A Young Man’s Game by Paul Blake

A Mystery/Thriller, Independently Published in 2018, 294 Pages

What I Didn’t Like:

Some slower spots. You spend some time in the main character’s head and those portions can move a little slower. I think the contrast between the fast action scenes and the slower scenes was a little jarring.
A little too much detail on the streets and locations. I caught myself skimming past the streets names and places a few times and had to cycle back. You could probably retrace the main character’s route through real places, but it’s a bit much if you don’t have plans to do that.
Instalove is my least favorite trope and I felt like this book had a bit too much of that.

The action scenes were well written. The energy spikes up and the danger increases, which is great. I loved the way those came together.
I didn’t have it all figured out. That’s always nice in a mystery story. I want to be surprised and this book delivered on that.
The main character isn’t your typical run-of-the-mill, get-everything-right super agent. I loved that he read more normal than I’m used to seeing in this type of book.

Fans of high action spy thrillers, specifically those who are intrigued by the idea of a more average spy!