r/CHERUB

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.

I was re-reading the CHERUB series recently and noticed something that felt a bit off.

James is widely considered one of CHERUB’s top agents. Across the entire original series, he completes 12 missions and finishes his CHERUB career with a black shirt.

However, in the first book (The Recruit), we meet Jennifer Mitchum. She was also a black shirt agent and completed 26 missions, more than double James's total!

Even if she was one of the absolute best agents of her generation, 26 seems extremely high. Is this just an early-series inconsistency by Robert Muchamore before the number of missions was fully established? Or is it plausible that she completed a lot of shorter, minor operations, like recruitment assignments (similar to Kyle's) or security tests (like Lauren did), that still counted toward her total mission count?

What do you guys think?

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Am I the only one who wouldn't have minded seeing a recruitment mission? I mean, we technically did see one in The Recruit with Kyle and stuff, and again in New Guard but like as a short story it would've been interesting to see like James or Lauren get sent on one. They're told to be pretty boring but I wanna see it.

Does anyone in Australia, or in general know if the $9.99 Audible Standard plan lets you listen to all the CHERUB audiobooks, or do you still need to buy them/use credits? The pages say “Try Standard” but also “Buy now”, so I’m confused. Thanks!

Just finished the original 12 books from series 1… not started series 2 yet but I want more books with james, kerry and the original gang. Are there any good fanfics which continue storylines with these characters. Thanks in advance and I’m open for other suggestions!