Review: Action packed!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2014
*I listened to the audiobook*Blown Circuit takes off only days after Lethal Circuit ends.  If you haven’t read or listened to the first book, it’s kind of okay.  This was definitely it’s own story.  There are things mentioned in this from the first book though and I think you would benefit from reading it.  This book is fast paced and action packed, without really a moment to relax as Michael is constantly on the run for his life.Characters~ Michael is the main character and I really like him.  He’s not perfect and we see that, but that makes him even better as a character.  Michael is one of those characters that knows a lot of stuff.  It may seem a bit far-fetched that he knows so much about all these things, but it’s easy for me to write it off as him being smart and having a good memory.  His father also kind of trained him as he grew up so he knows how to work with what he has, in the situation he’s in.  He might not always make the right choices, but he makes the best choice he can with the information he has.  And it’s always entertaining seeing how he’ll get out of it.There’s a lot of new characters in this installment, but also some from the previous book.  I don’t want to spoil anything though, so I won’t say more.  This is a book where you never know who is good and who is bad.  Who you can trust.Plot~ This is an action packed spy thriller and Michael is constantly on the run.  He’s originally trying to find his father but he’s sucked into a different thing and that becomes priority at the moment.  He has to kind of solve a puzzle and piece the clues together and then make sure that the wrong people don’t get their hands on it.  This is easier said than done…  The book is full of twists and turns. Some are more predictable, but for the most part I felt like I was on a wild ride that I had no clue where it would take me.  And it was fun!Narration~ This has a new narrator and he did perfect!  I thought it was amazing that he sounded similar enough to the narrator from the first book  but better.  He did the many various accents absolutely perfect and I have not a single complaint about the narration.  It was perfect!Negatives~ My only negative is actually something that  fits the story and the genre so it’s only a personal issue (remember this is kind of outside my normal genres), but it felt like some things were explained a bit too thoroughly.  Like too much explanation.  For many this would actually be a positive because they need these explanations to really understand what is happening.  I found that I didn’t really care so much about all that stuff, like what kind of gun it was and what it can do, etc.  This is a negative that is actually a positive for many (if not most).Overall, this was an excellent book and I think it’s a series that I’ll have to continue as I’m really loving Michael and want to know more about his father and what is happening in those regards.