New York, which both end with multitudes of questions.

I wasn't as keen on this story as in was the first two, it was set in Paris after the events of The Change and was very surreal and weird and I never quite warmed to the characters.
That said, I'm still interested to read more on this subject as I'd like to see what happened to the previous characters in the instalments and what the change actually was.

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Out of all 3 books from this series I liked this the least. I couldn't get into the story as fast as the other 2. I liked some of the characters though and liked the idea of the impressionists.

What I did like was how the character Loic told this story and how the book started with him asking the question everyone asks in this series. This is what ties all the books in the series together. WHERE WERE YOU WHEN IT HAPPENED?

The scene at the end at the theatre I enjoyed as well. This to me was when I felt the pace I wanted from the rest of the book. Something happened just before the scene and I was like oh no may as well give up now but then out of nowhere I felt that the pace picked up and I had to get to the end quickly to find out what happens.

I received this copy from Netgalley to review

I thought I would enjoy this the least, given that the first two were just weird, and I didn't think there could be more skin to scrape off this world. Oh but I was wrong. The final instalment was weird like its predecessors, but still it kept me intrigued. Some truly quirky moments and in-your-face events. Fab.

I have to admit that I didn't enjoy this book as much as I did the second in the series although I did still finish it and find it entertaining enough. I though that the story was a bit more disjointed than the last 2 in the series and that the author made it so that you had to have read the previous books in the series in order to understand what had happened and not think that the main character was just on a strange acid trip. All that being said, there was still a lot of action and I did like that I didn't expect the ending at all in this one. The last 20 percent of the book was definitely the best part. All in all, I don't think I'll be continuing the series nor rereading it but it was entertaining while it lasted.

After reading books 1 and 2 I had low expectations for this. However this is my favourite of the 3.
I do wish that it was longer but only because I enjoyed it more.