Review: The Good Doctor!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 1, 2014
They're back!!! I  am going to go out on a limb with this and say Push and Shove is my favorite book of this series to date.  I also want to give a huge shout out to the author.  From a blogger's point of view we just love her she was the first author I was able to connect with and our first cover reveal. From a purely fangirl point of view she's awesome I love bantering back and fourth with her about the characters and the web she's weaving.  So if for no other reason but that she absolutely rocks we think you should check out her books!!! Interview coming soon!So Push and Shove finds Sang grounded. She's worn out and tired the boys are burning the candle at both ends and a little heat in the middle.  Ashely Waterson is experiencing a strange virus... The symptoms include uncontrolled urges and anger fighting your best friend or even turning on your quarterback in the middle of a game.  In the beginning they aren't sure what they're looking at but as the book progresses  they figure out it's not a virus but a synthetic drug and someone might actually be poisoning the student body. You will also see the links between this series and the spinoff "Scarab Beatle" series.  I actually had to go back and look in "Theif" when I recognized that our friendly phone tech from the last book as being Wil from the other series... Personally I loved seeing this. I love trying to connect the dots in a book so this is a special treat for me.  As the boys and Sang continue to try to follow the money and the numbers in their original assignment there are all these little threads to follow too. Just when you think you have one thing figured out there is another little strand leading in the opposite direction.  Add in the tension between Sang and the boys and you have this freaking awesome page turner that you can't put down even when your kids are begging for lunch (Thank You for 12 year olds who can put a frozen pizza in the oven)  Going back to that tension I mentioned um Cheese and Crackers was there some sizzle in this book and not from the usual suspects..  Some of the boys are more intense so I expected to see the fireworks between them but with the build ups in this book I found myself getting just a frustrated as Sang was when one of them would pull back before actually planting one on her. I had my money on either  North of Kota...I will say though There is a bit of a twist that had me sitting up and saying whoa wait  did he just do that?  This book also gives us quite a different view or the good Doctor and our very serious Mr. Blackbourne.  I have often wondered with direction this series is headed how the author was going to bring these two into the mix with Sang without it being kinda creepy. I mean lets face it, even though we know they're only a couple years older one's a doctor and one's a teacher/leader  so I for one had a hard time keeping that in mind.  However, in this book we see them for the young men they are and it was really fascinating to see the vulnerability they both have and how Sang seams to be able to soothe them both.This book had every component I have come to expect from this series. I loved seeing the relationships between Sang and each of the boys continue to grow.  I love how even after 6 books I am still just as intrigued and hooked as I was with the first one. I am floored that this author can continue the story for this long without petty BS between her characters and knowing how much further she intends to go with them. I for one think it's brilliant!Lisa<3