Thursday, May 1, 2025

July 22,2025 BOOK REVIEW- Codebreaker A Novel by Jay Martel /MY RATING IS 5 STARS

 

  

Description

This original, interactive thriller from debut author Jay Martel follows a brilliant teenage girl as she races across D.C. to decode the clues her father left behind, which may just be the key to saving the country from a devastating tragedy.

Mia Hayes has peaceful plans for the summer—find a part-time job at a coffee shop and work on her college applications. Those plans are shattered one night when government agents arrive unannounced at her home seeking something they believe her father has taken. When the dust settles, her mother is dead and her father is gone, a fugitive on the run.

Three weeks later, and still reeling from her father’s betrayal, Mia spends her seventeenth birthday at a protest in the heart of D.C., where she meets Logan, a rebellious and charming hacker. Just as she’s enjoying her first happy moment since the night her world exploded, a voicemail from her father arrives to upend everything she believed about her family, her past, and what really happened that night three weeks ago. Even more, the voicemail hides another encoded message inside which, once Mia solves it, sets her and Logan off on a mission from her sleepy suburb straight into the heart of the federal government.

With the same agents now hot on their trail, Mia and Logan must navigate their way through American history’s most iconic sites and uncover its most well-hidden secrets to reveal the truth about her family and stop a deadly attack.

In this non-stop thrill ride, the reader has the chance to test their own codebreaking skills alongside Mia, lending an exciting interactive element to this page-turning thriller packed with action, romance, and life-changing revelations.

MY REVIEW-

5 STARS

MIA and her family what surprises Mia had in store about herself and her family, the revelations will rock her world. As will, the revelations about the enemies of America right inside of America and our governments. 

Her father told her, " Trust no one", before he ran off on her ! Great advice but also hard to do especially at first. She meets Logan,a young man about her age who there is an almost instant connection.  But can she really trust him ? That's a question I also asked myself throughout the story more than once. Does he have a secret agenda ?

The codes were great, intriguing even. I was glad because at first I worried that I wouldn't like the story because I really don't like those kind of puzzles. Loved how it was shown and explained. One clue led to another clue and so one. Mia remembered how her father often, said, Everything is something ! That is one of the things that helped her push through. And it was even more dangerous that her father had warned it would be.  I liked learning more of the histories and myths about America. And how Surrett and  Powell are just the face of that evil within and behind a society in the Government. 

Brilliant writing and Brilliant fleshing out the people in the story especially Mia and her see-sawing emotions as she runs for her life.

I liked the ending sentence: "It was time for her discover who she could be."



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