Review: Original, hilarious, and intelligent story with a lot of heart.  Definitely worth reading
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2014
I thought this book was wonderful!  I was laughing throughout it all at the wry sense of humor Mark has...I mean "autoerotic asphyxiation"?  ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT.  All the characters, even the many supporting ones were fully fleshed out and colored in, giving the book a very thorough feel to it.  They are really what makes this book, because from our introduction to Mark as one of the narrators, to the addition of each character like The Boss or DB or Pretty Boy, to seeing through Quinn's eyes (as the other narrator), they all make you laugh and grin, get angry, get excited, and be firmly on their side in every situation.  The story takes an original approach to the subject matter of intelligence officers, and creates a great fictitious world with them.  They are not over the top, ridiculous, fake, or embodiments of all the Hollywood ideas of government spies; instead they are unique, attractive, down-to-earth characters.  And I just love how Mark and Quinn go about becoming personally acquainted (to say the least)!  I like how they are in rival government intelligence agencies and are both so intelligent, good at their jobs, honorable, but lacking in love.  They also won't acknowledge their obsessions with each other, just leading them to a funny and original way of courting each other.  I am very curious to see where this story goes, because it really has so many options from this point.Every detail in this book just added to the intrigue of the story, and you slowly see how things come together to explain the past and present.  In other books, the long sections of explanations of the inner workings of jobs or memories and past happenings (anywhere from a coupe paragraphs to a couple pages in length) usually bore me after a while, but in this book they weren't lingered over, and they were interspersed with action and humor, so I kept voraciously reading and enjoying every part.  I don't know why more details aren't coming to me to add to this review, but this book is just so great that my main message is to just read it.  It is a good length, allowing for the beginning of this series to develop and capture the reader's attention, and it is just so wonderfully put together, that it really gets a strong emotional reaction.  All the sum parts add to a perfect whole with this book.  I love it!