Thank you, Partner
@bibliolifestyle @williammorrowbooks for the review copy of Double or Nothing
by Kim Sherwood.
What is your favorite
James Bond movie? I love Sean Connery as
James Bond, but some of the 1970’s films such as The Man with the Golden Gun
are fun. I love the campy humor.
Double or Nothing is
definitely more in the vein of the modern James Bond movies. I don’t want to spoil the plot of this one so
I’m going to use the publisher’s synopsis to explain:
SYNOPSIS:
“I spy … a brilliant
thriller! Double or Nothing is a clever and utterly compelling addition to the
Bond canon.” —Jeffery Deaver, author of Carte Blanche, a James Bond novel
The start of a brand-new
trilogy following MI6’s Double O agents with a license to kill, that blows the
world of James Bond wide open!
James Bond is missing…
007 has been captured—and
perhaps killed—by a sinister private military company. His status unknown. MI6
holds out hope that their most lethal agent will find his way home. But in the
meantime, the rest of the Double O division has a job to do.
Meet the new generation
of spies…
Johanna Harwood, 003.
Joseph Dryden, 004. Sid Bashir, 009. They represent the very best and brightest
of MI6. Supremely skilled, ruthless, with a license to kill, they will do
anything to protect their country.
The fate of the world
rests in their hands…
Tech billionaire Sir
Bertram Paradise claims he has developed new cutting-edge technology capable of
reversing climate change and saving the planet. But can his grandiose promises
be trusted, and are his motives as altruistic as they appear? The new spies
must uncover the truth because the stakes could not be higher; for humanity…
and for James Bond himself.
Time is running out.
My review:
While I am a fan of the James
Bond movies, this is the first novel I have read in the James Bond
universe. He is not a character in this
book, but the three double Os are searching for him. This book was action
packed and a thrilling story. I liked that
the story did have climate change in it.
The book definitely was trying to diversify the James Bond world. New characters were introduced while old
characters such as Moneypenny reappeared.
Q is now a supercomputer which was an interesting twist. The book ended on a cliff hanger, and I do
want to read what happens next.
I did have a hard time
getting into this novel. The different viewpoints
made the story disjointed.
This book was published
on April 11, 2023.
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