It has taken me a while to get to read this book. It is aimed at older children and I am sure for them is full of adventure and intrigue with a mix of wizards from the past meeting robots in the future in order to save the world. At times the changes in direction were quite dizzying however for someone a lot younger it helps to intensify the danger and magic in the story.
Thanks for the free read net galley.

Erm… this one was peculiar. And not necessarily in the good way. I feel like there was far, far too much going on and things like the plot and characters suffered for it. Because there’s a lot going on we got little time to really give any characters any form of emotional depth. A knock on of this was also underdeveloped subplots which is frustrating.
The pace is quite quick, but it doesn’t mean much when the characters and plot are lacking. 

Nice shiny cover though!

An exciting and imaginative read! I always loved a sci-fi book and this definitely didn't disappoint.

Fun and interesting, with a fast-moving plot and some endearing characters. I wouldn't say I loved it whole-heartedly, but I definitely enjoyed reading it enough to recommend it.

I've had this on my Kindle for a while and finally got around to giving this another go after starting it previously and ditching it in favour of something else.
I'm glad I gave it another go.  It's marketed as children's fiction or YA and that's not me (as a middle-ager!) but nonetheless I've tried it out to see if it's one to read to the kids or stretch my eldest with).
Unfortunately, it's not one I'll be going back to or passing to my eldest.
Why? Well what's not to like right? Wizards, robots, time travel, spells... all the right ingredients are here for a classic.
There was an overall good story here but the world and characters just weren't painted clearly enough for me which meant despite the fast action pace and chopping around between centuries I didn't really feel enough involved in the whole story.
There were a relatively large number of characters involved for a youth book and you don't really firmly get to grips with any of them.
I get that the book was relatively short and so there's obviously a loss of detail in keeping it that way (and more youth accessible I guess) but although the premise was good it fell a little flat for me and fell short of what it could have been.
As ever however, thank you for the preview copy.

The premise of this book was so interesting, but I was wary due to the co-author. Sadly that waryness should have been heeded. This book wasn't gripping and I was essentially bored throughout.

Wizards and Robots - how could it go wrong? I'm still not sure, but I could not persevere with this story. It gripped me in no way.

This was a very strange, disappointing book.  I love scifi, I love time travel, and I like complicated plots.  This has all of these, and more, but I found it a bit hard to follow and I kept saying to myself 'but why?'.  Had this book brought all the threads together towards the end with a great ending, I would have given it four stars.  But the ending was dire - it just seemed to peter out, which was an awful shame to something with many good ideas at the start.

An interesting premise but for some reason I couldn’t get going with it. The characters and storyline just didn’t do it for me when this should be all about my tases!! Sorry guys. I’ll keep it and come back to it

I really wanted to enjoy this book but was left feeling underwhelmed. We will be buying it because it’s by Will.i.am and we know there will be requests for his content. However there seemed to be subplots underdeveloped and a very standard concept with one dimensional characters.

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Thank you to NetGalley for a copy of this book

I struggled with this book was a bit hard to get into because of the names and the time periods that the book was set in.
it was interesting how there was alternate between the wizards, robots and humans. It didn't seem to have closure so whether this is leading to a sequel I don't know

DNF

I've been going back through my NetGalley shelf to give feedback on those books which I've tried to read twice and have been unable to finish on both occasions - always want to give a second chance in case I disliked something due to my mood that day etc.

Unfortunately on both occasions I was only able to get a few chapters into this one, the writing style is just not what I was expecting at all. I'm wondering if perhaps I was expecting something more YA than this is - this is definitely a book for younger children and as that isn't really my area of expertise don't feel able to review more thoroughly. 

(Not posting the review elsewhere as I didn't finish)

I struggled with this book as I had problems keeping my attention. I enjoyed the thought of the book and got really excited when I read about it but I felt it was just a bit to out there than I had hoped.

Really enjoyable! I loved the mash-up of wizards and robots, and the jumps between the past, (present-ish) and the future. Once you got to know the characters it was easy to follow. Obviously quite topical too, with the debates around AI going on at the moment.

WAR: Wizards and Robots – Will I Am

Embarrassingly, I have had this book sitting on my kindle for the longest time –  I was sent an eGalley for review a couple of millennia ago – so apologies.

When a young man breaks into her home claiming her life is in danger, Ada Luring’s world changes forever. Geller is a wizard, on the run from his father’s hidden clan who want to kill Ada and her mother. Sara Luring is the scientist who will create the first robot, the wizards’ age-old foes. But a robot has travelled back in time to find Ada, and will lay everything on the line to protect her, as she may just be the key to preventing the earth’s destruction in the future. Ada, Geller and the robots must learn to work together to change the past and secure the future. But they don’t have much time before a mysterious enemy launches its attack on Earth…

Ok, so how amazing does the concept of this book sound? There are not only wizards??? But also robots?!?! Iconic.

The thing is, as amazing and batshit crazy as this sounds, it has sadly become the first book I DNF’d this year, I just didn’t gel with it, which was such a shame because Will I Am is a certified genius.

I think had I gotten this book when I was about 10 I’d have LOVED this. Did I mention there are robots and wizards and they are at war? Because seriously, 10 year old Leah would be all over that. The idea of robots from the future besieging castles and fighting wizards would have been enough, I literally wouldn’t have cared about the execution, the confusing cast of characters and the time jumps that took too long for me to figure out. 29 year old me was still drawn to the idea because come on, robots and wizards, but boy did I struggle to get my head around it.

This is great if you want to pass the time with a fipperous sci fi book, but it really wasn’t for me, sorry Will I Am!

A great Sci-Fi story of a war between robots and wizards with a few humans thrown in. Some really good characters which added to a non stop story of alien domination and extermination. Loved the conclusion of this thoroughly absorbing read.

This book was a bit hard to get into because of the names and the time periods that the book was set in.
The book chapters alternate between the wizards, robots and humans. It took a bit of reading to get into it and it can get confusing at times. The ending seemed a bit rushed and you're left wondering where the characters ended up.

WAR: Wizards & Robots by Will.I.Am & David Johnson

Title - WAR: Wizards & Robots
Author - Will.I.Am and David Johnson 
Published - Jan '18
Publisher - Penguin 
Genre - #Action #Adventure 
Pages - 320
Price - Hardback - £8.05 Kindle - £8.99
ISBN - 0141360682

When someone breaks into Ada's home claiming her life is in danger. Geller is a Wizard and his father and their clan want Ada and her mother Sara dead. Why? Because Sara is a scientist and she is about to create the first Robot. Wizards and Robots are age-old enemies.  

I was interested to see how this book would turn out. Several musicians and comics have taken to writing, some have worked and some have not. This one I think worked out okay. 

I thought it was a good book, well written with a good plot and an interesting storyline. It is aimed at children aged 12 and above and I think this is the right age range to be aiming at for this book. 

I did enjoy this book, I'm not sure I would read it again but I would recommend it for children in the intended age range and for parents looking for a good book to read to their children.

Thank You to NetGalley for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Rating - Three out of Five Stars
Would I Read Again? - No
Would I Recommend? - Yes
Would I read other books by the same author? - No

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Set over 3 time periods (none of them present) WaR is a tale of a battle between robots and wizards that spans many centuries. It begins with  massacre in 1489, a wizards castle under attack by an unstoppable metal foe. The story leaps forwards over 500 years to 2059. Ada Luring  is a tech mad teenager, mourning the recent loss of the father. Her mother, Sarah, is largely absent as she works tirelessly to win the Rodin Challenge, a science competition to produce a robot that can surpass human intelligence. One evening, alone as usual, a young man, Geller, breaks into their  home and tells Ada that both she and her mother are in grave danger. Sarah's invention is the beginning of the robots who attacked Gellers home and family half a millennium ago. The robots that she created have travelled back in time from 3019 to attack the wizards in 1489 to destroy an ancient manuscript, whilst the wizards have suspended themselves in time to bide their time to try and stop them being created. But not all is as it seems, as another enemy wields their nefarious influence on all the players in this battle across time...

I really liked this, it's a quick and undemanding read that pulled me right in. I'm a sucker for uncomplicated and fun science fiction and this is what this is. Are there some plot holes big enough to fit the hadron collider in? Well yes but you know what I don't care. This is a what if book rather than what is, it's bursting with imagination and ideas. The truth is this would make a better film than book in many ways ( I vote Zendaya as Ada ) but as a novel aimed at the younger teenage market it really works.