After a tsunami causes massive devastation to a tropical island, its governor sends in the bulldozers to knock down villages, replacing them with luxury hotels. Guarding the corrupt governor's family isn't James Adams' idea of the perfect mission, especially as it's going to be his last as a CHERUB agent. And then retired colleague Kyle Blueman comes up with an unofficial and highly dangerous plan of his own. James must choose between loyalty to CHERUB, and loyalty to his oldest friend.
It's odd. I'm not sure what I expected for the end of Cherub but this was kind of a let down. Although I enjoyed the return of Kyle, for the last Cherub book I expected much more of a focus on James. But in the last two books, he's kind of been pushed to the side. It wasn't bad - it just wasn't what I was expecting or wanted. I read these books all through my childhood I would've liked a big explosive end to James' journey. But the last two books weren't bad by any means, just different.
Shadow Wave is more of a second part to Brigands M.C. rather than it's own story. It starts off with James returning to his undercover mission with the biker gangs. This mission is wrapped up quickly and then we're taken back to Kyle's Cherub days. This bit was nicely tied into the previous books, giving us a new point of view of what was happening elsewhere. I would've enjoyed something a bit more action packed but it was still interesting to read about tourism and the impact on the local villages.
I feel like it's the end of an era. Even though there's another five books, this was the original series and ones I've read and reread a multitude of times over the years. My go to when I wanted something lighthearted and action packed. But all things must end. 3 stars.
