author: Barry Lyga
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.99
book published: 2012
rating: 4
read at: 2014/08/25
date added: 2014/08/25
shelves: young-adult
review:
'I Hunt Killers' is the first book in a new series. It's got a completely likeable protagonist, and it's just tough to put down, even if the villain was a bit too easy for me to figure out.
Jasper "Jazz" Dent lives in a small town in a house where he takes care of his grandmother. He's got a small collection of friends and seems like a really likeable kid. The problem is he is the son of notorious serial killer Billy Dent who made Jazz help him with his crimes. Jazz now knows way too much about serial killers and violent crime and he is not convinced he won't be one someday. The local sheriff, who arrested Billy Dent, has taken Jazz in under his wing and believes that Jazz is not who the media thinks he is. When a series of murders happens in this small town, Jasper sees something familiar about them, and sets about trying to stop the killer.
I liked Jazz, his girlfriend Connie, his friend Howie and G. William who seems like a good father figure to Jasper's real father. I thought it was pretty gory for a YA novel, but there was enough humor to keep it from being too dark. The book ends with a pretty serious cliffhanger that will have me coming back for more pretty quickly. Fortunately, the second book is out and the 3rd is almost here. Jazz and his friends kind of reminded me of Odd Thomas and the people of Pico Mundo, but I say that as an extreme compliment. Let's have more Jasper Dent!
I received a review copy of this ebook from Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this great thriller.
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