Shadow Wave is such a weak way to end the series
I'm rereading CHERUB for the first time in YEARS and forgot how much I dislike SW.
I flew through the first 11 books in about two and a half weeks, but Shadow Wave has taken me over a week and I’m basically forcing myself to finish it.
My biggest problem is how much the story shifts away from James. I like Kyle, but he hasn’t been a major character for a while, so spending such a big chunk of James’s final book on Kyle’s backstory and his connection to Abdullah just isn’t moving me.
I understand why Kyle wants to expose Abdullah, and why James ultimately chooses to help him, so I’m not saying Kyle literally ruins James’s last mission. I just find it disappointing that James’s final CHERUB mission gets pushed aside for this storyline instead of the finale feeling more focused on James and his time at CHERUB.
Every other book had me flying through it. This is the first one where I genuinely feel like I’m reading just so I can say I finished the series.