What a fun book! I don’t normally go in for car race stories but there’s kaiju! Love me some kaiju!
The tale starts off with a prison break and Dutch iWhat a fun book! I don’t normally go in for car race stories but there’s kaiju! Love me some kaiju!
The tale starts off with a prison break and Dutch is quickly in the hands of a billionaire who wants something deep in kaiju country. After the ‘shift’, kaiju clutter up Teijouan. For some odd, but highly amusing, reason, there’s a super secret, yet not secret, annual race from one end of the island to the other. Several have died attempting this race. Dutch is a gifted driver who has made the run successfully a few times now, but has never won the race.
Now she’s forced into taking Nat (his name was Nat, right?) along as her navigator and to ensure she gets the real job done. Mr. Billionaire wants some super secret thing in Teijouan and Nat has a secret map that will get them that thing. Yet Nat might have more orders, orders that might include making sure Dutch never gets a chance to talk about whatever this super secret thing is.
While this novel is short, it’s a lot of fun. There’s plenty of action, the pace is fast, and I love Dutch’s smart-mouthed attitude. She knows cars and has no hesitation in fighting back. The kaiju are out to maintain their body count and since they come in several sizes and shapes, they get their wish.
I’m really hoping for a sequel. There’s still plenty left to explore, like where these kaiju come from, could this shift eventually grow to take over a lot more of Earth, and what will Dutch do now? 5/5 stars.
The Narration: Aleksi Graves was a pretty good fit for this book. She was great as Dutch and I liked her various accents. Some of the male characters could have used a touch more masculinity. The word ‘coupe’ was mispronounced (as koopay instead of koop) and since this is a car race, the word came up often. The pacing was good and there were no tech issues for this recording. 4/5 stars....more
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