by Allen Zadoff
Published by Little Brown Books for Young Readers
Paperback (gifted)
YA, contemporary, thriller, mystery
He was the perfect assassin. No name. No past. No remorse. Perfect, that is, until he began to ask questions and challenge his orders. Now The Program is worried that their valuable soldier has become a liability.
And so Boy Nobody is given a new mission. A test of sorts. A chance to prove his loyalty.
His objective: Take out Eugene Moore, the owner of an extremist military training camp for teenagers. It sounds like a simple task, but a previous operative couldn't do it. He lost the mission and is presumed dead. Now Boy Nobody is confident he can finish the job. Quickly.
But when things go awry, Boy Nobody finds himself lost in a mission where nothing is as it seems: not The Program, his allegiances, nor the truth.
And so Boy Nobody is given a new mission. A test of sorts. A chance to prove his loyalty.
His objective: Take out Eugene Moore, the owner of an extremist military training camp for teenagers. It sounds like a simple task, but a previous operative couldn't do it. He lost the mission and is presumed dead. Now Boy Nobody is confident he can finish the job. Quickly.
But when things go awry, Boy Nobody finds himself lost in a mission where nothing is as it seems: not The Program, his allegiances, nor the truth.
I Am The Mission begins right where the previous book left off; Boy Nobody gets a new assignments that ends up being so much more different and more dangerous than he has ever before faced. He also has his doubts about the people who he's answering to, and this sequel reveals a lot more about the situation Boy Nobody is in, and a little about his past.
All the elements I praised for the I Am The Weapon (my review) was still there - Zadoff's writing style was as addictive as ever with short sentences, to the point and unembellished. The only thing I saw as a weakness was the weak try for a sneaky romance, which I feel so unnessary for a thriller/mystery/adventure driven story as this. Still, the story was fast paced, full of twists and turns and mysteries, and some of them stayed so.
I continued to love Boy Nobody and his antihero antics, and Howard was his fabulous nerdy self. There were some new interesting characters, mainly Francis. It was great to get to see more the mysterious Father, and I hope the last book reveals the rest of the mystery.
I continued to recommending this series for everyone who loves a good YA thriller with a main character who is basically an antihero. While reading this, you won't get bored.
4 of 5 stars.
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