And we are back with the amazing series, Aces High Jokers Wild by O. E. Tearmann. OK, before we kick the review, we have to tell you this: If you haven’t read the previous books, please do so, because this isn’t the right book to start with, believe me. You can read all the previous reviews here, get all the books on the authors site for real cheap, and add them on your TBR list on Goodreads here. Off with the reviews? Yes, you bet!
This time, as per the titles of the chapters on the TOC, there might also be diseases, as we see a lot of medical stuff, and requirements, annnnnnnnd the fact that we start with Janice’s card… We can have severe bad news here, so… we can expect a lot from this book, and even before the book starts we are already on the balls of our feet!
How can a book be this good? Simple answer: The Tearmann are writing, of course. So if you haven’t read book one, two, tree and four, grab them this instant and join the Wildcards in these wild adventures because this will be one of the, if not THE, BEST series you’ll read. Love this to the core of my existence! Let’s go.
Book 5(!) – Dead Hand. Uff, ok. I’m here writing this before plunging into the book, because for the first time in my life I’m feeling that sinking feeling in my stomach, that nervousness that you feel before you do a presentation, you know? Hahaahahahahha, this book series is so gripping that once you dive, it’s a rollercoaster of emotions, and you never know what to expect and leaves you tired and exhilarated, and… Ufff!!! Haahhahaahha. Ok, ok, let’s do this. Maximum effort!!
We start off with Janice, mad as hell, ready to cut Aidan’s head and a problem that is proving itself difficult to solve. Yeap.
After reading a Yvonne and Sarah only scene, we realize that it is one of the few scenes so far that they were the central focus of, and we also realize how little we knew of them.
The book keeps giving and giving when it comes to dealing wig emotional things on our daily lives, and the fact that Yvonne and Sarah are working as a mom duo towards Tommy is one of the cutest and heartwarming thing on this book
We can see that on the first chapters, the authors are building up the upcoming events slowly, plotting and planting (pun intended) ideas on our heads to create expectations and surprises on the next pages and books because we now know that the authors leave nothing behind, and nothing to chance. Everything that they say will be used later, you just don’t know where, how or when, and actually, there is no way to find out. Believe me, I tried to predict events on all 5 books and been wrong 100% of the time.
Few are the books that are this diverse and honest when it comes to “inclusion” of characters. Seriously. You get people from India, references of Nigeria and how beautiful Nigerian women are, people from South America, and China in important roles, with accents well put and even names that sound and read as they should according to their origin. It’s something so natural that you actually feel at ease reading this book, and series, without feeling excluded, regardless of where you are from. There’s a cool character in here for everyone. This is spectacular. Love this series so much.
Janice, hit the jackpot!!! Hahahaaaaah!!!!! Yes!!! Thank you!!! Finally!!! Thank you Jesus!!!!!!! Finally!!! Oh god, some justice to our favourite character!!!! Oh yes!!
Tweak and Kevin, besties?! Oh my god!!!!!!!!!!! And Damien as one of the main characters this time? Niiiice, yet, scary, terrifying.
After a while of romantic scenes, lots, of success, happy momets, and Tweak smiling a lot, it hits you: this book is starting off too good… Too good… *Looks skeptically at the fan*. *Puts helmet, glasses, mask and raincoat*. Any time now…
And we have plagues! Damn diseases. Yeap! It hit the fan, and… a Commander… Yeap!!!! Better run for cover, this will be grizzly! Add that to civilians needing to be rescued, and all the possibilities of them being bombed again by a drone…. We are talking about high stakes here. This will be bad.
And this is one of the worst books when it comes to people dying. The death count is enormous. So be prepared for tears and sobs and dead characters. Lots.
Main characters won’t die? Well, think again. You will cry with this book, and you will feel tired with all the anxiety and the dread. This is heavy.
Don’t expect action because this part of the series doesn’t have much, if any, action scene, but there’s thriller, oh you bet, the gut-punching, nerve-racking, throw-the-book-to-the-wall type of thriller and suspense, so hold your hat tight and prepare the tissue papers because this will be wild!
Once again, the authors made an excellent job when it came to the morals of the book, specially when it comes to being transgender, and reinforced the religion related arguments, exposing fallacies and showing how religions, *coughs* Christianity *coughs*, can be twisted to make people hate others and themselves at the same time. *Claps* Amazing *claps*. The authors even proposed a book for us within the story that we have got to check out!
Personally, I won’t say that this is my least favorite of the series because this book is outstanding, deep, relatable, incredibly unexpected, specially once we regard all of Janice’s time in front. Loved it. In a weird and sad way, yes, sure, but still, it’s another incredible book by theses incredible authors, and you will totally agree with me once you read it, so do get the book, check out the reviews of the previous books here, follow the authors and see other reviews of this same book and series on Goodreads, so you can be sure of how stunning this book and series is. See you in book 6. XD
Pros:
- Excellent narrative. So good that you forget it’s there when you lose
- yourself in the story
- Excellent follow up from book 4
- Excellent plot, quite unexpected, realistic, self-developing and unpredictable
- Excellent rationale upon moralistic subjects
- We get Janice as the main focus of the book. So much win!
- New and interesting characters
- Sarah and Yvonne get more attention here too
- Heart-tearing moments
Cons
- Lots of characters die, so be prepared for that. We weren’t.
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